Palo Alto High School

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Palo Alto High School
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Address
50 Embarcadero Road
Palo Alto, California 94301
United States
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Information
School type Public, comprehensive high school
Founded 1898
School district Palo Alto Unified School District
Oversight Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Schools
Superintendent Glenn "Max" McGee
Principal Kimberly Diorio
Staff 127 (2011–2012)[1]
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 1,943 (2014–2015)[2]
Campus Suburban
Area Northern Santa Clara County
Color(s)           Green & White
Team name Vikings
Newspaper The Campanile
Feeder schools Jordan Middle School
JLS Middle School
Terman Middle School
Website http://www.paly.net

Palo Alto Senior High School, known locally as "Paly", 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. Paly has a rivalry with crosstown Gunn High School.

Statistics

Demographics

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Further information: Palo Alto, California § Demographics

2014–15[2]

  • 1,943 students: 982 Male (50.5%), 961 Female (49.5%)
White Asian Hispanic Two or More Races African American Filipino Pacific Islander American Indian Not Reported
974 564 194 91 67 23 19 11 0
50.1% 29% 10% 4.7% 3.4% 1.2% 1% 0.6% 0%

Standardized testing

SAT Scores for 2013–2014[3]
Critical Reading Average Math Average Writing Average
Palo Alto High 628 661 631
District 629 668 634
Statewide 492 506 489
2013 Academic Performance Index
2009 Base API[4] 2013 Growth API[5] Growth in the API from 2009 to 2013
901 905 4

Student media

  • The Campanile, the high school 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.
  • Verde is Paly's school magazine publication, 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.[6]
  • 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. The Viking has won several Gold Crown awards for scholastic journalism, including awards as both a print and hybrid (print/online) publication.[citation needed]
  • The Paly Voice, launched in the 2002–03 school year, 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.[citation needed]
  • Proof is Paly's arts and entertainment magazine. It was first published second semester of the 2009–10 school year.
  • In October 2014, a brand new Media Arts Center was unveiled at Paly. This multimillion-dollar, 23,000 square foot building is filled with state-of-the-art technology catering to the diverse needs of the multitude of student journalism groups on campus.[7]

Robotics

Palo Alto High School Robotics team is registered as a FIRST robotics competition team as Team 8. The team was founded in 1996, and currently has 85 members.

Athletics

Titles won by teams from Palo Alto High School range from CIF State Championships in Boys Varsity Basketball in 1993 and 2006,[8] a football Division I state championship in 2010,[9][10] volleyball Division I state championships in 2010 and 2011,[11] to CCS Championships in Football in 1995, 2006, 2007, and 2010,[12] 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.[13] The school is also home to several athletic clubs, including an Ultimate Frisbee Club.[14]

Baseball

Basketball

The school's basketball team won the California state championship in 1993.

In addition, the 2006 boys basketball team won the Division II state title after defeating Mater Dei of Southern California in a close 51–47 game. One member of that year's team, Jeremy Lin, is now a member of the NBA's Charlotte Hornets.

Football

The 2010 Palo Alto High School football team went undefeated, compiling a record of 14–0. The season culminated with a 15–13 upset victory for Paly over the nation's 5th-ranked team, Centennial High of Corona, to claim the first Division I State Championship in school history.[9][10] Palo Alto finished the season at #13 in the nation in Maxpreps's final rankings.[citation needed]

Volleyball

The Palo Alto High School girls volleyball won the Division 1 California State Championship in the fall of 2010, two weeks before the school's varsity football team also won the Division State championship. The volleyball team finished the season with a 41–1 record, breaking the school's record for most wins in a season from the previous season's team. Palo Alto finished the season ranked no. 2 in the country.[citation needed] The team won another Division 1 California State Championship the following year to become back-to-back Volleyball State Champions, finishing ranked no. 1 in the nation by Maxpreps.[11]

Notable alumni

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See also

References

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External links

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