On Dec. 6, the City of Palo Alto’s Human Relations Commission — which aims “to promote fair and just treatment of all people in Palo Alto,” according to its mission statement — held a special meeting to hear Muslim and Arab community members’ concerns regarding recently amplified Islamophobia...
To celebrate Halloween, the Student Executive Council hosted their annual Trick o’ Treating event on Oct. 30 at lunch. The next day, Japanese teacher Matt Hall held his “Hall”-oween Costume Contest during lunch on the quad.
The trick-or-treating event, which was held in 24 classrooms across...
Gunn Theater took center stage in the Little Theater with Henry Lewis, Jonathon Sayer and Henry Shields’ “Play that Goes Wrong” on Oct. 27 and 28 and Nov. 1-4.
The play follows the Cornley Drama Society’s opening night of “The Murder at Haversham Manor,” an English whodunit set in 1922....
During a special meeting on Friday, the PAUSD school board voted 3 to 1 — with member Todd Collins absent — to suspend public commenting on Zoom for the next three meetings. Any extensions of the suspension will require further discussion and another vote.
The decision comes as a preventative...
On March 10, the PAUSD school board sent a letter to the Palo Alto City Council proposing the redistribution of land at Cubberley Community Center. In the letter, Board Member Shaunak Dharap outlined a plan in which PAUSD would keep 20 of the 35 total acres at Cubberley for a future high school site,...
Students chartered a number of new culture clubs this fall, putting a spotlight on the importance of affinity groups to the Gunn community. The new affinity clubs are the Muslim Student Association, South Asian Culture Club, Southeast Asian Student Association, Turkish Club and Vietnamese Culture Club....
Administrators, teachers and students gathered in N-208 at lunch on Friday to discuss math options beyond Advanced Placement Calculus BC at Gunn. The discussion came on the heels of the Sept. 12 school board meeting, where Superintendent Don Austin announced that Assistant Superintendent of Secondary...
Starting Sept. 18, all PAUSD secondary schools will adopt a new schedule featuring a later start time and 35-minute periods on six designated Mondays in the academic year. Administrators from PAUSD middle and high schools reached this decision to allow for more intra-staff support and collaboration.
Under...
In April, Palo Alto High School administrators used on-campus security cameras to help identify the perpetrator of a school-shooting threat, calling attention to the role security systems play on Palo Alto Unified School District campuses. While PAUSD has consistently maintained protocols to ensure student...
“I want to see a country other than Japan with my own eyes.” “I want to eat a lot of meat.” “I want to make lots of friends and talk a lot.”
Such were the thoughts of ten Japanese students as they boarded a plane for America on March 25. Meanwhile, ten Gunn students cleared an extra room...
On March 1, Spanish teacher Elizabeth Matchett received the Teacher of the Year award from the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. The award recognizes high school teachers who dedicate themselves to teaching the Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures. Matchett, who is...
