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The Paw Print

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The Paw Print

Schools implement the new phone policy, phones off and learning on.

New phone policies implemented in Bay Area schools

Kaitlynn Fukuhara, Staff Writer October 11, 2024

Schools all over the bay implemented a no-phone rule during school hours this year. Students have strong opinions about whether this phone policy is necessary.   The no-phone policy at the start of...

Extremely hot temperatures sometimes hit Woodside affecting students' learning environment.

Lack of air conditioning persists despite record-breaking temperatures

Isabel Cox, Staff Writer October 7, 2024

The majority of Woodside does not have air conditioning units due to a multitude of constraints. Despite record-breaking high temperatures these last couple weeks, Woodside has not furthered their push...

Students prepare for the Big Read by reading their required books.

The Big Read introduces new changes and themes this year

Samantha Marquez, Beat Editor October 2, 2024

The Big Read is a summer activity that takes place every year at Woodside within the first month of school. This year, the Big Read focused on the 442nd Battalion of Japanese-American soldiers during...

New signs above the trash bins were introduced this year. They include examples of what goes where and demonstrates the importance of organizing/managing students' trash.

The role of proper trash management for a cleaner campus and world

Nathan Chen, Copy Editor September 30, 2024

Organizing trash is an extremely necessary and key practice that students at Woodside, and people at home, must participate in to help the environment, according to students and staff. On Woodside’s...

In this picture, you see Shawn McGarrah, Woodside’s new physics teacher.

Woodside’s new physics teacher Shawn McGarrah jumps straight into the school year

Hollin White, Managing Editor September 27, 2024

This school year marks the eighth year of teaching, and first year at Woodside High School for Shawn McGarrah, a physics teacher. McGarrah taught at Dublin High School for the past seven years, specializing...

The song cover of 199 Records' first song, "Sound of a Hurricane," stars main artist and Woodside senior Ayla Defouw.

Woodside launches student record label

Patrick Van Hoven, Managing Editor May 31, 2024

Students in Woodside’s Music Production Club are launching a student music label, enabling students to produce and release music in a more official capacity.  Since January, a team of Woodside students...

Seven Woodside students were rewarded with Sequoia Award scholarships for volunteering in their communities.

Seven seniors win Sequoia Award Scholarships

Patrick Van Hoven, Managing Editor May 31, 2024

This April, seven Woodside seniors won scholarships from the prestigious local Sequoia Awards.  The Sequoia Awards, established in 1990, is “dedicated to honoring volunteerism in Redwood City”...

Meet Woodside's class officers (consisting of president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer) for the 2024 -2025 school year.

Meet Woodside’s 2024-2025 Student Officers

Nathan Chen, Copy Editor May 24, 2024

Woodside’s new leadership student body has been officially nominated and is ready to get to work next year. Leadership roles are made up of the president, vice president, treasurer and secretary....

Woodside High School Digital Photo students photographs of street graffiti in San Francisco.

Is it graffiti or vandalism?

Hollin White, Managing Editor May 8, 2024

To some people, graffiti is vandalism, but to others, a form of art. This distinction often comes down to the viewer's perspective. The dictionary definition for graffiti is “writing or drawings scribbled,...

Many students wonder how they're going to pay for college after graduation. There are many scholarships available that can help these students.

College can be expensive but scholarships can help

Nathan Chen, Copy Editor May 8, 2024

At the same time seniors are applying to college, they are also applying for scholarships to receive financial support as they prepare to go to college. Scholarships are a form of financial assistance...

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