The National Merit Scholarship Program has announced their semifinalists for the 2010 Competition. Palo Alto Unified School District has a total of 87 students being recognized, 46 for Paly and 41 for Gunn, and moving on to compete to be finalists. This represents over ten percent of the District’s Class of 2010.
Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) and Palo Alto High School are pleased to announce that journalism adviser Paul B. Kandell has been named the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund’s 2009 National Journalism Teacher of the Year.
Palo Alto Unified School District design consultant, Deems Lewis McKinley Architecture (DLM, has provided design services for projects at Gunn and Palo Alto High Schools. Conceptual Plans are currently on display for the community to view.
“A Conversation with Everyday Mathematics Authors” program for parents will be held on Wednesday, September 30, 7:00-9:00 p.m., at Nixon Elementary School.
After ten years of service in PAUSD as Director of Elementary Education, Becki Cohn-Vargas has been appointed Superintendent for the Luther Burbank School District.