Written by Evalyn Li A group of Gunn girls attended the Math Prize for Girls competition at MIT from Sept.19 to Sept. 21. This year, senior Patricia Tang, juniors Shannon Yang, Maya Sankar and Jane Ahn and sophomore Sherry Chen attended the competition. To qualify, attendees must have taken either...

Written and created by Shawna Chen The Oracle staff attended the NorCal Media Conference, held by Journalism Education Association of Northern California, on Saturday. Read our news brief on this Journalism Day for more information. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbzND4wat-A]

Written by Kristy Garcia Blackburn Senior Jacob Bers’s astronomy photographs are being featured at the district office’s “Point of View” exhibit from Sept. 21 through Oct. 23. Yesterday, Bers and Palo Alto High School senior William Dougall were honored at a reception to kick off...

Written by Shagun Khare “Unmasked,” a student-created film made in response to last year’s tragedies, is premiering Sept. 12 with the goal to destigmatize mental health in the Palo Alto community. The idea for the film began in late May when Palo Alto High School seniors and co-directors...

Written by Shannon Yang Several students voiced concerns and recommendations at a student forum on Mon., Feb. 9 at 7:30 p.m. The forum was organized by the Committee for Student Wellness, a group consisting of four students and a teacher advisor. The event included panelists to listen and clarify...

Pandora’s Box Acts of Random Kindness Model United Nations GunnBrand4U

Written by Isaac Chen Senior Quinn Wu recently competed against 1,700 of the United States’ top student researchers in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search, widely regarded to be the most prestigious science competition in the nation. Wu’s work in aeronautics and astronautics, funded by NASA and...

A first-person account: cancer is not a simple story Q&A with leukemia survivor junior Crystal Trevillion The Oracle staffer gives advice on coping with a  relative’s cancer

Gunn students and staff dressed in green on Wednesday, March 11 so show support for Paly and the Palo Alto community.

Written by [Unsigned] Last week, Gunn students expressed outrage at the reactions of certain community members to the recent suicides. Comments made by Paly students and parents on the Palo Alto Online forum and at the school board meeting last Tuesday criticized almost all aspects of Gunn, from its...

Written by Shawna Chen On Aug. 28, California Superior Court judge Rolf Treu struck down the state’s teacher protection laws in his final ruling for the landmark Vergara v. California case. Treu argued that tenure, seniority and dismissal policies have made it too easy for ineffective teachers to...

Written by Elinor Aspegren  On Thursday, Sept. 11, students began to trickle into Gunn when they stumbled on flags dotting the lawn in front of the library. That morning, high school students began to plant United States (U.S.) flags in honor of the 3,000 who died in the Sept. 11 tragedy of 2001. Junior...