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YALE DEBATE PRESIDENT HENRY ZHANG SCORES THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
Henry Zhang, Peninsula High Class of 2013 was a founding member of our award winning Speech and Debate Program. While at Peninsula High, he was ranked #1 in the country for Lincoln-Douglas and Policy Debate his senior year. He is an impressive young man who began the legacy of what has become Peninsula High's ranking as one of the top Speech and Debate programs in the country.
The Yale Senior appeared on ABC national news to discuss his views on the finer points of formulating an argument and the effectiveness of each candidate's points. It was so fun listening to him and remembering him as one of our own.
#pantherpride
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!
Holden Dahlerbruch, a sophomore here at Peninsula High and international celebrity chef, has teamed up with the district to improve school lunches. (Yay!) In order to initiate this process, he is asking students to complete the School Lunch Survey. The results will help identify areas for improvement and set the path for more students to enjoy school lunches.
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Chef Holden Wants to Hear From YOU!
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SKECHERS WALK OCTOBER 23, 2016 
The Annual Skechers Walk is Sunday, October 23rd!
Thank you to the Panthers who have already signed up!
Registration fee is $30/walker
What goes to PEF? Skechers gives back the entire $30 registration fee PLUS a calculated amount of the sponsorship money. Last year, 4,300 PVPUSD walkers generated $240,000 for PVPUSD! WOW!
Yes, you can register your entire family AND your dog. Any "thing" (person, animal) can register. No need for additional email addresses if you are registering in the same family.
You don't have to show up on 10/23 (although we'd love to have you!) -- you can sign up to walk or walk virtually - and stay in your pajamas and think about supporting a worthy cuase that gives money back to our schools.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE 70 PEN WALKERS!
Click on "Join Team" in the upper right corner, then fill out the form as a new or a returning participant. (Note that the amount listed is $50, but feel free to change it to $30, which is the minimum) Make sure that you identify Palos Verdes Peninsula Education Foundation as the one organization you support.
 All those listed on the Peninsula High Team will have an opportunity to win one of thirty $10.00 gift cards from the "The HABIT" on Friday, October 7, 14, 21 at lunchtime! The sooner you sign up, the more opportunities you will have to win. Thank you for your support!
In next Sunday's Update (10/9), we will announce the "must have" incentive that four lucky Pen High students will win, if they have signed up for the Skechers walk. Drawing will be held on October 28.
INCENTIVES
- October 7 - Gift Card Drawings at Lunch for "The HABIT"
- October 9 - Grand Prize Incentive Announced in Principal's Update & Twitter @CressPenhi
- October 14 - Gift Card Drawings at Lunch for "The HABIT"
- October 16 - An additional Surprise Giveaway Announced in Principal's Update & Twitter @CressPenhi
- October 21 - Gift Card Drawings at Lunch for "The Habit" and a Surprise Giveaway
- October 28 - Four Grand Prize Drawings
MOCK ELECTIONS COME TO PENINSULA HIGH
Allison Phillips, Rosa Easton and Rachel King are the PTSA Leg Reps this year and will be conducting a Mock Election on Tuesday, October 4th, during 3rd Period. Students will vote on candidates for local, state and national office. Six propositions will also be on the ballot.
The Mock Election is sponsored by the PTSA with the hope of encouraging future civic involvement especially in this Presidential election year. This is a non-partisan educational opportunity for students to participate in an electoral process and to reinforce the importance of voting.
Ballot information is
HERE
CLUB RUSH
Club Rush was held this past Thursday and Friday during lunch in our amphitheater. Students had an opportunity to join more than 140 student-run chartered clubs. A big thank you to Charlotte Rietdyk and Nasim Zeighami, our two ASB Club Commissioners, who oversaw Club Rush and the chartering of all the clubs. They've spent many hours meeting with all club presidents to learn about their clubs' purposes and goals. A list of our current chartered clubs is here.
CSF FALL STUDENT MEMBERSHIP LIST
CSF collections took place during the first two weeks of September. Congratulations to all of the new and continuing members. View the CSF Membership List here. Members, if your name is spelled incorrectly, please email adviser (Betsy Okamoto @ [email protected]) with corrections.
SUGGESTION BOX 
Did you know that the Principal's Advisory Council has a suggestion box in the library for students to express their ideas to improve Peninsula High? The suggestion box can be found in the library near the copier machine. Share your thoughts!
