“I think NIOS week is important because it helps remind people to do what they can to help make Gunn the safest and most accepting place it can be for everyone. NIOS week reminds me to evaluate my actions to help make Gunn the best place it can be.” —Elise Epstein, 12
“I think...
Written by Shagun Khare and Grace Tramack
On Tuesday, March 28, Principal Dr. Denise Herrmann officially released the new schedule for the 2017-18 school year via Schoology. The new bell schedule will maintain the same schedule as this year with the exception of the optional Thursday Tutorial,...
Written by Shagun Khare and Kristen Yee
On Nov. 8, a feeling of hope and excitement buzzed throughout campus as people proudly sported their “I’m With Her” buttons, t-shirts and even socks in support of Hillary Clinton. e few students who wore their “Make America Great Again” gear...
Written by Deiana Hristov and Shagun Khare
Every day, junior Karla Henriquez wakes up at around 6 a.m. while most of her friends are still asleep. Her parents have to leave at 4 a.m. in the morning to start their work, so she is left by herself to get ready and eat breakfast. At 6:30 a.m., she then...
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 Shagun Khare
Each weekday, promising young students walk into Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) middle schools named after racists and eugenicists in order to learn about how they can lead lives embracing acceptance and tolerance. Palo Alto, although portrayed as a sort of panacea...
Written by Shagun Khare
Published in the November 6, 2015 issue
Acceptance and compassion are attributes that our community strives to achieve here at Gunn. Yet, strive as we might, ensuring that these attributes are extended to all members of our community is a task much more complex than it seems...
By Shagun Khare
“_______ is probably going to go to Stanford, and I am probably going to Foothill.” For the hundreds of times we have heard it or even said it, the phrase does not cause a single person to flinch, much less speak up about it. We are enveloped in an environment that is intellectually...
Written by Shagun Khare
Every year in early November, twinkling lights adorn the rooftops of a home in every neighborhood or so. Rangoli is hand-drawn onto each home’s doorstep to display a spiral of vibrant colors and geometric designs, representative of a religion that is deeply ingrained into...
Written by Shagun Khare and Katie Russell
Published in the October 8, 2015 issue
Senior Mara Greene was absent from school due to Yom Kippur, a Jewish holiday, on Sept. 22 and Sept. 23 of this year to practice her faith. According to the California Education Code (Ed Code), the absence...
Written By Shagun Khare
Published in the April 17, 2015 Issue
From the moment we enter high school, we are told that the following four years are ours to grasp—to grow as individuals, to learn and, most importantly, to prepare ourselves for college. However, being a subject of such...
Written by Shagun Khare
From the moment we enter high school, we are told that the following four years are ours to grasp—to grow as individuals, to learn and, most importantly, to prepare ourselves for college. However, being a subject of such high regard in the Palo Alto community, “college”—a...
