- 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
![Students vote in polling booths found in the University of California, Irvine (UCI) Student Center. “It is very important for young people to be involved and do their civic duty because they are going to be the ones living in the future, [which] depends on the results of the vote,” UCI vote center lead and Orange County Registrar of Voters representative Elena Marukhlenko said. “So it's very important for young people to know what's going on and to find out and just be proactive.”](https://portolapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_1969edited-1-1200x900.jpg)
![YAT leader, Youth Outreach Program member and junior Chloe Chen hands a registration form to senior Morgan Tien during the voter registration drive on Oct. 10. “It's important that all levels of our government and our community [are accessible] to more people because we see today [there are] some restrictions in different areas of the country and people being more dissatisfied with the government,” YAT leader, Youth Outreach member and senior Aaron Owens said. “We want people to have a chance to connect with their government, to actually make a change that they want to see.”](https://portolapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_8009edited-1200x904.jpg)
