When the television turns on, people become inundated with current news, whether it be politics or the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, all too often, certain events fall through the cracks; the humanitarian crisis...
After former assistant principal Kris Linville transferred to the role of director of Irvine Virtual Academy, former math teacher Jen Ochsner became the third assistant principal as of the 2020-21 school...
The Portola Pioneer is the official news and culture podcast of the Portola Pilot, aiming to foster a sense of community and provide a unique storytelling medium to its listeners.
In the September...
Under more typical circumstances, members of both the technical theater and advanced technical theater courses would be fully occupied with the fall play production.
Creating play sets, designing...
After protests associated with the Black Lives Matter Movement increased the pressure on discussions about systemic racism, teachers and students initiated a series of proposals over the summer that initiated...
Access to technology plays a significant role in ensuring academic success for today’s students, which has been amplified by the shift to virtual learning due to the spread of COVID-19. However, not...
COVID-19 has had a large impact on high school CIF tournaments, students’ college scholarships and college recruitments. Many student athletes are concerned that the pause in games, tournaments and on-campus...
Since the IUSD Board of Education adopted Resolution No. 19-20-48 on June 23 to support the Black Lives Matter movement and racial justice in the classroom, teachers have taken steps to address the marginalization...
With millions of podcasts in dozens of genres and subgenres, the world of podcasts can be intimidating for beginners who don’t know where to start. Here are four podcasts, from daily news to crime, that...
Kate Hayashi, Co-Editor-in-Chief
| September 24, 2020
While the earliest sports games are not scheduled to take place until January, football is one of the few sports that has begun in-person practices under strict health and social distancing guidelines.
Football...
The new class system is officially in place this year, replacing the house system that was used in prior years now that all four classes have had a chance to experience being a part of one of the four...
