LAUNCH QUARANTINE TRENDS The shelter in place has left many bored in their homes. Palo Alto High School students are among those participating in trends from Youtube workouts to Dalgona coffee sprouted from social media fads.
Text by SOFIA ANTEBI
What time do you wake up? 1 p.m. or later
6 a.m. or earlier
5.3% 11 a.m.–12 p.m.
3.5%
22.8%
7–8a.m.
22.8%
Facetime Photoshoots
“It was something new and different to do while Facetiming and I got some good pics out of it,” sophomore Camila Urteaga said. “It was a fun experience but it was hard not being able to see the pictures right after I took them.”
45.6% 9–10 a.m.
At-Home Haircuts
“I think quarantine is the perfect time to try new things and go out of your comfort zone,” freshman Caroline Zhang said. “I cut off around four inches. I’m glad I did it and I like how it turned out.”
Verde Magazine collected statistics from 57 Palo Alto High School students following Sofia Antebi on Instagram in the month of May .
Stream in quarantine: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Close to everyone’s hearts, it’s back on Netflix
Spice Cabinet Challenge
“[It] was made by my friend partly as a joke to the other challenges on the internet,” junior Andrew Pham said. ”In a way, it brought us together as the quarantine started.”
Gossip Girl
It’s a classic, packed with Upper-East Side drama
Outer banks
Adventure that’ll keep you on the edge of your seat
brooklyn Nine-Nine
A lighthearted sitcom following an NYPD precinct
Art in Isolation
One Punch Man
Action-packed, hilarious, satirical superhero story
In all the craziness of the pandemic, many are compelled to create. The Palo Alto Teen Arts Council aims to document this point in history with an artistic lens, while also providing comfort by giving teens a platform to share their art.
LE CÉLERI (left) — A pop-art inspired painting depicts central figure in awe and exclamations in different languages. Painting by Renee Vetter CLOUDY DAY (center) — A biker crosses an empty, rain-soaked street. Photo by Rein Vaska REACHING UP (right) — Hands emerge from orange terrain clipped from National Geographic magazines. Collage by Phoebe Berghout
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