Student Journalism
The Smoke Signal (Mission San Jose High School, Fremont)
5/21/12 7:30pm
I admit it; I used to be someone who used Sparknotes indiscriminately. Temptation lured me to err at 2:30 AM,...
The Smoke Signal (Mission San Jose High School, Fremont)
5/21/12 7:30pm
On February 8, the University of California (UC) Board of Regents released a bulletin announcing that eight UC campuses, all...
The Smoke Signal (Mission San Jose High School, Fremont)
5/21/12 7:30pm
On Tuesday, March 30, 2010, MSJ teachers gathered on Palm Ave. and Mission Blvd. before and after school to...
The Smoke Signal (Mission San Jose High School, Fremont)
5/21/12 7:30pm
For this issue of the Smoke Signal, the editorial board chose their favorite covers!
The Smoke Signal (Mission San Jose High School, Fremont)
5/21/12 7:30pm
Parents have taken matters into their own hands when it comes to FUSD budget cuts. SaveFremontStudents is a campaign...
The Smoke Signal (Mission San Jose High School, Fremont)
5/21/12 10:30am
Oklahoma!, a musical written by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II, is set in 1906 and revolves around...
The Smoke Signal (Mission San Jose High School, Fremont)
5/20/12 1:45pm
Three simple, yet incredibly loaded words: second semester senior. This phrase has reached legendary proportions. Apparently, students can cut class...
The Paly Voice (Palo Alto)
5/20/12 6:17am
Headline:
Senior cut day moved, teacher conflict persists
Reporter(s):
Suzanna Ackroyd
Body Text:
Senior cut day, an unsanctioned-yet-established Paly tradition, has always faced a varying amounts of pushback...
The Paly Voice (Palo Alto)
5/19/12 11:26pm
Headline:
Baseball ousts Bellarmine, advances to CCS semifinals
Reporter(s):
Edward Mei
Body Text:
Edward Mei
Senior pitcher Ben Sneider throws a pitch in Saturday's game against the Bellarmine Bells. The...
The Smoke Signal (Mission San Jose High School, Fremont)
5/19/12 8:15pm
Having been a competitive player for over 33 years and now head coach of the MSJ Boys’ Tennis team, Coach...
The Smoke Signal (Mission San Jose High School, Fremont)
5/19/12 8:15pm
This month, the editors picked their favorite spring-time love songs.
The Smoke Signal (Mission San Jose High School, Fremont)
5/19/12 8:15pm
Zerg Rush was one of the two teams from MSJ’s Math Club that entered the 2010 Stanford Mathematics Tournament on...
The Paly Voice (Palo Alto)
5/16/12 8:18pm
Headline:
Baseball handles Evergreen Valley 9-0 in CCS first round
Reporter(s):
Grant Raffel
Body Text:
Matt Ersted
Relief pitcher Danny Erlich winds up to throw a fastball in the fourth inning of Paly's...
The Paly Voice (Palo Alto)
5/16/12 3:23pm
Headline:
Junior organizes charity concert to raise LGBTQ awareness
Reporter(s):
Anna McGarrigle
Body Text:
The second annual It Gets Indie Benefit Concert, organized by Palo Alto High School junior Julian...
The Paly Voice (Palo Alto)
5/15/12 8:59pm
Headline:
Preview: Baseball begins first round of CCS
Reporter(s):
Edward Mei
Body Text:
The Palo Alto High School baseball team (25-6) will take on the Evergreen Valley Cougars (11-14), at 4 p.m. this Wednesday...
The Paly Voice (Palo Alto)
5/15/12 7:09pm
Headline:
Art club to feature student work in gallery
Reporter(s):
Noa Braun
Body Text:
After their second annual gallery, The Paly Art Show club aims to showcase student artwork while promoting an art-driven...
The Paly Voice (Palo Alto)
5/14/12 8:08pm
Headline:
Memorial services to commemorate life of Paly grad
Reporter(s):
Aaron Zelinger
Body Text:
Congregation Beth Am of Los Altos Hills will host a memorial service in honor of deceased Class of 2011 Palo...
The Paly Voice (Palo Alto)
5/14/12 1:23pm
Headline:
Campanile headquarters to transform into a wet lab
Reporter(s):
Hannah Kim
Body Text:
The need for additional science classrooms next year will require relocating journalism resources and the Campanile...
