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COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Bay Area begins

Avantika Singh

February 22, 2021

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PAUSD planning to open all secondary schools in March

Valerie Chu

February 20, 2021

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At least two test positive for COVID-19, girls swimming quarantines after false positive

Austin Xiang

February 16, 2021

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SAT cancels essays, subject tests

Siddhartha Sahasrabuddhe

February 16, 2021

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BREAKING: Santa Clara County moves back to purple tier

Ben Antonow

November 16, 2020

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Santa Clara County, along with the majority of California, will revert to the strictest “purple” stage of lockdown, Governor Newsom announced in a press conference on Monday. Prompted by the recent surge in ...

Stanford students fundraise for Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute

Gina Bae

November 13, 2020

News

After urging Stanford University to prioritize funding for the Institute’s endowment in a letter to Stanford’s Board of Trustees, a group of Stanford students launched the #StandWithKing campaign to fundraise f...

PAUSD proposes new reopening plan for secondary schools

Jace Purcell and Valerie Chu

November 9, 2020

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Principal Brent Kline presented a new secondary school reopening proposal that outlines major changes to the initial hybrid learning model to the Paly staff on Wednesday, Nov. 4. A week later, at the Nov. 10 sc...

Halloween regulations in place, high-risk activities like trick-or-treating canceled

Emma Todd

November 2, 2020

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To adhere to COVID-19 guidelines, Palo Alto residents are adjusting their usual activities and celebrations for Halloween this year. The Santa Clara County of Public Health released a joint statement of the Ba...

Students volunteer to serve meals at Boys & Girls Club

Will Thomas

November 2, 2020

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Music blasts as volunteers bustle in and out of the clubhouse doors, preparing for another night of distributing hot meals to hundreds of people whose cars snake around the block. Weeknights at the Boys and Gir...

Board voices concerns over reopening of elementary schools

Valerie Chu

November 2, 2020

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At its Sept. 29 board meeting, PAUSD board members cast their votes on whether to approve the school reopening plan. Below are their rationales and their votes voiced at the meeting. Board President Todd Colli...

Students, cast reflect on ‘The Social Dilemma’

Andy Wang

November 2, 2020

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Senior James Fetter arrived home from swim practice two years ago in shock. An entire film crew was set up in his house. What Fetter didn’t know at the time is that the crew was there to interview him, his sist...

Elementary schools begin to reopen

Braden Leung

October 31, 2020

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Kindergarten and first grade students returned to district campuses and began in-person learning on Oct. 12, with other grades to follow in the coming weeks. This decision was voted on by the Palo Alto Unifi...

School board race introductions

Sloan Wuttke

October 31, 2020

News, Showcase

Katie Causey Katie Causey is a 2012 Palo Alto High School graduate and nonprofit employee who is running on the platforms of student voices, equity and the physical and mental wellbeing of students which she s...

Caltrain corridor project outlines plan to electrify trains

Maya Singer

October 25, 2020

News

Two or three times per hour, the guard-gates at the Churchill train grade-crossing in front of Paly lower. Traffic gets congested, horns blare and the massive Caltrain thunders past the 800s building and the fo...