- February 18Chinese Parent Group Hosts Annual Staff Lunch Celebrating Lunar New Year
- January 31Youth Advisory Council Helps With Accreditation Efforts
- January 24Meeting Community Needs: Hoag Expands Campus in Irvine
- January 24Irvine City Council Votes to Keep the Katie Wheeler Library Open
- January 24Jimmy Carter’s Death Inspires A National Mourning Day On Jan. 9
![Lead guitarist and junior Ethan Williams and rhythm guitarist and senior Eddie Chen rock the stage in a rendition of the Tran-Siberian Orchestra piece “First Snow,” which is conducted by instrumental music director Desmond Stevens. “Being able to have the rock musicians on stage with the orchestra musicians and having the full wind band on with everyone else puts nearly 100 students on stage together,” Stevens said. “Then [having] that element of all the lighting and effects and the students in the control room running that at the same time really builds [a] larger community.”](https://portolapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IMG_5824-1-1200x852.jpg)
![Science rolling chairs negatively affect student learning by creating distractions, according to chemistry student and sophomore Sayed Adil. “Every time I get up and sit down, it moves around,” Adil said. “It's distracting in class whenever we're finished with [a] test. Some people just fidget around with it and make some noises.”](https://portolapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/FINAL-Science-Rolling-Chairs-1200x900.png)
