In response to the growing opioid crisis among teens, Palo Alto Unified School District will be stocking school campuses with opioid antagonist naloxone hydrochloride, a medication for narcotic overdoses in emergency situations, and implementing voluntary trainings to equip staff members with skills...
Unwanted comments about one’s weight or appearance are certainly not limited to the holidays, but inevitably become more common as rarely-seen relatives all meet up for family reunions during winter break. Even if these statements don’t mean to put someone on the spot, they can enormously affect...
Sophia Hwangbo, Online Editor, Photographer
• December 2, 2022
Living Skills and Early Childhood Development teacher Jeanette Tucker is also employed as an adjunct professor—someone who is hired part time on a contractual basis. She began working at De Anza College in 2021 and San Jose City College in 2022, teaching social psychology and general psychology respectively.
She...
Written by Joy Huang
“Obnoxious,” was the first thought that came to Living Skills teacher Jeanette Tucker’s mind when she first met Michael. Now, they have been dating for 17 years. They met in the stockroom of Crate and Barrel at the Stanford Shopping Center in May 2000, when Tucker was...
Written by Clara Kieschnick-Llamas
At the school board meeting on March 8, the topic of adding more social-emotional learning (SEL) curricula was discussed to combat stress. It was decided that more SEL would be added to the schedule, hopefully by the 2017-2018 school year.
SEL implements a broad...
