- May 30City of Irvine and IUSD Partner to Launch Affordable Housing Program
- May 19Harvard Pushes Back: University Rejects Trump’s Administration’s Policies
- May 17Plans to Expand: Great Park Brings New Retail and Dining to Residents
- May 14Korean Parent Association Give Teachers a Taste of Appreciation with Cultural Lunch
- May 13Irvine Annual Street Shutdown Brings The Community Together
![Irvine High Junior Ali Ezzeldine, sophomore Maria Hajjar, junior Dania Yamani, Beckman High senior Jude Tahrawi and Northwood High senior Raya Abutarif give their opening remarks after the Dua. Hajjar introduced this year’s theme: Patience and Resilience Through Hardship. “We were trying to look for something that is very much needed [and] that would relate to everyone,” Hajjar said.](https://portolapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/EditedCopy-of-IMG_8834-1-1200x800.jpg)
![Freshman Carson Bagley rides over a bridge on a trail in Crystal Cove. While competing in races against numerous skilled riders, Bagley often feels the pressure to perform well. “It's hard to keep focused when you're racing with all the adrenaline and nerves,” Bagley said. “[The adrenaline] is just a feeling you want to go away because it gets you so nervous, but you can't really get it to go away with all the noise and all the people around you.”](https://portolapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/carson-860x1200.jpg)
![Senior Sanaa Bullock talks strategy on the field with Flag Football coach Julie Primero. Bullock helps the team run more efficiently and keeps spirits up, according to Primero. “[She takes] care of things so that we [can] really focus on practice, getting better, prepping for games, stuff like that,” Primero said. “If they see something that needs to be taken care of, they do it without asking me so that I can focus on coaching. I think it carries over to being an organized leader.”](https://portolapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/sanna-1200x800.jpg)
![As tension continues to grow, the Bulldogs exchange a few words of encouragement. “During the game we tried to stay together and help each other try to win,” Rockwell said. “I learned that no team is ever out of the fight. Never let up even when winning the game. [You] never know who will do something that will flip the game upside down.”](https://portolapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/baseball33-1200x801.jpg)
![Team member and sophomore Melody Bao, alternate and junior Sandy Shanmuga-Nathan, co-captain and junior Kayley Winata, co-captain and junior Suhrith Muvvala, team member and junior Rishabh Garg and advisor and physics teacher Leanne Jimenez pose with the JPL sign at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) after the competition. “[Science Bowl] is a really fun way to apply knowledge because you don’t get game-show style application of knowledge in school,” Muvvala said. “So it’s, one, for the fun, and, two, because I already have to study for Science Olympiad or Biology Olympiad.”](https://portolapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_8535Edited___-1200x900.jpg)
