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*[[Dink Templeton]] (1915), multi-sport athlete, 1920 Olympic gold medalist and Hall of Fame [[Stanford]] track & field coach<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.usatf.org/HallOfFame/TF/showBio.asp?HOFIDs=166 |title=Hall of Fame |publisher=USATF |date=August 7, 1962 |access-date=August 2, 2010}}</ref>
*[[Dink Templeton]] (1915), multi-sport athlete, 1920 Olympic gold medalist and Hall of Fame [[Stanford]] track & field coach<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.usatf.org/HallOfFame/TF/showBio.asp?HOFIDs=166 |title=Hall of Fame |publisher=USATF |date=August 7, 1962 |access-date=August 2, 2010}}</ref>
*[[Christopher Tin]] (1994), [[Grammy Award]] winning composer
*[[Christopher Tin]] (1994), [[Grammy Award]] winning composer
*[[Lew Welch]], Beat poet, educator, and writer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theunion.com/news/local-news/lew-welch-went-southwest/|title=Lew Welch 'went Southwest'|website=The Union|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-19}}</ref>
*[[Lew Welch]], Beat poet, educator, and writer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theunion.com/news/local-news/lew-welch-went-southwest/|title=Lew Welch 'went Southwest'|website=The Union|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-19}}</ref>
*[[Tad Williams]] (1975), author (''[[Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn]]'', ''[[Otherland]]'', and ''[[Shadowmarch]]'' science fiction/fantasy series)
*[[Tad Williams]] (1975), author (''[[Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn]]'', ''[[Otherland]]'', and ''[[Shadowmarch]]'' science fiction/fantasy series)
*[[Kirk Wise]] (1981), film director/animator (''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'', ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]'')
*[[Kirk Wise]] (1981), film director/animator (''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'', ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]'')

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Palo Alto High School
Address
Map
50 Embarcadero Road

Palo Alto
,
California
94301

United States
Coordinates37°26′13″N 122°09′25″W / 37.437°N 122.157°W / 37.437; -122.157
Information
School typePublic, comprehensive high school
Founded1898
School districtPalo Alto Unified School District
OversightWestern Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Schools
SuperintendentDon Austin[1]
PrincipalBrent Kline[2]
Staff117.07 (FTE)[3]
Grades9–12
Enrollment2,124 (2019-20)[3]
Student to teacher ratio18.14[3]
CampusSuburban
AreaNorthern Santa Clara County
Color(s)    Green & White
Team nameVikings
NewspaperThe Campanile
Feeder schoolsGreene Middle School
JLS Middle School
Websitewww.paly.net

Palo Alto Senior High School, known locally as "Paly",[4] is a public comprehensive high school located in Palo Alto, California. It was founded in 1898 and is one of the oldest high schools in the region. The school's property is adjacent to Stanford University, which provided the land for the school. Paly has a rivalry with crosstown Gunn High School.

Statistics

Demographics

2015–16[5]

  • 1,994 students: 982 Male (49.6%), 1004 Female (50.4%)
White Asian Hispanic Two or More Races African American Pacific Islander Filipino American Indian Not Reported
976 602 187 109 66 21 20 13 0
48.9% 30.2% 9.4% 5.5% 3.3% 1.1% 1% 0.7% 0%

Standardized testing

SAT Scores for 2014–2015[6]
Critical Reading Average Math Average Writing Average
Palo Alto High 627 657 624
District 634 671 634
Statewide 489 500 484
2013 Academic Performance Index
2009 Base API[7] 2013 Growth API[8] Growth in the API from 2009 to 2013
901 905 4

Student media

In October 2014, a new Media Arts Center (MAC) was unveiled at Paly. The MAC is the hub of journalism at Palo Alto High School.[9]

Year-round student publications

These publications have a dedicated class associated with them.

  • The Campanile is the high school's newspaper. It prints 24 broadsheet pages once every three weeks. The Campanile has been in the National Scholastic Press Association Hall of Fame since 2004, and also has won four Pacemaker awards and also a West regional award for editorial excellence from Time.
  • C Magazine is the high school Arts and Culture Magazine. C Magazine has won a Gold Crown award from Columbia Scholastic Press Association in 2015 and 2016.[10]
  • Verde is Paly's school magazine publication, founded in 1999.[11] It is published five times each year and available online. Verde has won Pacemaker and Gold Crown awards for scholastic journalism, including the 2005 Gold Crown award in the Newspaper category.[citation needed] In 2006 Verde won the Best in Show at National Journalism Convention held in San Francisco.[citation needed] In 2008 Verde was one of four newsmagazines awarded the Pacemaker award from the National Scholastic Press Association.[12]
  • The Viking is Paly's sports magazine publication, published six times each year and available online. Founded in 2007, The Viking was the first publication at the high school level to solely cover athletics in the country. It won the National Scholastic Press Association's Student Journalist Impact Award in 2008.[11]
  • The Paly Voice, launched in 2003,[11] is Paly's online news source. It features searchable archives of all other Paly publications as well as exclusive online content. In the spring of 2005, the site won both the People's Voice and Overall Webby Award in the "Student" category.[13]
  • InFocus is Paly's broadcast TV news program. Founded in 1998, it airs daily during school.[11]
  • The "Madrono" is the Palo Alto High School yearbook. It will publish its 100th issue in 2020.

