The lack of cost-efficient healthy food options is an issue that affects the entire community of East Palo Alto. Low income communities such as East Palo Alto tend to be targeted by fast food companies through children and their schools. This may stem from many residents who have challenges in terms of accessing healthy food for reasons that range from the cost to the proximity.

Research has emerged about the disadvantages of smartphones, specifically how cellphone use in the early stages of childhood lead to harmful consequences in the future. For example, it has been explored that smartphones are harmful in leading to kids believing that their lives are less adequate and perfect than that of their peers because of social media, and that the social aspect of teens is degraded because of their ability to “hide behind their phones.

This project is focused on interpreting an artist's relationship to their work. A diverse collection of artists will be surveyed to collect the details of their feeling towards their art pieces throughout the stages until completion.

This research project is a literature review focusing on child emotional abuse by parents. It focuses on emotional abuse because it is often underrepresented in mainstream media and perceived as less harmful, when in fact many survivors of abuse have said that emotional abuse was the most long-lasting and harmful kind of abuse they'd experienced.

This research project will explore the effects of full-day kindergarten on child development and achievement. Part of this research is analyzing various perspectives from literature, teachers, parents, administrators and surrounding districts.

Many high school students have passions they excel at and aspire to turn these passions into an entrepreneurial venture. However, some lack the understanding of how to go about this process. This research aims to discover the critical characteristics for a teenage entrepreneur to be successful and to determine what it is that makes teenage entrepreneurs able to attain the great things they have accomplished. Prior research has not been successful in determining these characteristics and has not surveyed high schoolers.

Many students, even in the Bay Area, are struggling with school because they are not being given a proper education. The most important element to success is that a student is confident in his or her abilities so that they can form aspirations for the future, and it’s vital that students are in an environment where they can have that confidence in their academics. Programs such as the Tinsley Program are good because they give students the opportunity to be educated in high-achieving learning environment, even if that is not the background that they come from.

While underprivileged students face an array of challenges ranging from paying the fee to submit a college application, to being able to pay for college itself, one of the first steps in the college admission process is taking college entrance exams. The SAT or ACT are generally accepted by all schools so either test is a viable option for students to take. Many students who do not have extensive resources, go into these tests with minimal or no preparation, creating what some see as a disadvantage.

This project will examine the overall effects of the achievement gap and investigate the efficient ways to diminish the gap. The impact stereotype threat has on different ethnicities as well as the role socioeconomic status contribute to the achievement gap will also be explored.

This research project aims to assess cannabis misuse effectively by creating a survey that will be administered to Palo Alto high school students. The results will be used to compare Palo Alto high schools to the national high school trends. This will better equip entities to combat substance abuse through a clear gauge of the numbers.