Editorial: Consent
Dear Students and Piedmont Community, Last year, bursts of laughter rang out in the Alan Harvey Theater while students presented real stories of sexual assault and harasment that happened here in...
View ArticleSpanish Honors Society Begins
Piedmont High School’s new Spanish Honor Society will hold its inaugural induction ceremony Monday, Oct. 5, at 6 p.m. in the Alan Harvey Theater. The Honor Society held its first meeting in August...
View ArticleHandbook Updated for 2026-27 Year
The 2026-27 PHS student handbook features various updates and policy changes from the 2025-26 student handbook with the main one being an updated mobile device policy. The updated mobile device policy...
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The Routine Reboot
As school begins to start up, students are faced with the reality of having to transition back into their school selves and leave behind their summer lives. Especially as an incoming freshman, as Emma...
View ArticleComing Out of the Shadow
Over 30 years ago, dance teacher Amy Moorhead, a prospective dance student at the time, was on a college tour at UC Irvine. Accompanied by her mom, she sat down with the chair of the dance department,...
View ArticleBringing Energy to Harvest Festival
On Sep. 27, Piedmont High School’s Jazz Band will perform at the Harvest Festival in Piedmont Park. The Harvest Festival will feature several different bands, and Piedmont’s Jazz Band’s set will last...
View ArticleThe Board Needs to Listen
When the Board of Education implemented a bell-to-bell phone ban, one of their primary goals was to foster in-person connection among students. In reality, the ban is compelling students to leave...
View ArticleHIGHLANDER HIGHLIGHT
In a hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 9,115 miles away from home, junior Lucas Bekele found himself surrounded by children whose lives revolved around cancer treatments, waiting rooms, and doctors...
View ArticleHungry for More
Long before students line up in the student center, Food Service Director Gitara Spinks is working hard ensuring deliveries are on track. She communicates with the supplier, the middle school, and the...
View ArticleThrown Into the Deep End
New teams, a new season, a new pool. This year’s water polo season brings a wave of changes that could reshape the way players and coaches approach the season. “Not having a pool for essentially the...
View ArticleDonald Evans Selected as Interim Superintendent
The Board of Education has selected Donald Evans to serve as the interim superintendent for PUSD while they search for a permanent superintendent following Jennifer Hawn’s move to Cupertino Union...
View ArticlePUSD Board of Education Announces Superintendent’s Departure
PUSD Superintendent Jennifer Hawn will not be returning for the 2026-27 school year. In an email sent on July 23 to families and staff, the PUSD Board of Education said that Hawn plans to start a new...
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Pepper Packets Show Student Voice in Action
On May 18, students walking into lunch found something unexpected on the cafeteria tables: pepper packets. At first, the small paper packets may not have seemed like much. But they represented...
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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...
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...
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 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 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 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...
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