When I was 5 years old, my teacher gave my kindergarten class toys to play with — from dolls and trucks to wooden blocks. I was drawn to the dolls. When my parents arrived at the end of class, my teacher,...

Paly’s academic focus has caused the school to have a lack of experiential learning opportunities, in particular exchange student programs, which is a disservice to students because of how life changing...

Every year, 39 million cows are slaughtered in the United States for food. What might surprise you is that I’m not vegan or vegetarian, and my goal is not to convince you to go vegan. My mission in life...

San Francisco’s overdose rate was 13 per 100,000 people in 2010. In 2020, that number increased to 49 per 100,000. There is no denying the opioid epidemic is reaching new deathly proportions in the Bay...

High schoolers  deal with the everyday stresses of schoolwork, family responsibilities and extracurricular activities. It would be in the best interest of students to keep the library open until 6:30...

Threatening to move to Canada when the presidential candidate you’re cheering for loses an election is almost as quintessentially American as yelling in front of the TV during American football games.  Canadians...

Tutorial during the 2018-2019 school year was a useful period where students could see teachers twice a week and ask questions about class content and homework. PRIME, its replacement this school year,...

The first fraternity system was founded in 1755 at the College of William and Mary as an exclusive secret society for students to gather outside of the classroom. While no longer secret, fraternities have...

Filling out college applications is a daunting process. With every page, we are seemingly confronted with deciding what we want to do with the rest of our lives. Each click on the Common Application website...