Principal's Update

Greetings Gunn Community,

What a time to be on campus! The excitement is buzzing with the opening of our new admin building and cafeteria. It’s been amazing to see students, staff, and families enjoying these beautiful spaces. Add the gorgeous weather we’ve been having, and it feels like there’s a little extra sunshine in everything we do. Come by and check out the new facilities if you haven’t already.

And don’t forget, we have some fantastic events coming up in the coming days and weeks including the Winter Orchestra concert, and our annual Game of Throws international juggling event! These are great opportunities to connect, celebrate, and see the amazing things our community is up to. Hope to see you there!

Warmly,
Dr. Stratton

• Important: Changes to VTA Bus Schedules
• Late Start Monday, January 27
• Titan Tidbits

• Key Dates

Please see this important information regarding VTA (Valley Transportation Authority) bus route 288; service adjustments effective January 13th:

The VTA will be making service adjustments for the 288 routes that serve Gunn HS effective January 13, 2025

• Route 288M will be discontinued due to low ridership. Route 288 service will be extended from Middlefield & Colorado to Loma Verde & Waverley to cover some of the former 288M routing.
• Routes 288 and 288L schedule times will be adjusted on January 13th.
• Please also note that bus route times are adjusted for all of Gunn's special schedule days.

School Day Only Southbound 288:

Loma Verde+Waverley: 8:11am

MiddleField+Colorado: 8:14am

Gunn High School: 8:45am

School Day Only Northbound 288:

The Northbound 288 will depart Palo Alto Veteran's Hospital 10 minutes after Gunn High School Dismissal Times.

Dismissal Time 3:30pm:

PA Veteran's Hospital: 3:40pm

Gunn High School: 3:45pm

Loma Verde+Waverley: 4:09pm

Dismissal Time 3:50pm:

PA Veteran's Hospital: 4:00pm

Gunn High School: 4:05pm

Loma Verde+Waverley: 4:29pm

Dismissal Time 4:10pm:

PA Veteran's Hospital: 4:20pm

Gunn High School: 4:25pm

Loma Verde+Waverley: 4:49pm

Note: The last NB 4:20pm trip will only operate when Gunn is dismissed at 4:10pm.

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School Day Only Southbound 288L:

Louis+Elbridge 8:17am

Gunn High School: 8:42am

School Day Only Northbound 288L:

The northbound 288L will depart Palo Alto Veteran's Hospital 5 minutes after Gunn High School dismissal time.

Dismissal Time 3:30pm:

PA Veteran's Hospital: 3:35pm

Gunn High School: 3:42pm

Louis+Fielding: 4:05pm

Dismissal Time 3:50pm:

PA Veteran's Hospital: 3:55pm

Gunn High School: 4:02pm

Louis+Fielding: 4:25pm

Dismissal Time 4:10pm:

PA Veteran's Hospital:4:15pm

Gunn High School: 4:22pm

Louis+Fielding: 4:45pm

Gunn High School time point has been added to the Northbound PM trips to allow for extra boarding time and a consistent departure time.

Let me know if you have any questions.

-Russell Anstadt

Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority

Service & Planning Department

408-321-5694

As a reminder, we will have a late start Monday on January 27. The schedule follows below:

NO ZERO PERIOD

Staff PD (9:00-10:00)

Brunch (10:00-10:05)

Period 1 (10:15-10:50)

Period 2 (11:00-11:35)

Period 3 (11:45-12:20)

Lunch (12:20-12:50)

Period 4 (1:00-1:35)

Period 5 (1:45-2:20)

Period 6 (2:30-3:05)

Period 7 (3:15-3:50)

Congratulations to our head football coach and 3 players who were awarded regional honors by the All Bay Area News Group! Student athletes and football staff from high schools in 5 different counties were selected by The Mercury News and The East Bay Times as "the best to grace gridirons across the Bay Area during the 2024 season".

Honorable Mention- Coach of the Year

"Dethrick Slocum completed a remarkable three-year rebuild, going from 0-10 in 2022 to a 10-0 regular season record and PAL Lake Division title in 2024. Mastermind of a defense that allowed just 31 points during the regular season. This included six shutouts, with five of them coming in league play."

Mr. Slocum is also a Gunn Special Education teacher. Well done, Coach!

Congratulations to our amazing Choir Teacher Ms. Angelina Fitzhugh, who was chosen for the Pearson Scott Foresman Silver Burdett Choral Educator Award!

Ms. Fitzhugh will be honored at the awards ceremony at CASMEC in Sacramento later this month.

Thank you for all your hard work, we are so lucky to have you at Gunn! 🎼🎵🎶

Congratulations to the following Gunn Athletic teams for being named a CCS Fall 2024 Scholastic Championship Team. Only 5 teams in each sport are awarded the honor.

3.873 GPA - Boys Cross Country
3.821 GPA - Girls Cross Country
3.687 GPA - Girls Flag Football
3.546 GPA - Football
3.843 GPA - Girls Golf

Great job Gunn Athletes!

In November the math department administered 152 of the AMC12 and AMC12 math competition tests. 25 students qualify for the next round of competition, the AIME, which will be given in early February.

Congratulations! 📚📊

On Tuesday January 7, hundreds of students, staff and community members were treated to a fantastic event, put on by our phenomenal food services team! The tasting was held in our brand new cafeteria, and offered over a dozen different samples off the new menu, which will feature local and seasonal items. The cafeteria officially opens on January 21st. We are so thankful to Alva Spence (Director of Nutrition Services) and our hard working food services team who have been making do with a temporary kitchen and cafeteria for the last 2.5 years.

Here's to a delicious 2025! 🍇🥗🥦🥝

Come one, come all to the 6th Annual Game of Throws Festival! Brought to you by the Gunn High School Juggling Club! This event is for all beginners-hobbyists-pros-artists. Friday, January 24 to Sunday, January 26, 2025 at Gunn High School, 780 Arastradero, Palo Alto, CA 94306.

Contact for any and all inquiries is Matt Hall. Festival Entrance for all three days is FREE.

Find the events calendar here.

Before Winter Break Ms. Pena and Ms.Tabares hosted a Gingerbread House making event to celebrate students' accomplishments from 1st semester.

On December 11th Student and Family Engagement Specialists from Gunn and Paly hosted their first combined (and 3rd annual at Gunn!) Posada Dinner Party. Families, students and staff were invited to come enjoy food, music and more. Gunn SAFE Joey Ordonez had this to say of the event "Our posada was a great opportunity for new families to meet each other and older families to reunite. The event has become a great tradition and the students really look forward to it each year. Next year our Posada will be at Paly, and we hope to include Middle College families as well. All are welcome!"

JANUARY

Mon, January 13

• Orchestra Winter Concert, 7:30 pm, Spangenberg

• Site Council, 4:30 pm

Wed, January 15

• PTSA Association Meeting, 8:30am, Gunn Flex Room

Fri, January 17

• Spring Club Charter Applications Due

Mon, January 20

• No School, MLK Jr. Day

Tues, January 21

• Titan Grub Hub opens for Staff and Students

• GUNN/JLS/FLE Orchestra Exchange, 9:00-12:00 pm, Spangenberg

Fri, January 24

• Game of Throws, Juggling Event 5:00pm-Midnight, Bow Gym

Sat, January 25

• Game of Throws, Juggling Event, 9:00am-Midnight Bow Gym

Sun, January 26

• Game of Throws, Juggling Event, 9:00 am-5 pm, Bow Gym

Mon, January 27

• Late Start Monday Schedule

Wed, January 29

• Electives Fair, During Prime

• Department Meetings

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