JAPANESE AMERICAN PARENTS ASSOCIATION
You don't have to speak Japanese or be Japanese to join the Japanese Parents Association. Do you want to learn more about the culture or maybe learn to cook some great dishes? For information, please email
Masami Iwase at
[email protected]
PEN MUN KICKS OFF THE YEAR AT SOCOMUN
On Saturday, September 23, Peninsula High's Model United Nations club attended the Southern Orange County Model United Nations conference in Santa Margarita.
It was a special occasion for Peninsula's club because it was the first chance for many of the new members to compete in the novice division. It was headed by the newly elected Secretariat Members Joey Black, Sommer DeRudder, and Olivia Mathiesen.
The novice committees, for both freshmen and non-freshman novices, were focused on the United Nations sustainable development goals, allowing for debate about issues ranging from access to water to how to safely educate women and children. They represented the nations of Uganda, Ukraine, Norway, and Costa Rica. The few advanced delegates were able to compete in specialized committees, from a Historical League of Nations committee taking place in the year 1922 to the Organization of American States where the delegates discussed problems facing South American nations. Advanced delegates represented the nation of Bolivia, Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, and Azerbaijan.
The Peninsula delegates performed very well in this first conference, with novices receiving six outstanding awards and eight commendations, along with a Raza Khan taking home a Best Delegate Award. Advanced received three commendations and two Best Delegates from Juliana Yonis and Sydney Bambardekar! This conference was a very successful first conference and shows PEN MUN is poised for a strong year.
SPEECH AND DEBATE
One-hundred and thirty-nine students from thirty-seven schools attended the fourth annual Loyola High School Invitational on the weekend of 9/10-9/12. In policy debate, the team of Peninsula juniors Atul Jalan and Brian Kong were quarterfinalists (top 8). Brian was second speaker and Atul was sixth speaker. In Lincoln-Douglas debate, senior Jonas LeBarillec and junior Ishan Gaur were octafinalists (top 16). Jonas was also second speaker.
One-hundred, eight schools from twenty-four states attended the thirty-first annual Greenhill Fall Classic on the weekend of 9/17-9/19 at the Greenhill School in Addison, Texas. Sixteen of the country's best debaters in policy debate and Lincoln-Douglas debate (LD) were also invited to participate in the Greenhill Round Robin prior to the tournament proper. In policy debate, Peninsula juniors Raam Tambe and Jerry Wang were round robin champions. The two won their "pod" with a perfect 14-0 record and were first and second speaker. In the round robin final, the two defeated a team from Montgomery Bell Academy (MBA) in Nashville on a 2-1 decision. In Lincoln-Douglas debate, junior Jonas Le Barillec finished fourth in his pod with an 8-6 record. In the Fall Classic, Jonas finished second in LD--dropping the final round to a debater from Harrison High School in New York. Jonas also was tenth speaker. In policy debate, Raam and Jerry were tournament champions once again, defeating the same MBA team in the finals. The Peninsula junior team of Atul Jalan and Brian Kong reached the double octafinal round (top 32). Jerry was fourth speaker in the Fall Classic, while Raam was sixth. As a result of their finishes, Jonas, Raam, and Jerry received bids to the Tournament of Champions (TOC) at the University of Kentucky in April. Raam and Jerry are automatic qualifiers based on their First Place performance at last year's TOC.
MORE SPEECH AND DEBATE NEWS
The Peninsula Speech and Debate Team scored many victories last weekend at the Jack Howe Invitational.
In Policy debate, Raam Tambe and Jerry Wang took home another championship title and top speaker awards. Jonas Lebarallic and Natasha Tieu broke to octafinals.
The following Public Forum Varsity Teams broke to out rounds:
1) Maddie Oehler and Sarah Geist
2) Kaila Kim and Mei Johnson
3) Minji Oh and Lauren Kong
4) Daniel Tseng and Judy Dominguz
5) Sung Gyung Lee and Catherine Kim
Daniel Tseng was 4th place speaker overall.
In individual events, Jessia Brunnenmeyer was a varsity Original Oratory semifinalist.
Allycia Fu and Adrian Tai were 4th place in Duo Interpretation.
Samatha Liu was a varsity Humorous Interpretation 3rd place.
Shannon Hearn was 6th place in varsity Original Advocacy.
Diana Kalantar was 5th place in novice Impromptu.
