Basketball Shoots For Success
Late-night open gyms from 7-9 p.m., hour-long conditioning sessions on Saturdays, dozens of sets of hill sprints, 4 hours spent lifting weights every week- the season hasn’t even started yet. “This...
View ArticleBoys Water Polo Historically Wins NCS
On Nov. 11, the PHS boy’s water polo team claimed the North Coast Section (NCS) Division 2 championship title with a 10-8 win against Alameda High School. This is the first time in history that...
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Jazz Trio Dazzles Piedmont
This year’s Piedmont High School Jazz Combo 1, one of two smaller scale jazz bands in the music program, includes seniors Will Kennedy, Ryan St. John and Alden Meil. St. John plays the drum set,...
View ArticleDevine Catches Football In Action
Friday Night Lights, cameras, and lots of action. Within a hoard of purple jerseys, Junior Brendan Devine is sporting something different: a camera. Devine has been taking photos and videos of the...
View ArticleGreen Club Feature
Green Club meets on Wednesdays in room 32. “[Green Club] advocates for climate action and ways to make our school and community more sustainable,” co-president and senior Edwin Tang said. Green Club...
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Winter Dance Recital
On December 1 and 2 the Piedmont and Millennium High School dance class performed the Winter dance recital. It was inspired by various aspects of cinema. The dance class has been working and putting...
View ArticleMoraga Canyon Specific Plan
A community workshop regarding the Moraga Canyon Specific Plan was held on Friday, Dec. 1 at the Veterans hall. According to a presentation at the event, the Moraga Canyon Specific Plan is a...
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Spelling Bee buzzes back into tradition
“S-P-E-L-L-I-N-G B-E-E,” after many years of absence, the Spelling Bee has returned to PHS. On Wednesday, December 6, 20 students gathered in Room 30A to participate in the Spelling Bee. English...
View ArticleField Trips: Essential, Not Extra
A classic school activity: visiting the Academy of Sciences, the Exploratorium, the Oakland Zoo. During my last field trip, in seventh grade, we went to San Francisco’s Chinatown and visited a fortune...
View ArticleStandards Based Grading at Piedmont
For many PHS students, when they open their grades in Schoology, they no longer see numbers pop up on the screen. Instead, they see a list of standards for the class, and a word that describes what a...
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Winter Concert Recap
On Dec 5th and 7th the Piedmont Orchestra and Jazz band performed the PHS Winter Band Concert at the Alan Harvey Theater. They played three pieces in genres such as Funk, Afro-Cuban, and Swing Jazz...
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A Closer Look at What’s in and What’s Out at PHS
#5 House Music House music pulses loud through a speaker at a party, rattling the walls and vibrating through your body.. The mood changes, heads pick up, and shoulders start to move. According to the...
View ArticleAthletics Score Major Upgrades
As summer rolls around and campus goes quiet, multiple facilities projects will begin behind the scenes, allowing for better conditions for athletes next school year. In June, three major changes will...
View ArticleHighlanders Bring Home Gold
Nine Piedmont High School rowers brought home medals from the US Rowing Southwest Youth Regional Championships, held on Lake Natoma near Sacramento, over the weekend of May 1 to 3. Eight rowers are...
View ArticleThe All-Star Athlete: Diego Delventhal—Varsity Baseball
Coming back from an injury hasn’t stopped senior Diego Deventhal from continuing to lead his team as both an athlete and a captain. “He has had such a vital role playing shortstop and hitting top of...
View ArticleMural in the Making
Last year, art teacher Gillian Bailey put an ad for a competition on Schoology to paint a mural on the side of a tiny home in Richmond, and senior Enzo Ong and junior Avedis Gourjian rose to the...
View ArticleBand Plays at Graduation
While the live music from bagpipes, the symphonic band and orchestra surrounds family and friends sitting in the bleachers at graduation, this year the jazz band and choir will be performing as well....
View ArticleNew Art Piece In 30s Building
A new art installation was put up on the bottom floor of the 30s building. When finished, the piece will be used to highlight companies and families that have donated to the Wellness Center. Before the...
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As AI Speeds Up, PHS Students Learn to Slow Down and Think
As the school year comes to an end, students in health teacher Lael McAuliffe’s health classes are finishing a new critical thinking pilot built around a skill that feels increasingly urgent in the age...
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