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GIVING TUESDAY 
For most of us, Black Friday and Cyber Monday are the unofficial start to the holiday shopping season. This year, let's make Giving Tuesday the official start of the giving season! On Tuesday, November 28, Peninsula Education Foundation is proud to participate in #GIVINGTUESDAY. This global day of giving invites individuals to give back and create change. Help us provide the best education possible for all PVPUSD students. Your donations are essential for us to continue to fund academic counselors, College and Career Center staff, STEM programs and more. To donate or pledge, please go to www.pvpef.org or call 310-378-2278.
CANNED FOOD DRIVE STARTS THURSDAY
 It's that time of year again! From this Thursday, November 30th through next Thursday, December 7, Service Learning Leadership will host their Canned Food Drive. Please bring in non-perishable food items to your third period class. You will be making a difference in someone's life! All items will be donated to the LA Food Bank AND the third period class with the most cans, wins the coveted CANNED FOOD DRIVE TROPHY! Last year, our school donated over 8,000 cans. Let's do it again Panthers! Please see any Service Learning Leadership member if you have any questions or email Mrs. Myrick:
myrickh@pvpusd.net
WINNING LOGO DESIGN
 Congratulations to Peninsula High senior Chelsea Liu, the winner of the 2018 United States Academic Decathlon Nationals Logo Contest. Her creative design incorporates the 50th anniversary of Academic Decathlon®, Texas (the site of 2018 Nationals) and the curricular theme of Africa. Her artistic, innovative and professional logo will be used to help promote the 50th anniversary of USAD and the 2018 national competition. Great job Chelsea!
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Chelsea's award-winning logo
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PUBLISHED AUTHOR
 Congratulations to senior Kennedy Blackwell for publishing a book on youth homelessness called
Jayden's Shoes. What started off as a project to receive her Girl Scout Gold Award has taken flight and become a movement to help those who are homeless find their voice and overcome their circumstances.
Students are invited to participate in a lunchtime book reading and learn about Kennedy's journey in writing
Jayden's Shoes on Thursday, December 7th at lunch in the library. LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED if you RSVP to Silvia Gutierrez, Librarian at:
gutierrezs@pvpusd.net.
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PENINSULA HIGH LOSES MONEY WHEN STUDENTS ARE ABSENT 
212 students were absent last Wednesday (November 22). At $49 per student, we have lost approximately $10,388 in State ADA funding for that day alone. For those who can afford it, ADA reimbursement is greatly appreciated! Checks, payable to PVPHS, can be dropped off at the Main Office. Thank you for your support.
YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL
 Applications are being accepted for the 33rd Congressional District's Youth Advisory Council. The purpose of this council is to engage high school students within the 33rd Congressional District, to discuss legislation or current events that impact their community as well as inspire civic-minded young adults. All students in grades 9-12 who reside or attend school in CA-33 are eligible to apply. The application deadline is December 15, 2017. Download the application
HERE.
PTSA MEETING TUESDAY
 Our next Association meeting will be thisTuesday, November 28th at 8:45 am (social) and 9:00 am (meeting) in the PVPHS Community Room. Barbara Gani, PVPHS's new Student Support Specialist and head of the new Student Center, will speak about her observations and future plans on wellness for the PVPHS Community. In addition, we will feature some student readings from the PTSA Reflections Arts Competition, and present an inspiring video created by Reflections Chairs Selina Lai and Kako Silvestre, which features an overview of all our creative students' submissions. Please join us for a great morning! The PTSA Meeting Agenda is
HERE.
SLL THANKSGIVING
Service Learning Leadership (SLL) students brightened up the day for our school's staff with a surprise treat in all of our mailboxes last week. The message attached read:
Orange you grateful to be part of Peninsula? We sure are! And I sure am too!
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ORDER ZOO AND PENINSULA APPEARAL
 Didn't find that perfect gift on Black Friday? Don't worry - you've still got time to order new, limited edition Peninsula and Zoo apparel that will make the perfect holiday gift for yourself, your family members or friends! Simply turn in the attached order form by THIS FRIDAY, December 1st, and we'll have your order ready to pick up before the holiday break! All orders can be turned in to the Student Store this week, and the orders will be available for pickup out of the Student Store during the week of December 11-15. Click
HERE for the order form and pictures of the Peninsula and Zoo apparel. Don't wait - many of these items will not be sold again!
