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REDISCOVERING LITERATURE WEEK
This week Peninsula students celebrated the love of reading during Literature Week with activities during lunch and in their English classes. The staff shared their favorite readings during the passing periods all week, while students swapped books in classes. On Monday, students participated in origami and crafts with re-purposed book pages. Then, Tuesday, the English department celebrated our seniors' fantastic CASSPP scores with Cookies and Milk during Panther Time. Wednesday brought a scavenger hunt for student-decorated literary rocks on the campus. The week wrapped up with a fun Character Costume Dress-up activity and a Poetry Reading. Peninsula students really got into the spirit!
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| A group of students dressed up as characters from Animal Farm |
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| Mr. Cohen reads a literary passage over the school's PA system |
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| The library hosted arts and crafts at lunch |
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Seniors were treated to cookies as congratulations for the Class of 2018's
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GOLD CROWN AWARD
Our school newspaper,
The Pen, was one of fifteen newspapers awarded the Gold Crown from
Columbia University's Scholastic Press Association on March 16 for their performance during the 2016-17 school year. Last year's leadership included Annie Benedict, Marine Fujisawa, and Esther Chu. Recipients of this award exemplified excellence in writing, editing, design, and production.
The Pen's small and dedicated staff is celebrating this tremendous victory and continuing their combined efforts to earn the same title next year.
CHOIR CONCERT
On Friday evening our beautiful choir, under the direction of Dan Doctor, performed their Spring Concert for a very appreciative audience at the Rolling Hills United Methodist Church. They sang songs of peace, joy, faith and love originating from throughout the world. A special thanks to the choir's accompanists Izumi Erskine and Kevin Brown.
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The Women's Chamber Choir with soloist Sarah Mouneu
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Mona Abboud, Fiona Fredell, Erin Okada, and Isabella Smithsuvan
sing
Sweet Low, Sweet Chariot
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Members of the Varsity Voices choir sing Dona Nobis Pacem
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TEDx TALK
On Friday evening, Peninsula High held its very first TEDx Youth event in our PAC. The evening included ten speakers who spoke on topics ranging from "Emotional Intelligence from a Teenage Perspective" to "How to Use a Paper Towel." The student and adult speakers left the audience with plenty to think about and discuss about their "ideas worth spreading". The event was organized by the PVPHS Service Learning Leadership class and their teacher Heather Myrick.
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Student speakers included Allycia Fu, Maximilian Park,
Ailun Shi, Samantha Liu, and Kaylen Ng
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Retired PVPHS CCC Director Terry Lewallen gave an inspiring talk
about dealing with adversity in a positive way
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PVPHS English teacher Dr. Tim Coleman told the audience how and why he became a teacher and how rewarding the experience has been for him
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3RD QUARTER EXAM SCHEDULE
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Date
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Subject
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Monday
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March 26, 2018
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English, Culinary Arts, ELD
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Tuesday
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March 27, 2018
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Science, Math, Art
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Wednesday
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March 28, 2018
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Foreign Language,
Other Electives
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Thursday
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March 29, 2018
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Social Science, PE
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Friday
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March 30, 2018
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Quarter Ends
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LINK CREW APPLICATIONS
Link Crew Applications are due THIS THURSDAY! All current sophomores and juniors applying for 2018-19 Link Crew must turn in their applications by 2pm on Thursday to Ms. Dibble in room P103.
PARENT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
We are looking for a few parents who are available to help during AP Pre-Administration on Thursday, April 12. On this day, over one thousand Pen High AP students will be coming to the gym to prepare their AP answer sheets for the upcoming AP exams. Volunteers are needed to hand out materials and to help the students complete their paperwork accurately. There are two shifts we need more help with: 6:45am - 10am and 12:30pm - 2:45pm. If you can help at either of these times, please send email to Susan Breitenstein at [email protected]
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PTSA MEETING ON TUESDAY
 Our next PTSA Association Meeting is
this Tuesday, March 27th at 8:45 am (social) and 9:00 am (meeting) in the PVPHS Community Room. Our guest speakers will be Julie Arico, PVPHS College Career Center (CCC) Director, and Nancy Shafer, Scholarships and Financial Aid Coordinator. They will be discussing how the CCC is a vast resource for our students seeking information about college and careers, including some review about the college admission process. Don't miss this very important discussion, which targets all our current students. In addition, we will be holding the election of officers for the 2018-2019 PVPHS PTSA Executive Board. The Association Meeting Agenda is
HERE.
