Briefing
The Proof editors Pierre Bourbonnais, Katie Causey, Letty Kerman, Michelle Chung, Melanie Leng, Caitlin Dazey, and Lillian Xie, plan to publish their art magazine before summer vacation. “
“Proof” to prove art talent of Paly as art magazine The first issue of “Proof ”, a new Paly publication focusing on the arts, is scheduled to come out by the end of the school year. “Proof ” will showcase students’ art, along with some artist statements and reviews. Art teacher Margo Wixsom advises the new publication. It will be offered as a class, primarily to AP Art students. “This is a student driven vision,” says
Margo Wixsom. Wixsom decided to start this publication after visiting Columbia for a journalism convention and discovering other schools’ art magazines. “I know my students can make a magazine like that,” says Wixsom. “Proof ” will sell for about two to three dollars. “They [students] pay for it and create value in it,” says Wixsom, “This is the driv-
ing force behind the cost of the magazine.” The “Proof ” editors will be Pierre Bourbonnais, Katie Causey, Letty Kerman, Michelle Chung, Melanie Leng, Caitlin Dazey and Lillian Xie. Bourbonnais has been spear-heading the project. “He has such a good plan,” says Causey. “This magazine has the potential to be incredibly successful.” text and photography by jessica madej
Kaye Paugh retires: the end of an era
Can’t get enough yearbook memories?
After attending Paly herself and teaching for 19 years, Kaye Paugh is retiring, leaving behind a legacy and the most decorated room on campus. “Paly is in my blood,” Paugh says. “It is with many bittersweet feelings that I retire as I know that I will greatly miss the students, my colleagues and all that is wonderful about Paly.” Although she will no longer teach any classes, Paugh plans to guide her current junior advisees next year and will come the campus every advisory for her advisees. Paugh plans to use her new free time to travel the world, with plans to visit New York, North Lake Tahoe, and Hawaii as well as Holland, Germany, Austria, Hungary, and Poland the following year. Paugh will be greatly missed back home at Paly, where she has become a prominent piece of Paly culture. “Teaching and serving as a teacher adviser to Paly students has been pure pleasure and I believe that I gained hun-
A first-ever yearbook “supplement” pamphlet will be offered to Palo Alto High School students on June 21 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Room 101 at Paly. The supplement, created by the yearbook staff, will have 6 pages with pictures about Prom and the Graduation ceremony, among other end of the year activities. “We wanted to have pages Prom, Baccalaureate, graduation and other cool end-of-the-year events, but the yearbook is turned in to be published before any of that happens,” student editor Maanvi Mittal said. “So we decided to make an extra, sort of minibook.” The first 50 people who come will receive a supplement for free, after which each pamphlet will be $2. “I think juniors and seniors will like it the most, but we’re offering it to everyone,” Mittal said.
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Beloved teacher Kaye Paugh will be retiring after teaching for 19 years.
dreds of new friends through the experience,” Paugh reflects. “I never step on to the campus without feeling that special magic and vitality that is at the heart of Paly. What a privilege and blessing it has been to feel that Paly magic each day for so many years.” text by mary vericat
text by manon von kaenel