With the Coronavirus pandemic limiting almost all education to on-campus or online-only this semester, special education department co-chair Melody Resendez is making sure her special education students...

Actress, singer and model Zendaya Coleman made Emmy Awards history on Sept. 20 by being the youngest female to win Best Actress in a Drama Series at age 24. The 72nd annual Emmy Awards, hosted by Jimmy...

Every school year is bound to have a few new students from all over the world. Adjusting to new surroundings can be tough, but with the help of PHS Ambassadors, students are able to feel more welcome to...

Distance learning has been a struggle for every collaborative elective class, forcing limits on creativity and constraining cooperation.  To combat this, the instrumental music department has focused...

As of Oct. 5, fewer than two weeks since the return to in-person learning on Sept. 24, there is one confirmed COVID-19 case at Portola High out of nine total across Irvine Unified School District (IUSD),...

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...