The Paly Voice (Palo Alto)
5/13/12 10:18pm
Headline:
Sports Recap: Week of May 12
Reporter(s):
Edward Mei
Body Text:
Matt Ersted
Pinch hitter Michael Strong fouls off a pitch during Paly's 6-2 victory over Los Altos Tuesday afternoon. Strong...
The Hatchet (Washington High School, Fremont)
5/12/12 11:36pm
Look through this website for content from before March 2012. Go to thehuskynetwork.com for current WHS Digital Journalism published work.
The Paly Voice (Palo Alto)
5/12/12 6:40pm
Headline:
Agora Magazine: Vol. 1, Issue 1
Reporter(s):
Agora Magazine
Body Text:
Editor's Note: Agora Magazine is Palo Alto High School's foreign affairs magazine and is separate from The Paly Voice; the...
The Paly Voice (Palo Alto)
5/12/12 4:12pm
Headline:
Editorial: Obama bravely unlocks closet for civil rights
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Obama comes out and forward on the right side of gay marriage
Reporter(s):
The Paly Voice Staff...
The Paly Voice (Palo Alto)
5/11/12 1:46pm
Headline:
Contingency plan to care for downed lawn chairs
Reporter(s):
Mike Lin
Body Text:
Seven of Palo Alto High School’s newly acquired lawn chairs have cracked under the strain of countless students,...
The Paly Voice (Palo Alto)
5/11/12 1:16pm
Headline:
Stanford professor speaks to students about water resource issues
Reporter(s):
Aaron Chum
Body Text:
Would you drink recycled waste water?
That was the question Jeffrey Koseff, an engineering...
The Paly Voice (Palo Alto)
5/9/12 2:17pm
Headline:
FORMER CAMPANILE EDITOR IN CHIEF PASSES AWAY ON APRIL 9
Reporter(s):
Alvin Kim
Body Text:
Friends and classmates of 2006-2007 Campanile Editor in Chief, Lee Domenik were shocked to learn of Lee’s...
The Paly Voice (Palo Alto)
5/8/12 10:59pm
Headline:
Video: May Fete Parade 2012
Reporter(s):
Hannah Kim
Body Text:
The Paly Voice provides a recap video of the May Fete Parade and Festival. The Palo Alto High School marching band, community service...
The Paly Voice (Palo Alto)
5/8/12 8:49pm
Headline:
Baseball strikes first against Los Altos in first game of SCVAL Finals
Reporter(s):
Edward Mei
Body Text:
Matt Ersted
Shortstop Austin Braff rounds third base in Paly's playoff game against Lost...
The Paly Voice (Palo Alto)
5/8/12 6:07pm
Headline:
Wicked cast members, theater students to perform benefit concert
Reporter(s):
Zoe Greene
Body Text:
Members of the national touring company ofWickedwill perform with Palo Alto and Westmont High School...
The Paly Voice (Palo Alto)
5/7/12 9:57pm
Headline:
New leadership team chosen for The Campanile
Reporter(s):
David Lim
Body Text:
The Campanile, Palo Alto High School's newspaper, announced its new leadership team for the 2012-2013 school year on...
The Paly Voice (Palo Alto)
5/7/12 6:49pm
Headline:
AP exams delayed on first day of testing
Reporter(s):
Aaron Zelinger
Body Text:
Some students registered for the AP Environmental Science examination were already frustrated at having to wake up early...
The Paly Voice (Palo Alto)
5/7/12 1:33pm
Headline:
Video: Paly math and social sciences building construction update
Reporter(s):
Hannah Kim
Body Text:
The Paly Voice provides you with updates on construction taking place around the Palo Alto High...
The Paly Voice (Palo Alto)
5/5/12 8:30pm
Headline:
With spring, a flood of new lawn chairs
Reporter(s):
Jeffrey Lu
Body Text:
Blue lawn chairs are making their debut on the Palo Alto High School quad after the Associated Student Body approved the...
The Paly Voice (Palo Alto)
5/5/12 11:01am
Headline:
Fire alarm cancels SAT at Paly
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Fire alarm cancels SAT at Paly
Reporter(s):
Grant Raffel
Body Text:
A fire alarm cancelled...
The Paly Voice (Palo Alto)
5/4/12 10:26pm
Headline:
Robotics finishes in top 200 at nationals
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Robotics finishes in top 200 at nationals
Reporter(s):
Matt Ersted
Body Text:
The...