Additional student publications

These publications are clubs but do not have a dedicated class.

  • Proof is Paly's arts and entertainment magazine. It was first published second semester of the 2009–10 school year.
  • Agora is Paly's foreign affairs magazine.[11] First published in 2012, it is the first high school foreign affairs publication in the country.[14] It publishes once a semester.

Athletics

Titles won by teams from Palo Alto High School range from CIF State Championships in Boys Varsity Basketball in 1993 and 2006,[15] a football Division I state championship in 2010,[16][17] volleyball Division I state championships in 2010 and 2011,[18] to CCS Championships in Football in 1995, 2006, 2007, and 2010,[19] and countless CCS titles in other sports. In 2010, both the Boys and Girls Lacrosse teams won the inaugural Santa Clara Valley Athletic League Championships.

Paly has 23 varsity teams, including football, swimming, as well as badminton, softball, basketball, track and field/cross country running, golf, lacrosse, soccer, tennis, volleyball, water polo, and wrestling teams.[20] The school is also home to several athletic clubs, including an Ultimate Frisbee Club.[21]

Notable alumni

See also

References

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  2. ^ Kavandry, Elena (March 13, 2020). "New principals announced for Gunn and Palo Alto high schools". Palo Alto Online. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Palo Alto High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
  4. ^ Rosin, Hanna (December 2015). "The Silicon Valley Suicides". The Atlantic. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
  5. ^ "Enrollment by Ethnicity for 2015–16: Palo Alto High School". California Department of Education. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  6. ^ "SAT Report - 2014-15 District Level Scores". California Department of Education. Retrieved September 26, 2016.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "2009 Base API School Report – Palo Alto High". California Department of Education Assessment, Accountability and Awards Division.
  8. ^ "2013 Growth API School Report – Palo Alto High High". California Department of Education Analysis, Measurement, & Accountability Reporting Division.
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  14. ^ "MINUTES FOR REGULAR MEETING OF MAY 22, 2012" (PDF). Board of Education. Palo Alto Unified School District. May 22, 2012. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
  15. ^ "CIF State Boys Basketball Champions" (PDF). pp. 60–61. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2010. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
  16. ^ "State Football Championship Results" (PDF). p. 39. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 24, 2011. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
  17. ^ Stephens, Mitch (December 17, 2010). "Palo Alto shocks nationally ranked Centennial to capture CIF Division I state football title". Palo Alto Online. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
  18. ^ Borsos, Paige (December 17, 2010). "Volleyball Conquers State Championship in Five-Game Thriller". The Paly Voice. Palo Alto High School. Archived from the original on December 13, 2010. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
  19. ^ "Historical Record of CCS Football Champions Year-by-Year". Archived from the original on October 16, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
  20. ^ "Brochure 1" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 13, 2010. Retrieved August 2, 2010.
  21. ^ Blake, Jamie (November 17, 2008). "Ultimate Frisbee Club passionate about unique hobby". Palo Alto Online. Archived from the original on June 26, 2010. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
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  27. ^ "Stanford to Introduce Jim Harbaugh as Head Football Coach" (Press release). Stanford University. December 18, 2006. Archived from the original on January 4, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2011.
  28. ^ "Allan Hoover; President's Son Was Rancher, Financier". Los Angeles Times. November 8, 1993.
  29. ^ Levenich, Christopher (Summer 2012). "The Fearless Philanthropist". Philanthropy. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
  30. ^ Branch, Eric. "Former Palo Alto WR KeeSean Johnson eager to make his own name in NFL". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
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  44. ^ a b Brown, George; Prioleau, Cassie (February 19, 2010). "Palo Alto High School wrestlers Dave and Mark Schultz remembered for Olympic gold medals, love of wrestling". The Paly Voice. Palo Alto High School. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
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  46. ^ "Lew Welch 'went Southwest'". The Union. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
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External links

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