By: Jack Mallery
Haley Perkins: Social Studies
I went to Gunn for high school.
This summer I moved back to Palo Alto from Nashville and drove across country in my Prius towing a U-Haul trailer
Joshua Little: Science
I used to work for Walt Disney World.
I went into management for four...
Written by Kristen Yee
The red window-flower decorated walls of the Chinese classroom will be a little more bare when part-time Chinese teacher Jessy (Xiaojie) Li leaves Gunn next year.
She especially cherishes her relationships with her col- leagues and students during her brief time at Gunn....
Written by Katie Zhang
After four years of teaching both freshman biology honors and marine biology, Navneet Schworetzky is going on maternity leave as an expecting mother in August.
Even though Schworetzky is glad to take time off and rest for a few months before her baby arrives, it is still very difficult...
Written by Katie Zhang
After 40 years as a physical education (P.E.) teacher and wrestling coach, Chris Horpel is retiring. Horpel decided to come back to stay at Gunn after teaching industrial arts and coaching at both UCLA and Stanford. His decision to come back to Gunn in 2003 led him to continue...
Written by Kristen Yee
Physics teacher Bill Dunbar spent his years before teaching as an aerospace engineer at Lockheed Missiles and Space Company developing satellites, space shuttle equipment and missile equipment.
From his youth, Dunbar always had an affinity...
Written by Liza Kolbasov
When math teacher Carlos Martinez was in high school, he found his second home in the water. Martinez first started swimming as a freshman at Valley High School in southern California, and stayed on a swim team through his freshman year at University of California...
Written by Shannon Yang
Physical education teacher Amy Anderson will always remember an incident when she and her boyfriend, both 16 years old, decided to go to Easter brunch together at Charlie Brown’s in Redwood City, where their families would meet for the first time.
Anderson’s family...
By Jack Mallery
According to TIME Magazine, the average person checks their phone 46 times a day or more. Students don’t even recognize that they have their phone out because it has become such a routine part of their lives. e temptation to check the news, social media or talk to friends is always...
Written by Jenna Marvet
For any student of English teacher Ethan Halter, his passion for teaching Shakespeare is evident. Next year, he will change roles and become a student in the Masters in Shakespeare Program at King’s College in collaboration with the Globe Theatre in London, England during a...
Written by Clara Kieschnick-Llamas
Gunn teachers spoke about the lack of affordable housing in Palo Alto at the school board meeting on Jan. 26, discussing the impact of the housing crisis on their interactions with students and their availability for school activities.
Most teachers at Gunn have to...
Written by Helen Nguyen, Assistant Business Manager
District administration returned student course evaluations to teachers in January. Students took the district-mandated student survey regarding teacher performance at the end of first semester.
Principal Dr. Denise Herrmann stated that this survey...
