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Senior Mia Zappala’s painting titled “Parasocial'' was one of six art pieces selected to receive recognition at the Irvine Fine Arts Center Gallery. “It's about how a lot of teens these days use parasocial relationships with people online or influencers to cope with their own relationships in real life and how that can be very unhealthy,” Zappala said

Bulldog-made Art Receives Spotlight in City of Irvine Art Gallery

Sidra Asif, Back Page Editor | May 9, 2022

The Irvine Fine Arts Center is open to the public to view high school student-made art displayed at Irvine City Hall. Paintings, drawings, photographs, graphic design and mixed media are featured in the...

Physical education and health teacher Brittany Frymire walks her students through a jump-roping drill during class. According to Frymire, the most important part of her daily workouts is music, ranging from relaxing country music for longer running sessions to lively hip-hop on more intense weight lifting days.

Physical Education Teacher Brittany Frymire Puts Her Heart and Sole into Running

Cara Chan and Arnav Chandan | May 7, 2022

The human body is capable of many things: lifting over 6,000 pounds, jumping over eight feet and running 27.5 miles per hour. One person on campus harnesses these capabilities to compete in a special type...

Over the 2021-22 season, boys’ golf has managed to remain consistent since the start. “I would say we’ve stayed pretty flatline, which is kind of just golf,” coach Wind Ralston said. “Golf is really up and down; you can get hot for a couple games and then cool down.”

Boys’ Golf Defeats Irvine High 206-241 in Final PCL Match of Season: Portola Proceeds to CIF

Tyler Kim, News Editor | May 6, 2022

Boys’ golf (7-5) triumphed against Irvine High with a final score of 206-241 on April 28. The game, held at Portola High’s home course, Rancho San Joaquin, was the final league match this year prior...

Since the “Keeping up with the Kardashains” debut nearly 15 years ago, a new series will continue the legacy to feed the anticipation from impatient fans: “The Kardashians” airs every Thursday on Hulu.

The Kardashians Return in Stylish New Series

Sidra Asif and Kayla Moshayedi | May 6, 2022

*This article contains spoilers for the first two episodes of “The Kardashians.”  Almost 14 years after its debut, reality show “Keeping up with the Kardashians” aired its final episode in...

Junior Jesulayomi Bello, acting as Glory in Act 1, stretches her hand up to the sky, saying “Goodbye Wes!” A few seconds later, mystical, relieving music sets the closing scene with northern lights.

Love is in the Air with ‘Almost, Maine’

Arshia Sista and Martin Yoon | May 5, 2022

It is May, which marks the end — perhaps the beginning — of turbulent high school romantic relationships. Performing Arts presented “Almost, Maine,” a romantic comedy with nine short plays of one...

Freshman Ananya Vuppula and her group perform a Bollywood dance at the SASA cultural show on April 16. They danced to “Pinga,” “Prem Ratan Dhan Payo” and “Ghagra.” She said her favorite part was dancing with her friends and getting to know them better.

Freshman Ananya Vuppula Lives the Bollywood Dream through Cultural Dancing

Bia Shok, Co-News Editor | May 5, 2022

Flashing lights, fancy attire and dramatic plot might be some of the things that first come to mind when thinking of Bollywood. Within the genre of film that incorporates different aspects of Indian culture...

Juniors Alex Richmond and Janice Kim compete at the prelims 100m race. Kim finished at 14.05 seconds, and Richmond finished at 12.45 seconds, D1 timing, according to live.athletic.net

Track and Field Athletes Stride to Success at Pacific Coast League Preliminary Meet

Sidra Asif and Michelle Kim | May 5, 2022

Track and field dominated the Pacific Coast League Preliminary meet held at the Portola High track on April 22. A majority of athletes from frosh/soph, junior varsity and varsity teams advanced on to League...

Reviewing Three Local Vegan Restaurants

Lauren Hsu, Celine Lee, and Nate Taylor | May 4, 2022

Ratings out of five stars Mitasie Cafe Curry soy chicken with white rice: ★★★ | 3 / 5 Mixed vegetables with soy chicken and white rice: ★★★.5 | 3.5 / 5 Garlic rice: ★★★★.5...

S2 Episode 05: Crunch, Munch, Scrunch — A Punch of ASMR

S2 Episode 05: Crunch, Munch, Scrunch — A Punch of ASMR

Ryne Dunman, Emma Haag, and Kayla Moshayedi | May 3, 2022

For the Portola Pioneer’s last podcast of the year, we decided to please your ears. Listen in as Ryne Dunman, Emma Haag and Kayla Moshayedi delve into three diverse realms of ASMR — from burrito-eating...

For senior Aarushi Shankar, the flute provides many opportunities to create melodies and find out what she likes in her compositions. “I take my flute, and I start playing a melody. Then I work around things,” Shankhar said. “If I hear something that I like, I save that, and I write it in… Then I started working out like harmonies and chords. So that's super helpful for me, because it's a lot harder for me to just sing out like a melody.”

Aarushi Shankar ‘Composes’ Her Life Through ‘bitterness’

Kayleen Kim and Claudia Lin | April 29, 2022

An atonal, polyphonical rigmarole consisting of eighth notes and subdivisible rhythm. Pentatonic and parallel scales running up and down the phrases. Clashes between melodies coming to a chord conclusion...

Boys’ lacrosse team captains and juniors Ryan Le and Zane Schatz, sophomore Tyler Le and senior Michael Tashman come together after one of their team practices. The four captains said they believe that they are role models for their team by presenting ambitious yet attentive attitudes.

Team Captains Lead Boys’ LAX to the MAX

Clara Ferreira Lopes and Aadi Mehta | April 29, 2022

Besides head coach Brendan Murphy and assistant coach Matthew McCarthy, every practice and game for boys’ lacrosse is led by four team captains who guide their peers for success on and off the field....

Junior varsity swimmer and sophomore Noam Garibi dives into the pool for the 200 meter freestyle. JV boys accumulated a total of 137 points, beating out Irvine High’s 33.

Swim Makes Waves at Last Dual Meet of the Season

Charlotte Cao and Zara Shirwany | April 28, 2022

In an away meet, boys’ swim (7-1) and girls’ swim (6-2) won against Irvine High 682-305 in all six levels of performance during their last dual meet of the Pacific Coast League season on April...

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