Keeping Up With the Quaranteens Gina Bae June 2, 2020 Lifestyle, Showcase As the sun peeks through her window blinds, sophomore Hana Krieger groggily gets out of bed and stumbles toward her desk. Facing a day full of isolation, Zoom calls and Schoology assignments, she sets her co...
What’s next for the editors-in-chief? Leila Khan June 1, 2020 Senior Section, Showcase Where will Theeds20 be? Holding the Editor-in-Chief position of the renowned high school newspaper The Campakanillé is an experience not many people understand. This year, the ragtag group of five who made u...
Letter from the 2020 Editors-in-Chief: The Worldwide Whirlwind Annie Chen, Frida Rivera, Jaures Yip, Lucy Nemerov and Miranda Li May 29, 2020 News, Showcase During the final hours of production, there’s an inherent, invigorating energy which emanates from the Media Arts Center lab that the five of us have come to cherish. Two months ago, as we all celebrated yet ...
School district proposes fall reopening schedule and bell schedule Valerie Chu May 13, 2020 Breaking News, News, Showcase The Palo Alto Unified School District proposed a reopening plan and a new bell schedule for secondary schools for the fall semester of the 2020-21 school year in an online school board meeting on May 12. The te...
Administration asks teachers to rethink giving ‘No Credit’ progress report grades Valerie Chu May 9, 2020 Breaking News, News, Showcase Following progress report submissions on May 6, Principal Adam Paulson asked teachers to reconsider giving a “No Credit” grade to students. In late March, Superintendent Don Austin announced that all PAUSD s...
Working toward Wellness Sloan Wuttke, Olivia Ericsson and Krista Robins May 5, 2020 Showcase, Spotlight, Student Life The Need for Change Glued to the concrete floor for two hours, a Paly student locked himself into one of the school’s private bathrooms after being denied access to the Wellness Center. While the center’s...
Fire Breaks Out at Stanford Dish Braden Leung May 1, 2020 Breaking News, News, Showcase A vegetation fire broke out along the Reservoir Road near the Stanford Dish May 1 at 2:50 p.m., resulting in the closure of nearby roads and subsequent redirection of traffic, according to a tweet issued by the...
Grenade defused at Eleanor Pardee Park Ziggy Tummalapalli April 22, 2020 Breaking News, News, Showcase A grenade was defused at Eleanor Pardee Park today in the early afternoon, after receiving a call from a homeowner who had discovered it in their backyard. According to Sergeant Eric Bulapal, the homeowner h...
Activities director Matt Hall to leave at conclusion of school year Siddhartha Sahasrabuddhe and Kris Risano April 16, 2020 Breaking News, News, Showcase, Uncategorized After teaching at Palo Alto High School for nine years, student activities director and Japanese teacher Matt Hall will leave Paly at the end of this school year to pursue his dream of becoming a full-time Japa...
COVID-19: The virus that has shaken the nation Adora Zheng, Benjamin Stein and Andy Wang April 6, 2020 Lifestyle, Showcase, Spotlight The typically packed University Avenue is desolate, a lone man seen wearing an N-95 respirator waiting for his take-out order from an empty restaurant. School campuses have been abandoned, whiteboards and desks...
