A barrage of synchronized arms glide through the water as they kick up a wake of bubbles. An arm waits, cocked and loaded, wrestling a player on the right and preparing for the perfect opening. Blur. Splash....
As the lights dim and the set grows quiet, the audience tenses with anticipation, eager for the talented students to bring the play to life before their eyes. From witty humor to romantic betrayal,...
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From Drake’s “Certified Lover Boy” album cover to “Among Us” characters, the teachers of Portola High are famous for their annual costume contest. Each department presents a unified theme...
The robots must be stopped! Their new focus? Conquering the world of art.
Advances in machine learning processes have paved the way for artificial intelligence artwork in which a human’s skills...
For juniors Emaleena Elson and Kalynne Mendez, this was not just another basketball game. In fact, they played it more than 7,300 miles from Irvine in their second home: the Philippines.
The Fil-Am...
Art can help people heal, grow and reduce stress, according to The National Center for Biotenchnology Information. For art and ceramics teacher Donovan Miller, to create art means a lot of things; an outlet...
Typically, when students need help completing their school work, teacher office hours are one of the only options. However, teachers often have Disneyland long queues of students in need of support, especially...
The feeling of acceptance, support and security. Can you guess what this word is?
Belonging.
The Belonging project began under the umbrella of the Portola News Network in early October and the...
The clock struck twelve, but Cinderella did not drop her shoe. Instead, Taylor Swift released her 10th studio album: “Midnights.” Within 24 hours of its release, the album became the highest-streamed...
For 15 hours a week over the course of three months, sophomore Megumi Chang practiced endlessly with a single goal in mind: To place in the top 20 out of over 100 other archers competing in the 2022 USA...
Tipping at least 20% of a meal’s cost has been a symbol of etiquette and respect in American culture for over a century, but recently the practice has been subject to scrutiny by shameless critics who...
![While artificially generated art can be produced at a faster rate, it is not comparable to the beauty of human-made art. “I think that [art] often ties into self expression and ties into processing how youre feeling or whats going on in the world and being able to communicate in that way, and those are pretty complex, big things to do,” visual arts teacher Kearci Thompson said. “So its not as interesting to most people that study art because were like, okay, [the AI] can do some of the things kind of well, but it doesnt have that human aspect that draws you in.”](https://portolapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Screen-Shot-2022-11-03-at-9.25.15-PM-900x556.png)
