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“Minari” won a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film after being disqualified from competing for Best Picture due to containing dialogue that was less than 50% in English. “When it won, what should have been a moment of collective joy felt like the award equivalent to the backhanded compliment: ‘Your English is so good!,’” author Nancy Wang Yuen said in an NBC article.

Best Foreign Language Film, ‘Minari,’ is the Most American Film Ever Made

Celine Lee and Charlotte Cao | March 26, 2021

How do you speak American? Despite the wide array of cultures found in this nation and the notion that the United States has no official language, according to the Golden Globes, the answer is simple:...

Vice president candidate and junior Stella Jung and newly elected ASB president and junior Amitoj Singh hang posters around Portola High to publicize their campaign. ASB candidates used a combination of posters and flyers and hung them on stairwells and bulletin boards.

Introducing the 2021-22 Elected ASB Officials

Emma Haag, Sports Editor | March 26, 2021

Portola High’s ASB elected positions were released March 23 at 3:30 p.m. on the @portola.asb Instagram page.  The results are as follows:   ASB President: Amitoj Singh, junior ASB Vice...

Freshmen Ashley Tabayoyong, Jaime Lin and Elyse Berger gather together before cheer practice on March 24 along with their other upperclassmen teammates. “I really like having a lot of people to hang around with; it's really fun at practice,” Lin said.

Meet the Pep Squad’s Only Three Freshmen

Clara Ferreira Lopes and Michelle Kim | March 26, 2021

Gaining a spot on a varsity team for any sport is difficult. Specifically, cheer requires school spirit like no other as well as mental and physical flexibility and strength. After hard work and preparation,...

Home football games allow the football team, marching band and cheer team to unite Portola High under the banner of school spirit.

Football, Cheer and Marching Band Reunite for the Football Season

Ryne Dunman and Justin Tang | March 26, 2021

It’s the second varsity football game of the season. An evening breeze sweeps through the bleachers, sparsely occupied by small clusters of parents and relatives.  On the field, football teams from...

Senior Gina Cardini, along with her parents and younger brother, visit the Taj Mahal on one of the many excursions the family took during their time living in India. “I cherish those six years of my life with all my heart,” Cardini said. “Everything that I've done in those six years are literally some of my favorite memories in the world.”

Citizen of the World: Gina Cardini

Charlotte Cao, Co-News Editor | March 23, 2021

“It's beautiful being a citizen of the world. That's what I call myself, because I don't really have a home or a place to call my home.”  Over Zoom, I watch as a wistful smile blooms across...

Whether it is Black Lives Matter or Stop Asian Hate, both minorities are fighting for the same thing: freedom and equality. Rather than pointing the blame at other minorities for racism, Asian Americans and Black Americans need to protest together in order to dismantle systems that suppress them.

Fighting Racism with Racism: An Impossible Battle Against Black and Asian Hate

Dheeksha Bhima Reddy | March 22, 2021

From the start of 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic, news of the Asian community being physically tormented and warned to “go back to China” and the Black community facing the death of several innocent...

Ceramics teacher Donovan Miller examines his old gas ceramic kiln. The new kiln, which will be purchased using money from the IPSF grant, will be able to undergo eight different types of firings, allowing for the clay to have a variety of textures.

IPSF Awards Grants to Students and Teachers

Aadi Mehta, Staff Writer | March 18, 2021

Irvine Public Schools Foundation awarded five grants to Portola High student and teacher groups who requested funding for upcoming projects on Feb. 26 as part of the annual Innovative Grant Program.  Senior...

Coach Benjamin Jordon says he took on the new job offer at Portola High to challenge himself. “It would have challenged me as a leader and as a role model … So, taking on the Portola job would have placed me out of my comfort zone in terms of the challenge that's needed at that particular program,” Jordon said.

New Boys’ Soccer Coach Benjamin Jordon Kicks Off with the Right Foot

Bia Shok, Features Editor | March 17, 2021

With a joyful mood, slight smile and confident posture, Benjamin Jordon gazes outward towards a cluster of players while standing on the fresh grass in front of the benches. He gestures gently yet firmly...

Senior Emily Wei takes center stage in cheer’s performance of the song “Ready to Ride,” which they have been learning since February.

Gallery: Virtual Spring Pep Rally

Kate Hayashi and Michelle Kim | March 17, 2021

Social studies teacher Wind Ralston, Spanish teacher Caroline Aldemir and choir director Adrian Rangel-Sanchez all received their vaccinations at Families Together of OC on Feb. 24.

Teachers Receive First Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine

Sidra Asif, Staff Writer | March 16, 2021

Teachers and childcare workers became eligible on March 1 to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.  The mRNA-1273 Moderna vaccine is 95% effective, according to an interview with Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel...

Football takes a break from their warm-up during a practice Feb. 26 in preparation for their shortened spring season, which will run from March 12 to April 16. For viewers, four weeks of freshman, junior varsity and varsity football games up to April 8 are currently scheduled to be broadcast over the National Federation of State High School Associations’ online network.

Spring Sports Return to Play under Stringent Precautions

Claudia Lin and Justin Tang | March 16, 2021

With the rate of new COVID-19 cases dropping below 14 per 100,000 across Orange County, the California Interscholastic Federation announced March 3 that outdoor athletic programs for cheerleading, football,...

Irvine Unified superintendent Terry Walker sent out the email officially closing Portola High on March 13 at 12:45 p.m. while students were in their sixth periods.

Portola High Closed Exactly One Year Ago – Today

Ryne Dunman, Business Team | March 12, 2021

Distant. Unthinkable. The virus couldn’t possibly reach the United States. Not California. Not Orange County. Not Irvine. And definitely not our school campus. Friday, March 13, 2020. On that...

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