Written by Grace Ding
Principal Denise Herrmann officially shared the new bell schedule for the 2016-2017 school year on April 17 via Schoology. Although no major changes were made, the two most noticeable tweaks include shortening Friday by 10 minutes and increasing consistency by mirroring Monday...
Written by Grace Ding
For a while now, I have looked forward to watching my first K-drama, or Korean drama. Up until about a year ago, I had been fundamentally against watching or listening to anything that was in a language I couldn’t understand. I especially thought that Korean idols and actors...
Written by Grace Ding
For the past three years, campus supervisor Karin Delgadillo, known to students as Mr. D, has collected a number of abandoned bikes on campus. On March 30, the first bike was given to a Gunn student, with many more ready to be donated to any students in the school district who...
Written by Grace Ding
Unlike most students, freshman Alma Andino-Frydman commutes to San Francisco at least once, usually twice per week. The youngest certified instructor in the nation, Andino-Frydman teaches hot yoga and hot pilates.
At the age of ten, Andino-Frydman attended her first yoga class....
Written by Shagun Khare and Grace Ding
When sophomore Jojo Qi began dancing in elementary school, it was a form of art. The stage was her canvas and she was the paintbrush, decorating the blank slate with intricate pivots and vibrant pirouettes. But as the paintings on her stage developed through...
Written by Grace Ding
Sitting on my bed in the final hours of 2014, I scrolled through Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, laughing at witty jokes about New Year’s resolutions. I wondered if I too should join the millions of people worldwide and set a few myself. I’d never done it be- fore, and...
Written by Grace Ding
Going into the class, I felt apprehensive, to say the least. As someone who can not even stand walking outside on hot summer days, I was eager to see how I would survive in a steaming room at 110 degrees for 90 minutes, not to mention attempting yoga postures.
Thankfully, I...
Written by Grace Ding
Toys for Pups is a new club on campus, started by junior Emily Spector. Students meet during lunch on Mondays in room C-3 to make dog toys by tying fabric in different patterns to make firm ropes. The toys are then donated to Canine Companions for Independence (CCI), a nonprofit...
Written by Grace Ding
Published in the November 8, 2015 issue
Freshman physical education (P.E.) classes implemented the Youth Empowerment Seminar (YES!) program on Oct. 26. The four-week unit focusing on stress management and mental health will also take place in sophomore P.E. classes in January...
Written by Grace Ding
Published in the October 8, 2015 issue
Have you ever sat at home on a weekend, bored because you don’t know where to hang out with your friends? Located on the east end of Embarcadero Road, the Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve is a great destination. The calming...
Written by Grace Ding
Published in the May 22, 2015 issue
On May 5, voters in the Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) renewed the parcel tax, raising it by $120, from $638 per parcel to $758 per parcel. Approved by the PAUSD Board of Education on Jan. 28, Measure A was passed in an...
Written by Grace Ding
To address mental health improvement, the administration has provided a revised plan to construct a wellness center, which is currently awaiting complete approval and set to begin construction in June 2016.
The proposed wellness center will be located on the second floor of a...