CHOREO SHOW 
Our Spring Choreo show,
Momentum, will be presented April 17, 18 and 19 starting at 7pm each evening. The show will be held at the Armstrong Theater in Torrance. Tickets are on sale now! Please see any Advanced or Choreo Company member to purchase. The show features over 100 dancers and multiple dance genres.
Momentum tickets are $13. Email Ms. Myrick (
[email protected]) with questions.
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TSA TEAMS UPDATE
 Last Saturday, PVPHS students participated in the local TSA (Technology Student Association) TEAMS (Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics, and Science) competition on the Pen High campus. TSA TEAMS is an annual competition for students designed to help them  discover their potential for engineering. Students apply math and science knowledge in practical, creative ways to solve real-world engineering challenges. TSA TEAMS sparks excitement by providing an integrated STEM learning experience, allowing students a unique inside look at problem solving from an engineer's viewpoint, and increasing students' self-confidence in solving complex problems while working on a team. The competition inspires students to consider engineering majors and careers. The results of Saturday's competition are expected in April.
This year the TSA TEAMS at PVPHS has been organized by student presidents Nathan Kim, Saehui Hwang, Alisa Hathaway, Rei Landsberger, and Tim Jiang. We express special thanks Principal Kuykendall who was the keynote speaker at the competition, and to faculty members Mrs. Kealey, Mr. Twiet, and Mrs. Vijaiyan for volunteering and serving as competition judges. We also express our special gratitude to Mr. Jeff Lee (PVP community engineer) and Ms. Regina Lee (last year's PVPHS TSA TEAMS president and current Caltech student) who also helped us as volunteer judges. We also appreciate all the parents and judges who helped us run the competition: Helen Kim, Sam Landsberger, Miko Landsberger, Swan Wedekind, Jerry Wedekind, Damon Lipps, Vanessa Lipps, Dan Tseng, Bobby Terada, Karyn Zafran, Eunice Bae, Madhu Jalan, Jack Wu, Jane Yen, Grace Kymn, Irina Gordion, Hannah Kang, Doris Kang, Eunsook Kim, Sharon Kim, Jung Shin, and Kyoung Ean Rim.
The amazing PVPHS teams that competed this year were:
11/12 grade level teams
A. Captains: Albert Tan, Allen Chun; Members: Eunice Lee, Christina An, Renee Yang, RJ Wakefield-Carl, Robert Peltekov, Josh Lu.
C. Captains: Yuna Kim, Michael Lazarus, Allison Masuda; Members: Matt Hashimoto, Ken Kuboshima, John Szieff, Kaitlyn, Tang, Robert Kim
D. Captains: Siteng (Tim) Jiang, Ryan Liu, Joy Xue; Members: Brendan Fong, Yijing (Leo) Guo, Lydia Cheng, Taylor Yoo
E. Captains: Kevin Chen-Xiao, David Sheps, Qile Chen; Members: Nick Jung, Brian Ishii, Mathew Lin, John Zhang
F. Captains: Dokyung Rhee; Members: Nicholas Wang, Jenna Vokolek, Christina Wang, Mathew Starobrat, Jade Eng, Annie Wang, Erika Hsu
G. Captains: Saehui Hwang, Akira Higaki, Robert Hu; Members: Yuya Nemoto, Brian Zhu, Jonathan Yun, Myka Kugaya
H. Captains: Tiffany Yen, Michelle Yamakawa, Vanessa Chuang; Members: Jennifer Terada, Megan Jung, Eden Zafran, Kyle Midumoto, Mitchell Lin
