Hello Viking Families!
In spite of a few modifications to Paly’s spirit week, our students have shown their Paly spirit in many positive ways. We started our week with dress up contests during brunch and lunchtime games and activities that encouraged our theme of Paly Play! Throughout the entire week, our students participated in float building activities after school, which brought together several members of each of our classes and the entire school. The floats look amazing and I am positive our judges will have a difficult time deciding this year’s winner.
On Wednesday, we held our first indoor assembly in several years. The energy, combined with the spirited class colors, electrified the entire Peery Center to a whole new level. Our students participated in class cheers and friendly competitive activities. Yesterday, our students enjoyed performances from our Dance Squad, Pep and Cheer team and a special dance performance from several members of the Paly staff. And finally today we will conclude our school day spirit week activities with the debut of the class floats and dance performances of each of our classes at our final spirit assembly after school at Viking Stadium.
The concluding events of spirit week will be our Homecoming Football Game, tonight beginning at 7:00 pm, against Homestead High School. And then on Saturday evening, our students will have a fun night of dancing at the Homecoming Dance, which will be held in the small gym.
Throughout this entire week, I have been genuinely impressed with ALL of our students, especially how they have unified their school spirit around fun and positive behaviors. I look forward to continuing this positive spirit throughout the entire school year. SKO VIKES!
Brent Kline, Principal
Advisory
The first progress notes of the year have been posted making it the perfect time to talk about exactly what those marks mean. TAs have been reaching out to students to talk about their grades making sure they know where to find on-campus support and the proactive steps they can take for improvement. We purposely allocate Advisory time after these grades post so TAs have additional time to talk with students.
Please consider talking to your student about any incompletes or low marks in their classes. There is still plenty of time to make up work and bring up grades before the semester is over. In particular, read the comments made by teachers for further guidance.
If your student had one or more Ds, Fs, or NMs (no marks), a hard copy of the report was mailed home. To check your child’s grades, please log in to the ID Portal and select Infinite Campus. Click on the three lines in the upper left-hand corner and then click on "documents."
Senior Parent/Guardians:
If you haven’t already done so, please remember to complete the Parent/Guardian Assessment in Naviance. Our TAs are very busy writing their letters of recommendation for our college-bound students. The information you supply in this survey offers important insights about your student that makes their letters more meaningful. While you’re at it, please remind your seniors to complete their Info for TA Letters of Rec survey on Naviance as well.
To find the Parent/Guardian survey:
- Login to your Naviance account > click on “About Me” > choose “Surveys from your School” in the drop down menu.
- If you need help with your Naviance account, please contact Karla Larson (klarson@pausd.org)
College and Career Center
2022 Palo Alto College Fair – Monday, Oct. 10, Peery Center, 6:30-8:30 pm
On October 10, juniors, seniors and their families can come to meet college representatives from out of state public universities and private colleges in the U.S., as well as international colleges from Canada, Japan, Australia, and Europe.
A Financial Aid Workshop will be hosted at the event, from 7:00-8:00 pm in Room 2030 of the small gym, presented by Mr. Carl Gottbrecht, Associate Director of Student Awards of Stanford University.
Families are encouraged to park in Paly’s main parking lot along Embarcadero/El Camino, so we can save the Churchill parking lot for college reps and guests (we anticipate 1000 attendees). We suggest arriving on time to secure parking on campus. College reps will use StriveScan to scan students’ QR codes to quickly obtain contact information and spend more time connecting; students please register before the fair at https://app.strivescan.com/registration (choose 10/10/22 Palo Alto College Fair from the event options.) For more information (including how to prepare for a college fair), and a list of participating colleges, please visit: https://www.paly.net/campus-life/college-career-center/college-fair.
We need help from Paly parents to make this event a success! Please consider volunteering for a job or simply donate bottled water; sign up at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050945aaaf29aaf49-2022. Thank you.