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JUNIOR CLASSICAL LEAGUE
Students from all levels of Latin have been practicing their skills in Certamen, a trivia competition involving all areas of Latin culture, language, and history. The number of Latin students participating in our Junior Classical League has risen significantly, and we now have a successful group of competitors! We are so excited to have such an amazing squad of students from all levels getting prepped for November 12's SCRAM Certamen competition and for CARCer, the State preliminary competition.
REACHING OUT TO YOUNGSTERS IN OUR DISTRICT
At last Friday's home football game, band students from PVIS and Ridgecrest played alongside our Marching Band. It was a enjoyable visit for all. Come out and support our great football team and be entertained by our exciting new Field Show - A Tribute to Motown, and other fun performances by the band including the popular Trombone Suicide, Upside Down Drumming, and Clarinet Limbo. The next home game is Friday, October 7 against Mira Costa.
Also, at the football game, we were all entertained by members of the Junior Spirit Corp - a group of PV District students in grades K through 8 that worked with the PVPHS Cheer and Song Teams this past week to learn cheers and routines which they performed for us at the game. Hopefully, this is the start of another great Pen High tradition!
ADDITIONAL RECOGNITION FOR LITERARY MAGAZINE
Congrats to last year's literary magazine editors Anna Stockstad, Anneliese Wargin, Mackenzie Brandt, and Ru Ekanayake for their amazing work with the literary magazine! Once again the lit mag received a first place award in the Amercian Scholastic Press Association's annual review of literary magazines!
KRISTY KISHLER CLASS OF 2016
Kristy is featured in this film about voting. WAY TO GO KRISTY!
PENINSULA DRAMA'S FALL PLAY COVERS THE CLASSICS
Can a few actors really cover all of Shakespeare's 37 plays in less than two hours? Come find out as the Palos Verdes Peninsula High School Drama Department presents "The Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged" by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Wingfield beginning Friday, Oct. 7 at 7 p.m.
The cast features
Gabriella Campbell, I
sabella Navarro,Timmarie Smith and Lauryn Williams and a production crew featuring Samantha Herrmann, Chloe Albino, Audrey Bogosian, Tyler Krambeer, Peter Kuyper, Saffy Laurio, Courtney Barber, Two Laurio,Tara Safavian, Sarah Vakil, Bea Albino, Courtney Barber, Audrey Bogosian, Peter Kuyper, Sophia Molino, Bea Albino, Liam Goodin, Siddh Jain, Elizabeth Ozawa, Julia Warrick, and Maia Weinstock
THANK YOU FROM OUR NURSE - WENDY KELLER
This past Monday I, along with three other PVPUSD school nurses, screened over 700 students for vision and hearing. I would like to extend a sincere thank you to LaWanda Zscheile, Carolyn Lee, Tammy Scriven, and Susan Kim for assisting with this effort. I am so grateful that they volunteered their time to assist in this effort. I greatly value parent involvement. We couldn't have done it without you!
STUDENT LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
2017-18 Student Board Member
The SBE is now accepting applications for the 2017-18 Student Board Member position. Any student who is a California resident and enrolled in a public high school, will be a senior in good standing in the 2017-18 school year, and will be available to attend a statewide student leader conference October 30 - November 2, 2016 in Sacramento, is eligible to apply.
For more information about the 2017-18 Student SBE Member application, please visit SBE website
, or contact the SBE by email at
[email protected]
or by telephone at 916-319-0827. Complete applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, October 10, 2016.
2017 Asian Pacific Youth Leadership Project
The Asian Pacific Youth Leadership Project (APYLP) - www.apylp.org - a nonprofit organization, reaches out to Asian and Pacific Islander youth in California to build on their understanding of what it means to be Asian and Pacific Islander American students in today's culturally and ethnically diverse society. The high school conference offers group workshops on leadership development, cultural identity and awareness, the legislative process, and public speaking skills as well as an opportunity to participate in mock legislative sessions and to hear from elected officials and prominent speakers from the Asian and Pacific Islander community.
Fifty juniors and seniors will be selected from the statewide applicants to participate in the conference on April 6-9, 2017, in Sacramento. The APYLP will pay all expense for the participants including travel, lodging, and meal expenses.
The APYLP is especially interested in reaching students who have leadership potential but have difficulty developing or realizing that potential due to language, economic, cultural or other barriers. Applications must be postmarked no later than Monday, October 31, 2016.
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