I. Captains: Serin Bok, Kayla Nguyen; Members: Sophia Wang, Kevin Lin, Bohan Zhang, Madison Chew, Lucas Ding, Elijah Ding, Deena Brailovsky
J. Captains: Chris Chien, Maansi Murty, Tori Wong; Members: Alisa Hathaway, Alex Liu Daniel Tseng, Ishan Gaur, Rei Landsberger
K. Captains: Jocelyn Ma, Natalie Wong; Members: Cooper Derudder, Wyatt Chang, Emily Wang, Max Hampei, Justin Kim, Isabella Lee
L. Captains: Joessa Smith, Chloe Dawes, Kendall Arata; Members: Alexandra Moutsios, Tyler Kawana, Brandon Jung, Ingi Hong, Lenuka Senaratna
M. Captains: Shayla Patel, Sana Chaudhury; Members: Ashely Shen, Sophia Ceman, Kyle Hashiro, Olivia Bradley
N. Captains: Sina Moshfeghi, Saahil Parikh, Nima Shirazian; Members: Sara Fang, Renee Lee, Phoenix Stout, Serena Ko, Stanley Liu
O. Captains: Nathan Kim, Matthew Baik; Members: Harmont Grenier, Lori Won, Moon Sun Gwak, Omid Nezami, Shawn Yazdani
P. Captains: Alyssa Chew, Joshua Ni; Members: Rashel Caleron-Sanchez, Hans Khoe, Ryan Huang, James Ma, Irene Zhen, Natasha Tieu
Q. Captains: Minami Yamaura, Benecia Chen, Milana Tatarintseva; Members: Kasey Chou, Hannan Salam, Monet Shibata, Eileen Wu, Chelsea (Qianxi) Yan
R. Captains: Jacob Kang, Mathew Kim, Josh Kim; Members: Cici (Yuexi ) Wei, Jioh (Jennifer) Park, Jenny Liu, Andrew Fan, Daniel Jung
S. Captains: Nicole Lee, Kyle Kim; Members: Jason Kim, Vibhav Kumar, Mathew Kymn, Ashley Knebel, Ever Goya, Joshua Rim
9/10 grade level teams
A. Captains: Lauren H Kim, Darbin Lee, Zoe Pepper; Members: Judith Park, Ellie Whang, Mirai Takeuchi, Aeris Ma, Minji Jeun
B. Captains: Amanda Wong, Daniel Su, Chrislyn Tseng; Members: Owen Ralbovsky, Goron Hur, Serena Chen, Brian Lee, Sydney Choi
C. Captains: Charley Kim, Diana Kalantar; Members: Zack Foltz, Margaret Gao, Junshik Ham, Laura Jankowski, Jiaju Liu, Elaine Yu
D. Captains: Marcus Kim, Caleb Stam, Kiku Shirakata; Members: Fiona Yang, Ashley Yoon, Kristie Lee, Ian Miller, Phoebe An, Ronjini Chattergee
E. Captains: Darin Park, Russell Chuang, Nathan Wang; Members: Rosstin Safavian, Thomas Liu, Justin Lin, Jerich Lee, Edward Lim
F. Captains: Suraj Anand, Yeji Cho; Members: Sam Tomlinson, Hanser Oh, Arpit Jalan, Anderson Sutandinata, Elizabeth Zhang, Ryan Alimento
G. Captains: Sean Lipps, Justin An, Joseph Mina; Members: Evan Kim, Jessica Lee, Josh Bae, Ameen Shaheen, Emily Masuda
H. Captains: Josh Masuda, Sanjay Kumar, Will Knebel; Members: Kevin Liu, Peonia Chan, Jieun Seo, Imagen Munkhbayar, Derrick Kim
I. Captains: Kati Wedekind, Summer Hasama, Evelyn Hasama; Members: Emily Bengston, Mikaela Garcia, Mati Yang, Nadia Louie, Katie Burrill
J. Captains: Jacqueline Tran, Aina Williams; Members: Anish Ramireddy, Sarah Arya, Ian Karlmann, Bonny Quan, Osaze Osayande
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FAMILIES CONNECTED SPEAKER SERIES
Dr Denise Pope presents: Helping Students Find Balance in the South Bay Pressure Cooker on Tuesday, April 17, 2018 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center located at 1935 Manhattan Beach Boulevard in Redondo Beach. Register for this event online HERE.