SPEECH TEAM SUCCESS
Congratulations to our Peninsula Speech team for a great showing at the Western Bay Forensics League (WBFL) tournament at Narbonne High School on Veterans Day. The team took the second place Sweepstakes award!
The following students placed in their individual events:
1st place Varsity Impromptu-Hans Khoe
1st place Varsity Original Oratory-Allycia Fu
1st place Varsity Thematic Interpretation-Elise Zimmerman
1st place-Varsity Original Advocacy-Yasmeen Khan
1st place-Novice Original Interpretation, Original Prose & Poetry - Bonny Quan
2nd place Varsity Humorous Interpretation-Sam Liu
2nd place-Varsity Original Interpretation-Jessica Brunnenmeyer
3rd place-Varsity Thematic Interpretation-Maili Tom
3rd place-Varsity Original Prose and Poetry-Sana Chaudhury
3rd place-Varsity Duo Interpretation-Sophia Feller and Elise Zimmerman
3rd place-Varsity Impromptu-Katherine He
3rd place-Novice Original Interpretation-Allyson Yi
3rd place-Novice Impromptu-Ananya Chaudhari
Bronze medal-Varsity Thematic Interpretation-Emily Eaton
Bronze medal-Novice Original Oratory-Amira Belhedi
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PVPUSD FAMILIES CONNECTED
PVPUSD has partnered with South Bay Families Connected (SBFC) with the ultimate goal of having our parents, teachers and staff working together to help our youth thrive and stay on a healthy path to maturity.
SBFC is a not-for-profit whose mission it is to improve the social and emotional wellness of our area youth by supporting parents in their efforts to help their kids reach their full potential and live healthy, fulfilled lives. SBFC offers parents the free resources, education, and opportunities to connect around the issues and challenges we face, from helping our kids navigate the new social media landscape, to reducing the likelihood that they will use drugs and alcohol.
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SENIOR COLLEGE APPLICTIONS
The UC and Cal State application windows close
this Thursday, November 30 - don't wait until the last minute and risk system failures - complete your applications early!
DROP DEADLINE
The deadline to drop a class with a "W" on the transcript is Friday, December 8. Drop forms, which require parent signature, are available in the Counseling Office.
HARBOR COLLEGE CLASSES ON CAMPUS - DEADLINE EXTENDED
Earn college credits! Los Angeles Harbor College is offering the following popular classes: Dr. Coleman's Film Appreciation class on Monday and Wednesday and Mr. Wheeler's Sociology class on Tuesday and Thursday after school on the PVPHS campus beginning February 5, 2018. These classes are open to juniors and seniors only. Registration forms are available in the Counseling Office. Turn in completed forms no later than January 5, 2018 to Mrs. Juge in the Counseling Office.
FRESHMEN LESSON
Every year the counselors provide a different guidance lesson to each grade level of students. These lessons address academic, social/emotional issues or other current and relevant topics.
This Tuesday, November 28, our counselors will be visiting all freshmen English classes to talk about schedule balance, graduation requirements, UC/CSU (A-G) requirements, getting involved on campus, learning styles, and campus resources.
All freshmen should activate their "@pvpusd.net" student email accounts. Instructions for activating and accessing this account can be found
HERE Reference to this email address will be made during the Freshman Presentation Lesson.
SOPHOMORE LESSON
On Tuesday, December 5, our counselors will be visiting all sophomore English classes to deliver the Counseling Sophomore Lesson. They will be talking about coping skills, self advocacy and stress management. A letter with more details will be mailed home soon.
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CAL STATE APPLICATION ASSISTANCE
Applications for Cal State are due
this Thursday, November 30th. Do you have any last-minute questions you need answered before the deadline? Cailin White from Cal State Apply will be in the College Career Center
tomorrow, Monday, November 27 at lunch to assist students. If you have questions or just want verification that your application is correct, please come to the CCC at lunch. Chrome Books will be available for student use at this event.
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ROBOTICS
 The Pen High Robotics Team, aka Robotics FRC Team 2637 Phantom Catz, has spent part of their fall pre-season time collaborating with Soleado Elementary 5th graders. During five sessions over the past three months, thirty five fifth graders have come to our SMERT rooms to build some basic engineering projects and learn some about the principals behind engineering. The Phantom Catz and the Soleado Suns had a lot of fun together building projects like balsa wood gliders and mousetrap cars. We hope to see them back here again next year.
