Schools closed until fall, instruction to fully move online
On Wednesday, district superintendent Don Austin announced that schools would not reopen for the rest of the academic year. “We empathize with students who were holding out hope for a return this year,” Austin wrote in a message to the...
In light of the increasingly global reach of the COVID-19 disease, also known as coronavirus, individuals within the Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) have faced a variety of effects stemming from caution and fear of the spreading disease. The proliferation of the coronavirus has sparked...
Clashing cymbals, booming drums, a squeaking horn and a voice with an exaggerated drawl: it was all music to his ears. Of all the performances in the classic movie “Mary Poppins,” it was Dick van Dyke’s impressive one-man band that convinced senior Aidan Roessig that music could, in fact,...
The boys varsity soccer team kicked off their preseason with a first place victory at the Homestead Christmas Cup tournament. From there, they progressed seamlessly into the season, with an outstanding winning streak. “Right now, we are undefeated,” junior Joey Cianfichi said. “We only...
Students returning for second semester encountered a bus schedule change due to the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) enacting a new plan to replace Route 88 with School Trippers (buses) 288, 288L and 288M.
Implemented on Dec. 28, 2019, the VTA’s “New Service Plan” has...
“The world is waiting for you. Good luck. Travel safe. Go!” Those are the words that host Phil Keoghan speaks at the starting line of “The Amazing Race.” From there, 11 pairs of contestants compete for a million dollars in a race spanning multiple continents. Each episode, the last team...
Freshman Aaron Alpan is the kid who is always making a racket outside. A few days a week, like clockwork, he’s on the street riding up and down his ramp, attempting tricks and flips of all sorts. While it’s a nuisance to his neighbors, it’s a passion to him, albeit a noisy one: skateboarding.
At last, we can look forward to the holidays, bringing with them twinkling strung-up lights, cookies warm from the oven, festive garlands twined around every pole and, for some reason, old fat men with fake white beards.
It’s the day after Halloween, and you’re in possession of the unthinkable: too much candy. Perhaps you’re starting to realize that you were overzealous in ringing doorbells the night before, and you’re staring at your mountainous trick-or-treating haul in astonishment. Perhaps there...
Outwardly, junior Cate Schmoller resembles a typical teenager; she’s a gregarious, positive person who values her social life and her cat. Born and raised in the Bay Area, she attended Barron Park Elementary School and Fletcher Middle School. But since coming to Gunn, something in her life unexpectedly and gradually changed.
“How do you do it?” “I can’t believe you can live without bacon!” These are questions that sophomore Pablo Brunet is used to hearing from new acquaintances. Reportedly, he only misses fish sticks.
It’s been seven years since Brunet’s parents decided to switch from vegetarianism...
