- December 6Flipping for a Cause: Youth Action Team’s YATsgiving Serves Pancakes and Community Spirit
- November 22Mugs and Motivation: Freshmen Warm Up to Finals with Hot Chocolate at Link Crew Study Party
- November 22Raising the Bar: Counseling Aims for Better with ASCA Certification
- November 12Staff Goes ‘Bone-Appetit’ at Annual Chili Cook-off
- November 8Honoring Tradition: Students Remember the Spirit of Dia de los Muertos at Portola High
![The Irvine Unified Board of Education heard public comments on whether to ban LGBTQ+ flags in its most recent meeting on Oct. 7. “This meeting being perhaps an eye opening moment for students and teachers alike to realize, ‘Wow, there are still a lot of prejudices and misunderstandings about the LGBTQ community,’ and we should talk about that to move forward,” English teacher Doris Schlothan said. “But in terms of coming back to this flag policy, I think [this conversation] is done.”](https://portolapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_4539-1.jpg)
