While the rest of the campus is silent, the faint beat of 80s pop music, laughter and the occasional squeak of sneakers on the gym floor echoes through the walls early Wednesday and Friday mornings before...
Whether slurping steaming hot ramen noodles on chilly All-State orchestra nights, staring into the bright lights of center stage or finally feeling the glossy finished product of a year’s hard work in...
As learners utilize the Learning Commons to collaborate with others on school-related work or to socialize in between classes, the spacious area has evolved into a social academic hub for students. Consequently,...
Shrill screeches echo throughout the expansive gym, bouncing off stark white walls belonging to the Laguna Fencing Center and the Anaheim Hills Fencer’s Club and signifying the viper-fast strike of a...
Hearing the last names of Japanese-American and Vietnamese senior Kyle Sugita and Peruvian and Caucasian sophomore Chris Stocks yields a stark contrast in reaction from the frequent “Kims” and “Zhangs”...
As the door opens to room 608, musky plumes of warm spices waft out, hinting at the distinctively sweet smell of saffron. Tenderly glazed with olive oil and showered with herbs, an array of meats and onions...
With the sound of the popular catchphrase “OK Boomer,” Generation Zers and Millennials have brought the blurry lines of generational identity to the forefront.
Quizzes popping up asking the...
In an increasingly STEM-centered culture, the arts face the danger of being overshadowed by academic classes. Students in the Western United States have lagged in art class participation, according to...
After driving to Sunright Tea Studio, a new chain boba shop recently opened in the Irvine Village Center, senior Haley Truong and I find that we have arrived 30 minutes early, as the store officially...
The intersection of identities, known as intersectionality, is generating real problems in the workforce and higher education for those who straddle multiple underrepresented or historically-disadvantaged...
Following a lengthy dry spell in Australia, a megafire has destroyed 6.3 million hectares of land as of Jan. 10. The 135 bushfires that have been raging since September across New South Wales and Victoria...
![Social studies teacher Heidi Martasian, Natasha Schottland, Emily Sheridan Visual and Performing Arts Teacher Desmond Stevens, [and Martasian’s and Schottland’s spouses] backpacked together at Cucamonga Peak in March of 2017; the three couples are avid fans of the outdoors, and often spend time with each other traveling along with their families. In addition to traveling, the time spent together at work has forged lifelong bonds, as Martasian, math teacher Eric Graham and principal John Pehrson were some of the teachers invited to Stevens’ and Sheridan’s wedding in 2018.](https://portolapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_3866-900x600.jpeg)
