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Cara Chan, Business Manager

Cara Chan is a Business Manager on the Business Team for the 2020-21 school year. Alongside writing newspaper articles and managing advertising for the Pilot, she enjoys listening to music and reading in her free time. You can find her, earbuds in, listening to EDM and K-pop most frequently or curled up with a contemporary romance novel, obsessing over cute romantic scenes that will probably not happen to her any time soon.

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S1 Episode 05: Cultural Touchstones: How Do You Honor Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage?

June 2, 2021
Junior Aryan Shrivastava breaks his personal record and school record by jumping a height of 5 feet 8 inches, approximately the height of a full grown adult. While the concept of the event is seemingly simple, gaining enough momentum and power to jump high enough backwards while also making sure the entire body is in line is very difficult.

Girls’ and Boys’ Track and Field vs. Irvine May 13

May 19, 2021
Senior Noah Lee sets up the equipment needed for the next segment of PNN. Lee committed to University of California, Irvine for film studies and plans to be involved in the film industry for his future career. “I think that a lot of people don't become filmmakers not because they're not skilled enough, but because they just think it's too difficult. But it is, it is difficult, anything worth doing is,” Lee said. “And I think that other people that are aspiring to be filmmakers, if they just keep trying, then they can make a career out of it. They can love what they're doing.”

Behind The Lens: Senior Noah Lee’s Passion for Film

May 17, 2021

Tips for SATs and ACTs by Portola High Students

May 7, 2021
Second Virtual Family Night Greets New Bulldogs

Second Virtual Family Night Greets New Bulldogs

April 19, 2021
Junior and Science Olympiad captain Andrew Chen created cheat sheets to help study and prepare for competitions. His study session typically consisted of taking practice tests, browsing through online resources and reviewing information from his cheat sheets.

Science Olympiad Heads to State After Competing in Virtual Regional Tournament

March 19, 2021
For those on a gluten-free diet, this crispy breaded shrimp from China Moon Restaurant is an excellent choice. With a light, starchy breading over a flavorful mini salad, this shrimp dish is popular for good reason. Although China Moon Restaurant does not offer delivery options, it is well worth the trip for takeout considering the array of gluten-free options and the many precautions they take to avoid gluten contamination.

Quarantine-Style Lunar New Year Calls for Home-Style Restaurant Food

February 19, 2021
Students nominated homecoming nominees through a Google Form, in which the student body voted and three nominees from each grade level made it to the finals. Freshmen Josiah Lee, Taisho Shiono and Makena Wong; sophomores Arshia Sista, David Kim and Nathan Ji; juniors Cece Mou, Megan Sha and Celine Aoki; and seniors Zach Smay, Jun Kim and Shishir Ravipati were the homecoming finalists.

Introducing the 2021 Homecoming Royalty

February 16, 2021
The model minority myth hurts both Asian Americans and other minorities, which can further perpetuate racism against Asian Americans and racism against underprivileged minority groups, downplaying the chances of other minorities to pursue an acceptable societal status and creating a rigid set of regulations of how an Asian must act in the community.

Model Minority Myth Magnifies Misunderstanding

January 7, 2021
During former President Barack Obama’s term in 2016, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refused Supreme Court Justice hearings for former President Obama’s nominees. However, he strongly pushed for a new nominee during the final year of President Trump’s term, exposing the hypocrisy of McConnell and the Republican-majority Senate.

Amy Coney Barrett’s Nomination Marks a Concerning Departure from Precedent and Principle

December 2, 2020
In addition to the typical music production and songwriting, BTS has chosen to take part in the concept development, visual design, set curation, photographs and video direction of this album, according to Rolling Stone, to thoroughly reflect their emotions during unusual times.

BTS Album Shows That ‘Life Goes On’ Despite Pandemic

December 2, 2020

Teachers Share Their ‘Sides’ on Celebrating Thanksgiving

November 27, 2020
Students whose projects have previously received funding but want additional funding can apply again, with IPSF offering funding for the same project for up to three years.

IPSF Offers Students up to $1,000 for Innovative Projects

November 5, 2020

Brown-butter hazelnut blondies

October 30, 2020

The Great Zoom Baking Show

October 23, 2020
Despite many of the negative effects, quarantine has also provided an opportunity for students to explore their artistic and creative abilities on a deeper level. “I really like to focus on the quality of my notes … with [IVA and] the lectures, we get to click pause and go back or do whatever we need to do [to fit] our personal needs without having to feel like we’re disrupting the class,” sophomore Katherine Chang said.

Students Reflect on their Selected Learning Model

September 23, 2020
“Animal Crossing: New Horizons” has prospered tremendously, selling about 2.6 million copies in Japan alone as of April 7, according to Famitsu sales data. The game and console are sold out almost everywhere and are getting increasingly hard to find. However, some online services such as Amazon have the console and game in stock, although the price is likely to be more expensive than retail price.

‘Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ Takes the World by Storm

April 13, 2020
BTS’s “Map of the Soul: 7” features four versions, all with different colored covers, including shades of pink and white, blue and black, blue and red, and blue and orange. The number “7” symbolizes the seven members of the group as well as the number of years they have been together.

BTS Takes ‘ON’ 2020 With New Meaningful and Sentimental Album

March 10, 2020
Red Velvet attended KCON LA on Aug. 2, 2015, a year after its debut. Since the beginning of its career, the group has been on the rise, eventually leading to the success of the new album, “The ReVe Festival: Finale.”

Listeners Would Be ‘Psycho’ to Miss the New Red Velvet Album

February 18, 2020
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