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...
Standards-based grading detrimental to students’ success Andy Wang March 4, 2020 News In both school and in society, many institutions and traditions require radical change. However, grading is not one of them. Ever since Mount Holyoke College introduced it in 1887, most American high school st...
Sports helps with academic performance Sophia Moore October 2, 2019 Sports Between a grueling three-hour practice and copious amounts of homework, the average day for a typical student-athlete is not a simple task. While some believe that participating in a sport may hurt academic pe...