The Paly Voice (Palo Alto)
5/3/12 6:46pm
Headline:
For some, made-to-order graduation requirements
Reporter(s):
David Lim
Jeffrey Lu
Body Text:
Jeffrey Lu
Palo Alto Unified School District Supt. Kevin Skelly listens...
The Viking View
5/3/12 11:15am
By Erica Charlton
Spring is in the air, and that means that students are going to be enjoying the welcoming, warm weather by walking and biking to school, or just carpooling to the beach with friends. full story >
The Viking View
5/3/12 8:49am
By Serena Uppal
IB Music, is a fun, in depth class, as challenging as a international baccalaureate class should be. full story >
The Viking View
5/3/12 8:48am
By Erica Charlton
Communication in the teenage world has slowly shifted from the previous face-to-face interaction to communication through electronic social media, such as Facebook and texting. However, regular, posit full story >
The Paly Voice (Palo Alto)
5/2/12 6:33pm
Headline:
Library modifies hours during AP testing
Reporter(s):
Zoe Greene
Body Text:
The Palo Alto High School library will reduce its hours from May 7 to May 18 due to Advanced Placement testing.
A complete...
The Paly Voice (Palo Alto)
5/2/12 1:27pm
Headline:
Administration to increase grade report frequency for all students
Reporter(s):
Suzanna Ackroyd
Body Text:
The administration will increase the frequency of progress reports for the 2012-2013 academic...
The Paly Voice (Palo Alto)
5/2/12 1:26pm
Headline:
One Acts to be presented at Paly
Reporter(s):
Ben Lin
Body Text:
Palo Alto High School Theater will be hosting the 'One Acts' presentations in the Haymarket Theatre at 7:30 p.m. from May 17-19.
This...
The Paly Voice (Palo Alto)
4/30/12 9:00pm
Headline:
The stories behind the trees
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Local photographer attempts to rally the community to appreciate the beauty of trees and create art
Reporter(s):
Hae-Lin...
The Paly Voice (Palo Alto)
4/30/12 9:00pm
Headline:
Sports Recap: Week of April 23
Reporter(s):
Edward Mei
Body Text:
Editor's Note: Sports Recap is The Paly Voice's weekly recap of all-things-sports at Paly. Sports Recap may pull information from a...
The Paly Voice (Palo Alto)
4/30/12 6:57pm
Headline:
Korematsu to speak to students during Tutorial
Reporter(s):
Juliana Moraes-Liu
Body Text:
Karen Korematsu, daughter of the man who brought his case against Japanese internment camps to the Supreme...
The Paly Voice (Palo Alto)
4/29/12 9:49pm
Headline:
Summer classes for high school credit now free
Reporter(s):
Hannah Kim
Body Text:
All Palo Alto high school students will now have the option to take classes required for graduation during the summer...
The Paly Voice (Palo Alto)
4/29/12 7:25pm
Headline:
Palo Alto's May Fete Parade to reach its 90th year
Reporter(s):
Zoe Greene
Body Text:
Next Saturday marks the 90th annual May Fete Parade and Fair in Palo Alto, where community members can enjoy...
The Paly Voice (Palo Alto)
4/27/12 1:31pm
Headline:
Printz Award honorees speak to Paly students
Reporter(s):
Hillel Zand
Body Text:
Three 2012 Michael L. Printz Award honorees continue on a two-state book tour after stopping at the Palo Alto High...
The Viking View
4/27/12 12:13pm
By Erica Charlton
This wonderful play was first seen by the Montgomery High drama department while visiting last year’s Shakespeare festival in Ashland, Oregon. full story >
The Viking View
4/27/12 12:11pm
By Natalie Koppen
The 84th Annual Academy Awards are officially over! The predictions I made in my last Oscars article all came true: Meryl Streep won Best Actress, Jean Dujardin won Best Actor, and “The Artist” won Be full story >
The Paly Voice (Palo Alto)
4/24/12 3:59pm
Headline:
Liveblog: Award-winning authors speak at Paly
Reporter(s):
Will Queen
Riya Varma
Body Text:
Students will have the opportunity to listen to prominent authors Daniel...
The Urban Legend
5/29/09 6:19pm
By Daniel Moattar
Joshua SmelserAnnie Clark onstage at the 2007 Swerve Festival, where her mix of innovative vocals and unusual instrumentation swayed fans. Photo by Joshua Smelzer on FlickR.com/used with permission
A review of Texas-based indie pop musician St. Vincent's new album, "Actor...