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Soleado fifth graders and their Pen High mentors
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SOLAR ENGINEERING
 The Solar Engineering Team has started the season under the supervision of their new coach Mr. Henry Chou. Last Sunday, the team built the basic shell of their boat at the Water District Headquarters in Claremont. Upon the successful completion of the build of the shell, the team was awarded $2500 for their season. The money will be budgeted to buy motors, batteries, tools, and parts as needed. The team has the responsibility to manage and run the electrical system and solar panels, and to make sure the boat will be ready to race in May 2018 in San Diego. The team still has room to add more students. If you are interested please see Mr. Chou in Room T104.
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The PVPHS Solar Engineering team works on their boat's shell
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CyberPatriot
 Last week eight Pen High CyberPanther teams participated in the first round of the CyberPatriot challenge. More than 4200 teams competed nationwide virtually on line using VMware software. The teams had 6 hours nonstop to find and solve vulnerabilities in Windows Image, Linux, and Cisco, and to take a cyber quiz. All Pen High teams qualified to move on to the second round which will be held December 8-10. Three of our teams received a perfect score! Congratulations on a job well-done CyberPanther in Round 1!
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CyberPatriot teams get ready for competition
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StellarXplorers SPACE PROGRAM
 Five space PVPHS StellarPanther teams competed for six long hours in the qualification round of the StellarXplorers IV Challenge nationwide competition against 200 other teams. Teams were required to develop a mission orbit for a satellite to monitor the migration of animals around the globe. Teams whose orbit successfully monitored the migration areas for the longest periods and covered the most area earned the highest scores. Teams also scored points through an open-book Academic Quiz during the round. Four of our StellarPanther Teams will advance to the next round of competition.
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StellarXplorers spent six hours competing in the qualification round
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UPCOMING PENINSULA ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB EVENTS
Friday, December 8 -
Holiday Boutique in the Pen High gym - Save the  date and plan to stop by for the best shopping in town - Friday, December 8, 11:00am to 6:30pm.
You'll be delighted with our wide variety of thoughtfully selected merchandise! So much to choose from including: gourmet olive oils, preservative free jams and jellies, Japanese teas, homemade toffee, tons of jewelry, scarves and sweaters, designer handbags, vintage goods, organic bath and body scrubs, handmade blankets, fine stationery and cards, tech gadgets, kitchen ware, stocking stuffers, Panther gear and more! Shop with us and spread good cheer!
Saturday, March 17, 2018, A Black & Gold Affaire
at the Palos Verdes Golf Club. The biggest fundraiser of the year for Peninsula athletics! Visit www.pvphsabc.com to become a Black & Gold Affaire sponsor. Contact Christina Britt at at frassobrit@gmail.com
with any questions. BECOME A SPONSOR TODAY!
Thank you to our current ABC members for your continued support of PVPHS athletic programs. Your support does not go unnoticed.
IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO JOIN THE ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB
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The final score of the annual Thanksgiving Day alumni soccer game was 1-1
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VARSITY SPORTS
COMPETITIONS ON CAMPUS THIS
WEEK
Girls Soccer will take on Chadwick in the South Bay Tournament
on Friday@ 3pm on the field
** If you missed the Fall Sports Re-Cap Newsletter, you can view it HERE **
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Orders due this Friday, December 1
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| Pick up an application in the Main Office or download one HERE |
Show opens this Friday, December 1
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| Pen Football coach Larry Campbell will be one of the parade's Grand Marshals and the PVPHS Marching Band and Color Guard will be performing |
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Deadline to enroll has been extended until January 5, 2018
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Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
(Regular)
Period 0: 7a-7:55a
Period 1: 8a-8:53a
Period 2: 8:59a-9:52a
Panther Time: 9:52a-10:10a
Period 3: 10:15a-11:14a
Period 4: 11:20a-12:13p
Lunch: 12:13p-12:48p
Period 5: 12:54p-1:47p
Period 6: 1:52p-2:45p
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Wednesday
(Late Start)
Period 0: 9a-9:40a
Period 1: 9:45a-10:25a
Period 2: 10:30a-11:10a
Period 3: 11:15a-11:45a
Period 4: noon - 12:40p
Lunch: 12:40p-1:15p
Period 5: 1:20p-2:00p
Period 6: 2:05p-2:45p
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Follow Pen High on the following official sites
@pvphs_principal
@pvphsasb
@pvphszoo
@pvphs_panthers
@pvphs_athletics
@pvphs_store
Have a great week!
Brent Kuykendall
Principal
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