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’...

After dance concerts were put on pause — or some might say, frozen — due to COVID-19, the dance program featured its third annual winter concert “Breaking the Ice” on Dec. 2-3. The concert...

Baseball caps on, a garden hose to their left and buckets of fertilizer to their right, freshmen plod back to the rows of orange trees, squinting from the sunshine. The Farm and Food Lab Club holds...

Content warning: This article contains information on domestic violence and sexual assault. Silence engulfs the crowded auditorium at the 2019 Christians for Biblical Equality International Conference...

Tucked into the corner of my bedroom is a bookshelf engulfed by a pile of newspapers. The heady scent of fresh ink has worn off. Their slightly-perforated edges have curled, despite careful handling.  Over...

“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye," writes Antoine de Saint-Exupéry in his beloved novel “The Little Prince.”  If love affords sight,...