The Urban Legend
5/25/09 7:03pm
By Celine Buehl
Isabel MooreWalter Ko, a Chinese author and scholar, has written on the subject of the Chinese poetry that can be seen etched into the walls of the barracks of Angel Island.
A Chinese author at Angel Island for the reopening ceremony helps a young writer translate the poems...
The Urban Legend
5/25/09 6:52pm
By Celine Buehl and Sarah Maccabee
Isabel MooreUrban students Daniel Moattar, Celine Buehl, Nora Lalle and Alan Hsiao stand at the entrance to the Angel Island Immigration Station grounds. The island, sometimes called "the Ellis Island of the West," was a stopping point for thousands of...
The Urban Legend
5/25/09 2:23pm
By Sara Brooks
Isabel MooreCody Leff ('11) rests during a study hall period. He generally feels the effects of insufficient sleep towards the middle of the day and benefits from taking a couple of minutes off his work to rest.
The amount of sleep teenagers get seems to be dwindling...
The Urban Legend
5/23/09 12:54pm
By Lizzie Logan
Joren Dawson is living every kid's dream — instead of going to a traditional four-year college next year, the Urban senior will be attending the National Circus School in Canada. Other seniors also ar full story >
The Urban Legend
5/23/09 12:52pm
By Lizzie Logan
Centers for Disease ControlThe swine flu, as seen through a colorized negative stained transmission electron micrograph (TEM) in April 2009. Centers for Disease Control/C.S. Goldsmith and A. Balish
By now, you’re probably tired of hearing about the swine flu, the H1N1...
The Urban Legend
5/22/09 5:48pm
By Natasha Tamate Weiss
Who am I? It's a question that may seem unanswerable, but it's asked all the time by teens, and Urban is no exception full story >
The Urban Legend
5/21/09 2:28pm
By Nora Lalle and Phoebe Winn
MCTPresident Barack Obama with first lady Michelle, center, and daughters Malia and Sasha, left, show off their new Portuguese water dog, Bo, to the White House press corp, Tuesday, April 14, 2009, in Washington, D.C. (Nancy Stone/Chicago Tribune/MCT)...
The Urban Legend
5/21/09 2:26pm
By Allegra Gordon
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center image by Reto Stockli This image, called "the blue marble" by NASA, is the most detailed true-color image of the Earth to date, representing a mosaic made up of satellite-based observations made by scientists over a several-month period...
The Urban Legend
5/21/09 2:23pm
By Justine Palefsky and Phoebe Winn
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How many Urban students smoke, drink, drive under the influence, or indulge in unsafe sex? A new survey sheds light on what Urban students are doing. full story >
The Urban Legend
5/21/09 2:19pm
By Tobyn Smith
Cash AskewFrom right to left: Cash Askew, Daniel Durst, Wesley Spargon and Henry Cordes are the Little Witnesses, a garage band with a sound that resembles England's Gang of Four.
Iggy Pop and the White Stripes are big names now, but they started out small — as garage...
The Urban Legend
5/21/09 2:12pm
By Sam Kronish
Isabel MooreCoconut, rice, peppers and peanuts are central to the distinctive cuisine of Malaysia.
Many don't know about Malaysian cuisine, but they should — it's a rich combination of Southeast Asian flavors that is sure to please full story >
The Urban Legend
5/21/09 2:10pm
By Céline Buehl
photo by Isabel MooreCouples and friends dance together at Urban's prom on May 9, unfettered by prom's stereotypical traditions
The past few decades have marked a drastic shift from the traditional relationships of the past to the casual, no-strings episode known as...
The Urban Legend
5/21/09 2:09pm
By Sam Kronish
Nora LalleStep 1: Steam Fresh Nettles and Drain Water
Foraged or simply fresh? Our food writer reviews two organic community food options, one offering sustainably farmed produce, the other "wild food" dug up by some enterprising Bay Area food sleuths full story >
The Winged Post (Harker, San Jose, CA)
3/4/09 11:26am
By Amal Asghar
Screen shotBLOG: The Ning blog allows alumni to post information about social and academic life at their college or university
With the help of Daniel Hudkins, Instructional Technology Director, Sean Mandell (12) launched a blog at www.ning.com on January 5 for alumni to give...
The Winged Post (Harker, San Jose, CA)
3/4/09 11:24am
By Tiffany Chien
As cheating remains a pressing concern in the community, the Honor Council has been adopting changes and rewriting the honor code to improve students’ conduct.
After several Honor Council members a full story >
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