Denise Pope, Ph.D., is a Senior Lecturer at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education, where she specializes in student engagement, curriculum studies, qualitative research methods, and service learning. She is the author of, "Doing School": How We Are Creating a Generation of Stressed Out, Materialistic, and Miseducated Students", and co-author of " Underprepared: Strategies for Stronger Schools and Healthy, Successful Kids."
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8th GRADE PARENT/GUARDIAN INFORMATION NIGHT
Parents and guardians of incoming 9th graders are invited to visit the Peninsula High campus for an orientation evening on either April 10th (Last Names A-Ma) OR April 12th (Last Names Mb-Z)
5:00 - 6:00 pm Meet teachers and advisers about classes and special programs available during freshman year. Outside the PAC
6:00 - 6:30 pm Presentations by the PVPHS Administrators in the PAC.
6:30 - 7:30 pm Attend a scheduling information presentation given by the student's PVPHS Counselor.
PVPSS SUMMER SCHOOL
It's time to get ready for Palos Verdes Peninsula Summer School open to all students entering 9th through 12th grade in the fall. This year the program will be held on our Peninsula campus from June 18 through July 6 (1st semester) and from July 9 through July 26 (2nd semester). Online registration for incoming students begins at 7:00 pm on the following nights: Seniors (March 27); Juniors (March 28); Sophomores (March 29) and Freshmen (April 16). Space is limited and enrollment is on a first come, first serve basis. Visit pvpss.com for course offerings, teachers and more information or contact the Summer School Help Desk at (310) 378-8695.
SCROC NINE WEEK COURSES
Expand your horizons! SCROC is now offering Event Planning in addition to Adobe Suite, Business Entrepreneur, plus Banking and Financial Services for the spring semester. Each course takes nine weeks and start on April 9. Deadline to enroll is this Thursday, Mar. 29. You can get more information and sign up in the Counseling Office.
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SCHOLARSHIPS
Many scholarships are due this week and in the beginning of April. Please check
Naviance regularly as scholarships are frequently added. In the past few weeks scholarship deadlines have passed without any applications submitted. Applications may appear time consuming but with few applicants, students may have a very good chance at being awarded the scholarship.
CAL GRANTS
Cal Grant Eligibility Notifications are being mailed to eligible students. Steps to confirm the award are on the letter and should be completed as soon as possible. Create a Web Grants for Students (WGS) account at
www.webgrants4students.org for information regarding Cal Grant award offers. If you have any questions, see Mrs. Shafer in the CCC.
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ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL A BLACK & GOLD AFFAIRE!
What an amazing evening! It was a fun and exciting evening - great fellowship, silent and live auctions, and the most wonderful parade of senior athletes! Thank you to all the senior athletes, and all of those who attended the event to support our athletic programs. The evening's MC and auctioneer, Larry Campbell was truly electric! The fun just never seemed to stop! Thank you to our co-chairs, Christina Britt and Thea Sanderson, the event committee, volunteers, and to all the donors, sponsors, and bidders that made our event so successful. Larry Campbell - thank you for all you did for the event! A full report will be coming soon - stay tuned!
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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VARSITY SPORTS
COMPETITIONS ON CAMPUS THIS
WEEK
Baseball
Anaheim Tournament
Monday @ 3pm
Tuesday @ 3pm
Boys' Lacrosse
Tuesday @ 3:30pm vs Glendale
Thursday @ 3:30pm vs Mira Costa
Girls' Lacrosse
Friday @ 3pm vs PV
Swim Meet - COED
Thursday @ 3pm vs Mira Costa
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Monday, Tuesday,
and Thursday
(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
Friday
(Minimum Day)
Period 0: 7:20a-7:55a
Period 1: 8:00a-8:35a
Period 2: 8:41a-9:16a
Period 3: 9:22a-9:57a
Period 4: 10:03a-10:38a
Period 5: 10:44a-11:19a
Period 6: 11:25a-noon
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Attention Panther Parent Business Owners!!! We have a special invite for you to have our clubs and school advertise, promote and send customers to your business without any upfront cost to you! Helping our local businesses grow supports our school. Let us show you how. If you want us to help grow your business contact us at
[email protected]
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