Palo Alto Online : Volcanic ash strands area students in Paris, Barcelona
Stranded in Barcelona, 12 Gunn High School students and two faculty chaperones hope to return to Palo Alto Thursday night after their original Sunday flights home were grounded by the volcanic ash...
View ArticlePalo Alto Online : Budget cuts threaten school crossing guards
The yellow-clad crossing guards who patrol Palo Alto's major intersections before and after school could lose their jobs under a budget-cutting proposal by Palo Alto City Manager Jim Keene. Parents...
View ArticlePalo Alto Online : Veteran teachers named high school principals
Two veteran Palo Alto teachers and administrators, Katya Villalobos and Phil Winston, have been named the new principals at Gunn and Palo Alto high schools. Villalobos will replace retiring Principal...
View ArticlePalo Alto Online : TheatreWorks cited as 'treasured cultural icon'
Now, decades later, TheatreWorks of Palo Alto is celebrating its 40th anniversary. The Palo Alto City Council Monday proclaimed TheatreWorks -- and its founder and director Robert Kelley -- a...
View ArticlePalo Alto Online : Local-record approval for parcel tax -- 79.36 percent
Palo Alto voters have said a resounding "yes" to their public schools, according to a vote tally announced at 8:01 p.m. Tuesday on the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters website. Voters approved...
View ArticlePalo Alto Online : Paly teams earn honors in science, math contests
Students at Palo Alto High School continue to rack up national honors in science and mathematics this spring -- including placing second in a national math contest, announced Monday. In Washington,...
View ArticlePalo Alto Online : Elementary Mandarin popular in Palo Alto
Palo Alto's elementary Mandarin Immersion Program is wildly popular among local families, with 69 students applying for 22 kindergarten spots this fall. However, school officials say it's unclear...
View ArticlePalo Alto Online : New 600-seat theater proposed for Paly
The Palo Alto Board of Education tonight will consider plans for a $22.4 million, 600-seat performing arts center for Palo Alto High School. The theater is proposed to be built along Embarcadero Road...
View ArticlePalo Alto Online : Major new buildings at Paly, JLS get thumbs up
School board members Tuesday night applauded plans for a new, 600-seat theater at Palo Alto High School, saying their earlier fears that the building was too big for the site had been allayed. "Shock...
View ArticlePalo Alto Online : Congratulations, Class of 2010!
Gunn High School To a standing ovation from graduating seniors, Gunn High School Principal Noreen Likins tearfully thanked students for their "fortitude and maturity" in carrying on after a string of...
View ArticlePalo Alto Online : Big changes afoot at Gunn, Paly
Teenagers heading back to school this fall will find dramatically altered landscapes at Gunn and Palo Alto high schools. At Gunn, the 26 portable classrooms that comprised the "Titan Village" section...
View ArticlePalo Alto Online : Wireless coverage boosted in Palo Alto schools
Google has contributed 350 "wireless access points" and other networking hardware to the Palo Alto Unified School District, the district announced. The access points -- spread throughout the...
View ArticlePalo Alto Online : Skelly proposes shift to pre-holiday final exams
Gunn and Palo Alto high schools should shift their academic calendars to hold first-semester final exams before the December break, starting in 2011-2012, Superintendent Kevin Skelly has proposed. The...
View ArticlePalo Alto Online : Will school-calendar shift cut or boost stress?
Palo Alto school officials said they hope to ease academic stress by shifting the calendar to hold first-semester final exams before winter break starting in 2011. But the proposed calendar change...
View ArticlePalo Alto Online : 71 Palo Alto students National Merit semifinalists
Thirty seniors from Gunn High School and 28 seniors from Palo Alto High School have been named as semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship competition. An additional 108 students from Paly and...
View ArticlePalo Alto shocks nationally ranked Centennial to capture CIF Division I state...
CARSON -- Palo Alto High School's football team took a "we have nothing to lose" approach into Friday's CIF Division I Bowl game. And to the surprise of almost all, the Vikings didn't, stunning the...
View ArticlePalo Alto High's 'rejection' wall returns
As college acceptances and rejections roll in, some students at Gunn High School are sharing their rejections for all to see on a makeshift "Wall of Rejection." By the weekend, the wall facing a...
View ArticleSchool Calendar Debate Rages On at PAUSD Board Meeting - Palo Alto, CA Patch
Old arguments were once again brought to the table Tuesday night when the Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education revisited the issue of changing future school calendars to move...
View ArticlePalo Alto Online : Gunn, Paly, Castilleja celebrate the class of 2011
With balloons, flowers, music and pure glee, students at Gunn and Palo Alto high schools as well as Castilleja School celebrated graduations this week. Below are reports from the festivities. Palo...
View ArticleMore than 95% of Palo Alto Students Pass High School Exit Exam on First Try
The California High School Exit Exam (CASHEE) results are out, bearing good news for Palo Alto: More than 95 percent of students pass the test on their first try. In the Palo Alto Unified School...
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