By Karen Tan, staff writer
Following the SFUSD school board’s
approval of a November 2009 proposal,
the 2010-2011 school year
for all SFUSD schools will begin a week
earlier on August 16 and end on May 27.
This change is, in part, meant to align the
school calendars with that of colleges, allowing
high school students to take concurrent
enrollment classes at City...
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By Patricia Seto, staff writer
The college and career counselor position has
been switched twice in the past two years.
This year, because of 9th grade counselor Ms.
Josephine Ho’s maternity leave, Ms. Candace Boran,
the previous college and career counselor has taken
over as freshmen counselor while Mr. Shane Papatolicas,
the tutoring coordinator at Futurama, is now the
new college counselor....
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By: Jacqueline Xu, staff writer
Mr. Ben Chun, AOIT teacher
at Galileo, recently
won the Rambus-KCI
Innovation Award, which honors an
exemplary technology or program
that benefits the Silicon Valley educational
community which was officially
announced on November 4,
2009. Out of 25 entries, Mr. Chun’s
class project on” Educational
Games” impressed the judges from
Rambus with its real-world application
and cross grade level connections.
High school juniors...
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By Jacqueline Xu, staffwriter
Mr. Bai Zhen has become
the new college counselor
at Galileo for this
academic school year, taking over
for Ms. Susan Tu, the previous college
counselor, who went back to
school at Stanford to study education.
As the new college counselor,
Bai assists Galileo students in applying
for colleges, providing college
fieldtrips to CSU, UC, private
schools and community colleges.
Before working at...
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By Annie Kwok, Staff Writer
Carrying on his family tradition of attending Galileo Academy is a source of pride for
Senior, Patisela Ale, who goes by Pat for short, as many of his family members have
been and will continue to be part of the lion tradition. Pat has eleven other siblings
all who have or will follow...
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By Sandy Wong
Being enrolled in a ballet class
since the first grade has encouraged
Sophomore Briana
Wong to become motivated to take on
more challenging roles, such as being
the Class President of 2012 at Galileo
for two years in a row. Between ballet
class and the duties of Class President,
Briana has come to see herself as someone with strong
determination, and...
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By Jasmine Golpalrast, Staff writer
Currently a freshman and
lead singer for one of the
school’s band, ”Rocket Science”,
Kahliel Jones hopes that one
day people all around San Francisco
will hear his music. Kahliel’s
interest in singing just began over the summer,
although he’s always had a passion for music. He
began with drumming 8 years ago, playing the
guitar 2 years ago...
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By Sandy Wong, Staff Writer
This year, instead of the graduation ceremony being held at the Bill
Graham Auditorium, Masonic Auditorium, or AT&T Park, the senior
class of 2010 will be the first class to graduate on our home
athletic field. Some of the contributing factors to where graduation should
be held was that Galileo’s Athletic Field was newly...
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By Annie Kwok, Staff Writer
In order to provide for the safety of Galileo Students, the Galileo
Administration is now strictly enforcing the Galileo dress code.
Because of an assault incident which occurred on October 30th due
to assumptions of gang affiliation, Galileo is now asking students to
restrain from wearing any bright red or bright blue clothing to...
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By Mayen Fan, Staff Writer
Distant sound of bells fills
the air. Children look
up to find the figure of
a sleigh with the familiar eight
reindeers pulling the sleigh with a
man, and a sack full of toys. The
children are excited to see that
Santa Claus coming to town. It’s
time for Christmas! Time to bring
out the presents, but wait no...
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