Paly students pursue robotics outside of school Austin Xiang March 23, 2020 Science/Tech Many students at Paly have decided to pursue their passion for STEM through an unconventional path: joining a non-school affiliated robotics team. Whether it’s forming a team before entering Paly or not being a...
Sticker Culture Adora Zheng October 3, 2019 Lifestyle, Showcase, Student Life Junior Joey Edmonds’ green water bottle is plastered with stickers, ranging from a Rubik’s cube to Captain America’s shield. According to Edmonds, her stickers represent her personality and the topics she is pa...
ASB holds Quadside Lands, plans Spirit Week activities Emma Todd October 2, 2019 News With Spirit Week right around the corner, September is a busy month for ASB. Events like Quadside Lands, which happened from Sept. 18-20, as they have finally been settling into the school year. “I got to plan...
Scheduling decisions require more student involvement The Editors-in-Chief September 6, 2019 Editorial Paly’s new bell schedule, featuring a Monday that alternates between even and odd periods every other week and a fixed schedule for Tuesday through Friday, has been met with controversy. The back-to-back eve...
Students explore “hidden” electives Maya Rathore April 11, 2019 Lifestyle, Student Life As course selection shuts its doors and the process of piecing together schedules for next year begins, counselors start their yearly struggle of packing kids into extremely popular classes — the kind of course...
Nowruz celebrates arrival of spring Shiva Mohsenian April 5, 2019 Food, Lifestyle, Student Life Minutes before the official start of the vernal equinox, junior Sanaz Ebrahimi leans in close to her traditionally decorated Iranian table alongside her family, eagerly anticipating the start of the Persian New...
Coming to a Consensus on Consent Noah Baum, Leila Khan, Shannon Zhao and Tien Nguyen December 12, 2018 Showcase, Spotlight, Student Life Introduction If you stop and ask 20 strangers to define “consent,” you will hear a variety of answers. If you stop and ask 20 students who have all attended the same consent assemblies to define the term, you w...
