As our community passes the six month period of shelter-in-place, it's increasingly important to maintain and care for both our mental and physical health. Amidst the lack of in-person interaction, it’s easy to feel unmotivated to be productive, particularly when it comes to exercise. Closed gyms,...
Ryan Manesh, Sports Editor, Business Manager
• September 7, 2018
Written by Ryan Manesh
At the end of the last school year, students learned that they would be able to take two new physical education (P.E.) electives: Athletic Conditioning and Yoga. Both of these classes, if completed, count towards a student’s physical education credits, and are available to sophomores,...
Written by Joy Huang
Sixteen new courses were approved by the Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education on Tuesday, Jan. 24 for the upcoming school year. Eight of the courses will be offered at Gunn, including The Art of Visual Storytelling, Chinese Civilization and Culture, AP Computer Science...
Written by Ariel Pan
Only the sound of deep breathing can be heard as the participants of the student-staff yoga session lie on their backs in the Shavasana pose. e room is dark, and the fairy lights on the ceiling twinkle as English teacher Diane Ichikawa walks around, adjusting hands and shoulders....
Written by Grace Ding
Unlike most students, freshman Alma Andino-Frydman commutes to San Francisco at least once, usually twice per week. The youngest certified instructor in the nation, Andino-Frydman teaches hot yoga and hot pilates.
At the age of ten, Andino-Frydman attended her first yoga class....
Written by Clara Kieschnick-Llamas
At the school board meeting on March 8, the topic of adding more social-emotional learning (SEL) curricula was discussed to combat stress. It was decided that more SEL would be added to the schedule, hopefully by the 2017-2018 school year.
SEL implements a broad...
