Portola High reported 77 current confirmed cases of COVID-19 in students and 18 current confirmed cases in staff members on Jan. 12, according to the IUSD COVID-19 dashboard. Principal John Pehrson and...
All 15 competing Portola High student delegates placed as finalists at the in-person 2022 SoCal District Career Development Conference on Jan. 8. California Distributive Education Clubs of America...
She was wholesome, lively, sweet, generous and most of all golden. Her presence was uplifting and charming, and her heart was always filled with passion and good character. The woman who transformed television...
Sophomore Rory Miller is always on the move – and not just between classrooms.
Miller has moved a total of four times internationally. She was born in Terneuzen, Netherlands in 2006; migrated to...
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“If you expect disappointment, then you can never really be disappointed.”
This motto is repeated throughout the movie by Michelle Jones-Watson (Zendaya);...
“That’s so gay.” It is a phrase thrown around in daily conversations – yet it carries a meaning far more belittling for LGBTQ+ individuals. This phrase is just one example of the homophobia many...
Gliding. From an outsider’s perspective, that is what roller hockey players do as they dash across the rink, hockey sticks scrabbling against each other.
This year, freshman Wyly Chen and juniors...
Jeanne Jelnick, affectionately known as “Momma J,” retired in July 2020 after teaching literature at Portola High since its inaugural year, as well as briefly leading the theatre department. While...
The theater lights dim as the soft, soothing tunes of the ensembles replace the stillness of the audience, engulfing the theater in mystery and wonder. What could possibly be sweeter than starting the...
What images do you think of when thinking of the word “politics”?
For many, it could be juxtaposing images of colliding reds and blues, yelling, arguing and mudslinging campaign videos cycling around...
Students, parents and teachers cluster closely with one another outside the front entrance of the theater, merrily cheering and singing along as performers conduct special caroling performances of jovial...
Choir and orchestra ensembles played holiday and pop tunes at the lunchtime fine arts performance on Dec. 10 in front of the dance building, offering a sneak peek of the ‘Spirit of the Seasons’...
![Symphonic Orchestra unites with Portola Singers on stage to perform George Frideric Handel’s “Sinfonia” and “For Unto Us A Child Is Born.” “[Choir] had invited us to play at their concert last week, and so this is sort of a reciprocal thing where they’re going to come and sing with us at our concert,” instrumental music teacher Desmond Stevens said.](https://portolapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/DSC_0029-1-900x600.jpg)
