Official Student Newspaper of Henry M. Gunn High School

The Oracle

Official Student Newspaper of Henry M. Gunn High School

The Oracle

Official Student Newspaper of Henry M. Gunn High School

The Oracle

Students leave Gunn following the shelter-in-place mandate.

Breaking News: Hoax calls prompt shelter-in-place mandate on campus

Kaylee Cheng, Amann Mahajan and Violet Tivol April 22, 2024

At 1:58 p.m. today, a message on the intercom instructed students to begin sheltering in place. This mandate lasted for one hour and 48 minutes, eventually lifted by an intercom announcement at 3:46 p.m.  According to the City of Palo Alto Police Calls for Service map, 1:51 p.m. calls reported...

Thirty portable toilets arrive at Gunns campus following the water-line break.

Breaking News: Gunn community navigates water-line break, water-supply shutdown

Amann Mahajan and Kaylee Cheng April 18, 2024

At 11:24 a.m. today, Assistant Principal of Facilities Dr. Mycal Hixon sent a message to all Gunn staff that the school’s water had been shut off after the A- and B-building construction team hit a water line during  excavation. School remained open during the outage, and the water was turned back...

Source: PAUSD Board of Education

Fire alarm system to be replaced following multiple false alarms

Nicholas Weng, business manager December 12, 2023

On Oct. 24, the PAUSD Board of Education approved a $1.59 million contract to Aram Electric for installing a new Gunn fire alarm system. The decision comes after several false alarms in the past year, caused by the current sensors’ susceptibility to hot weather. According to Assistant Principal...

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