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Future Sea Kings Come to Open House Tonight

Phoebe Lai and Isabella Ruiz January 31, 2018

  For eighth graders, their parents, and potential students, this year’s Open House will be a night to remember. Students and faculty of PVHS have worked persistently to prepare for the event,...

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NK’s Nuclear Threats to Hawaii Seem Empty

Nikolas Tempereau, Writer January 31, 2018

It is often said that we live in a bubble at Palos Verdes. By a bubble, people mean that residents don’t fully experience the true horrors of the world, even though the dangers are not to far away. The...

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Students Yearn to Learn Outside the Classroom on School Field Trips

Lauren Jai, Writer January 31, 2018

Oftentimes, students are faced with the same old routine in each class—notes and lectures, textbooks and discussions. But there is one way to make a class enjoyable and one where you and learn a lot:...

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The Battle of the Wits Comes Again

Isabella Ruiz, Writer January 31, 2018

All year long PVHS students look forward to the fast paced academic competition: Scholar Quiz. This contest is a team-based academic challenge in which students race to win trivia questions. Scholar Quiz...

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To Winter Formal and Beyond

Alexa Stevens, Writer January 31, 2018

On January 27, students attended the Winter Formal in the California Science Center in Exposition Park. This unique venue contributed to the event’s space theme, as the room in which Sea Kings danced...

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Halloween Goes Off Without a Hitch

Michael Liu, Staff writer November 3, 2017

In previous years, Seniors have not put PVHS in the best of light on Halloween. According to Principal Dr. Charles Park, “Since the reopening in 2002...I just believe every year we could have done better....

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Adults Fined for Hosting Party

Audrey Trell , Staff writer November 3, 2017

Last February, the Palos Verdes Estates City Council began a conversation about implementing a Social Host Ordinance within Palos Verdes. This type of legislation had already been adopted by the neighboring...

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Teachers Resume Writing Letters of Recommendations

Michael Liu , Staff writer November 3, 2017

After weeks of negotiations between teachers and district officials, teachers agreed to write letters for students again on September 26, one day before a tentative agreement was reached between the district...

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Keep Underclassmen In

John Hilden, Staff writer November 2, 2017

Here at PVHS, our school has a carrying tradition of having an open campus policy for seniors. Although our school allows only seniors to leave at lunch, our student body has disregarded this rule for...

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Students taste the drink offerings at the new market.

New Market Offers New Options

Amanda Houtz, Staff writer October 5, 2017

With the closing of Fresh and Easy in 2015 came panic among PV High students as they lost the location that they could grab a quick snack or meal before, during, or after school. This is where Jocelyn...

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Nicole Halverson helps to lead the Red Tide section at a football game.

First Female Captain in Red Tide History

Phoebe Lai and Isabella Ruiz October 5, 2017

For the first time in PVHS history, students now have a female Red Tide leader: Nicole Halverson. A thorough investigation of Palos Verdes High School yearbooks and records shows that for the first...

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PVFA and District Reach a Tentative Agreement

Seren Cho, Staff writer October 5, 2017

The news of what some students were calling the “teacher strike” spread quickly throughout the first few weeks of the school year. This “teacher strike” was the negotiation of teacher contracts...

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