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Junior Yash Malani accepts the first-place award at the IUSD Science and Engineering Fair. “It feels like we accomplished a lot,” Malani said. “It got me looking into the possibility of robotics and the hardware part of computers.”

Portola High Students Win High Honors at 2024 IUSD Science Fair

Mary Lee and Aditi Salunkhe | February 5, 2024
Math teacher Samantha Zimmerle celebrates with her family. “My dad is a teacher, so I always saw him just being so in love with his job,” Zimmerle said. “So just seeing him love that and me being good at math it was kind of just always where I was going to go.”

Math Teacher Samantha Zimmerle Stands Out in the ‘Equation’ as IUSD Teacher of Promise

Tyler Kim and Ruhi Samudra | January 31, 2024
Student host and junior Audrey Kim serves as a referee for a qualification match. A triball, a green, blue or red pyramid-shaped object, scored in a goal is worth five points, and a triball scored in an offensive zone is worth two points.

Portola High Hosts First Ever VEX Robotics Regional Competition

Michael Sun, Assistant Arts and Entertainment Editor | January 26, 2024
Sophomore Suhrith Muvvala and junior Matthew Lin celebrate their first place win in the Ecology event at the awards ceremony of the Wolfpack Invitational. Team A and Team B took first and second place in the event, respectively.

Science Olympiad ‘Writes It and Does It’ at the Wolfpack Invitational

Catherine Li and Ruhi Samudra | December 22, 2023
Interact Club member and junior Sofia Ionescu braids bicolored ribbons into a lei, a Polynesian garland traditionally made out of flowers. Project Hope Alliance, an organization dedicated to helping homeless youth, used proceeds from the lei making to support their cause. Club members were able to gain volunteer hours in exchange for their participation in various charity activities.

Interact Club Steps Up in Annual Hearts and Hands Event

Marianne Chan, Photo Editor | November 29, 2023
Senior Anusha Namburu and senior Haniya Hassaan eat chicken biryani at the Diwali party hosted by the South Asian Student Association “The festivities are associated with firecrackers or explosions that only happen once a year and are often hallmarks of our childhood,” Portola High SASA club outreach director and senior Amogh Baddam said. “We’re just seeing everybody celebrate our culture and having fun together in traditional clothes.”

South Asian Student Association Hosts 7th Annual Diwali Party

Aditi Salunkhe and Sonia Wang | November 20, 2023
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.”

IUSD Board Meeting Calls Into Question LGBTQ+ Flag Presence in Classrooms

Kayleen Kim and Ruhi Samudra | November 17, 2023
Freshmen Aman Talib and Paxton Shum paint rocks at Tuesday’s lunchtime activity set up by ASB. Students of all grade levels gathered in the quad to paint rocks with their friends.

ASB Promotes a Drug-Free Lifestyle Through Red Ribbon Week

Nina Krish and Elise Ngo | November 6, 2023
Senior Haniya Hassaan and juniors Zoe Nguyen and Anaika Nagireddy prepared their sports and entertainment marketing presentation for a panel of judges. Students were given 10 minutes to prepare for their event and were split into groups of two to three attendees.

Students Stay ‘Busy’ in Portola Business Club’s Fourth Annual Mini-Conference

Aditi Salunkhe and Mary Lee | October 30, 2023
The City Council voted on the map at Irvine City Hall. Other Orange County cities are also currently facing legal challenges due to their at-large voting schemes including Laguna Niguel and San Clemente, according to the OC Register. “In California we’ve seen a lot of cities move into these districts most recently and probably most contentiously was the city of Anaheim,” Passion Civics teacher Marisa Wilkerson said

Irvine City Council Adopts First-Ever Voting District Map, Moves Towards District Elections in 3-2 Vote

Tyler Kim, Co-Editor-in-Chief | October 24, 2023
Performer and freshman Annie Xiao tips her head down to showcase her bamboo hat, a symbolic element of the Chinese ethnic group that her dance represents — the Huayao Dai. “The goal of the Chinese Dance Company of Southern California is to spread the art of Chinese dance and Chinese culture by many different styles through original pieces and adapted pieces,” Xiao said.

22nd Annual Irvine Global Village Festival Connects Diverse Communities Through Cultural Appreciation

Cindy Mei, Social Media Team | October 20, 2023
Mid-autumn festival volunteer and sophomore Nollie Chen passes out Pocky snacks to festival attendees. “It’s important for these cultural events that bring people together to have food, not just as an incentive to come together but as something to bond over,” Chen said. “For a lot of people, food is culture, and it’s what brings people together.”

Guests ‘Moon’ Over Culture at the Great Park Mid-Autumn Festival

Alice Ahn and Kayley Winata | October 9, 2023
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