On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week, fire alarms caused campus-wide evacuations and interrupted class schedules.
The first two alarms were set off by some kind of smoke — potentially from foods like popcorn that have activated the sensors in the past — while the cause of the third alarm...
Two new courses are being added to the course catalog for the 2024-25 school year: Asian American Literature, in which students will analyze Asian American experiences through novels, biographies and more, and Advanced Placement Physics 2, in which students will learn algebra- based physics focused on...
Lise Desveaux, Centerfold Editor
• December 21, 2023
At their Dec. 12 meeting, school-board members elected next year’s president and vice president, reviewed progress on the PAUSD Promise, approved new high school courses, and listened to community concerns about antisemitism and the ethnic studies curriculum during Open Forum.
The Board elected...
English teacher Diane Ichikawa and social studies teacher Phillip Lyons have both taught at Gunn for almost two decades, with a friendship stretching just as long. Their commonalities have brought them together, and what they value about their friendship keeps it going strong.
The year she was hired,...
ChatGPT and its ability to generate original text from almost any user-provided prompt has cast some uncertainties about the future of technology use in and out of the classroom at Gunn.
The artificial intelligence chatbot developed by the startup OpenAI was originally launched as a prototype in November...
“My child will not read this garbage racist book and I would like you to immediately assign an alternate curriculum for the month that you will be spending on reading and disseminating this garbage book!”
So wrote school board election candidate Ingrid Campos of “Stamped, Antiracism and...
Since California’s admittance as the 31st state, it has served as a progressive model for public education. Schools became free for all students in 1867, California was one of the first states to pass a compulsory attendance law in 1874 and the Golden State enacted the Class Size Reduction Program...
“You guys!”
Almost everyone—male-identifying or not—has been called “a guy” at least once in their life, whether it’s through the welcoming words of a teacher, an enthusiastic text or an obnoxious shout across the hall. To most, this word is just that: a common greeting.
It’s become...
Written by Jennifer Gao
Prom askings don’t always go according to plan, and English teacher Diane Ichikawa’s was no exception. For Ichikawa, having a date was mandatory to attend Prom. “I did not get asked my junior year and I did not know anybody to ask, so one of my good friends and I went to...
