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May 29, 2024 | 
palyvoice.com | Sophia Yang
After three years of directing Palo Alto High School’s student government, current Student Activities Director Steven Gallagher is stepping down from his position, and will be replaced by dance teacher Alyssa Bond starting next school year. While Gallagher will still keep his position as history teacher, he will be ending his ASB involvement due to the position’s interference with his personal life. “It was a matter of time that I stepped down,” Gallagher said.
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May 16, 2024 | 
palyvoice.com | Sophia Yang
Featuring a wide range of student-created pieces — from hip-hop and jazz to contemporary and lyrical — the Palo Alto High School Dance Team will host its annual Spring Dance Show at 7 p.m. Friday in the Performing Arts Center. The dance showcase will feature performances from the Paly dance team, dance classes and clubs. According to Dance Coach Alanna Williamson, the dance team will be performing seven pieces for the show.
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Mar 15, 2024 | 
taiwannews.com.tw | Sophia Yang
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Three of Taiwan's top universities said Saturday (March 16) their new school year winter break is scheduled to begin on Dec. 23 and will be the earliest winter break in history.
National Taiwan University (NTU), National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU), and National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) will embrace the early winter break starting this year.
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Mar 15, 2024 | 
taiwannews.com.tw | Sophia Yang
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Fitness influencer Peeta, a personal trainer and the owner of a fitness club in Taipei City has been arrested for possessing marijuana and a marijuana vaporizer, which were found during a search of his office.
With over 770,000 subscribers on YouTube, Peeta's business interests have expanded into e-commerce (Peeta Mart), supplements and nutrition, as well as takeout bodybuilding meals (Peeta x TakeTake).
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Mar 15, 2024 | 
taiwannews.com.tw | Sophia Yang
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan's Supreme Administrative Court ruled this week to reject an appeal from the Kuomintang (KMT) and instead required a payout of NT$860 million (US$27.2 million) from the cash-strapped party.
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Mar 10, 2024 | 
palyvoice.com | Sophia Yang
“In May, when coyotes howl beneath an unnervingly large moon, taller plants, such as spiderworts and black-eyed Susans, begin to creep over the tinier blooms, stealing their light and water. The necks of the smaller flowers break and their petals flutter away, and before long they are buried underground.
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Feb 27, 2024 | 
palyvoice.com | Sophia Yang |Carissa Tsui
One semester into a new “ungrading” grading system, the AP English Language and Composition team at Palo Alto High School is reevaluating and adjusting the grading system in response to student feedback. The 2023-2024 guide for the course says students receive “descriptive feedback” on their assignments instead of traditional grades, with an emphasis on improvement of skills rather than just level of performance. Grades are then determined by the category of the rubric met.
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Feb 21, 2024 | 
languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu | Sophia Yang |Victor Mair
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This issue caused quite a hullabaloo more than a month ago and, during the runup to the national election that was going on at that time, it generated a lot of hot rhetoric. It's important to note that First Girls High School is an elitist, influential institution that is very hard to get into.
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Feb 15, 2024 | 
palyvoice.com | Sophia Yang
Class is back in session following a fire alarm disruption at 11:35 a.m. today at Palo Alto High School. According to Assistant Principal Jerry Berkson, the alarm was triggered in the gym and caused other alarms to go off around campus. Berkson said the school will be repairing the entire alarm system over the summer. Home Economics teacher Theresa McDermott said her class was in the middle of a cooking lab when the alarm went off.
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Feb 9, 2024 | 
taiwannews.com.tw | Sophia Yang
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A Taiwanese individual leveraged AI tools to generate the portrait of a 17-year-old teenager that might resemble the look today of a 3-year-old girl who went missing during the Taipei 101 new year firework display in 2010.
The girl, Huang Pei-hsuan (黃佩璇), was separated from her auntie by crowds near the Vieshow cinemas in Xinyi District that night. The location is just five minutes from what used to be the world’s tallest skyscraper.
