Volume III Issue 3 ~ April 25th, 2021
1. Academics Spotlight
Last week PVHS had 3 Science Research students compete in the CA State Science Fair.  Congratulations to the following researchers:

Andrea Lin placed 2nd in state in Zoology with her project: The Anthropogenic Noise on Hummingbird Activity

Sasha Chehrzadeh competed in Biomedical and Molecular Biology with her project titled: How No Contrast Carotid Artery Scans Can be Used to Diagnose Atherosclerosis

Mark Lin competed in Microbiology with his project on: Sine or Square? Observing the Effects of Sonification on Arthrospira platensis
2. Athletics Spotlight
Boys Soccer beat Peninsula 2-1 in overtime and beat Redondo 2-1

Girls Soccer beat Peninsula 3-0 and lost to Redondo 1-0

Girls Lacrosse beat Peninsula 19-8

Boys Lacrosse beat Peninsula 19-4

Softball lost to El Segundo 5-3

Boys Tennis lost to Mira Costa after a 9-9 match play defaulted in Mira Costa winning on games 84-78. The boys went on to beat Redondo 13-5.

Girls Tennis beat Redondo 14-4

Boys Volleyball lost to Redondo 3-0 but beat Culver City 3-0

Girls Basketball lost to Redondo but beat Santa Monica 51-30

Boys Basketball beat Santa Monica 65-46

Surf team lost to Redondo 80-67

Boys and Girls swim team beat Santa Monica 109-60 and 105-61. Several students had CIF qualifying times including

200 Medley Relay: Ross, Colomer, G., Boyle, Criley, W

200 Free:
Criley, W
Wattson, A

100 Fly:
Boyle

500 Free
Ross

200 Fr Relay:
Criley, W, Boyle, Wattson, A, Campbell, T

100 Breast
Colomer, G

400 Free Relay:
Criley, W, Ross, Campbell, Wattson, A

50 & 100 Free
Criley, W

200 IM:
Whitehead, M

50 & 100 Free & 100 Breast:
Maemoto, A

400 Free Relay:
Maemoto, A., Keough, K., Rosenfield, T., Whitehead, M
3. Return to School
This week all of our hybrid students were able to be on campus together. This was an exciting moment for all of our staff and students as we continue to welcome back our students. Thank you to all of our staff for the hard work and preparation that went into this. Welcome back Sea Kings!
4. Diversity Week
This week our Be The Change leadership group hosted Diversity Week both on campus and digitally. Students were able to play games, learn about different cultures, share special recipes from their family, and hear from guest speakers. Thank you BTC for planning this!
5. Senior Activity Spotlight
One of our new favorite senior activities is Senior Sign Delivery. This weekend PVHS staff delivered over 400 lawn signs to the Class of 2021. We are so proud of our seniors and can't wait to see your signs displayed all over the hill!
6. ASB Elections
Congratulations to our 2021-2022 ASB Elected leaders!

President: Marinna Pisano
Vice President: Kylie Grace Freeland
Secretary: Isabella Firmani
Treasurer: Ellen Brandt
Senior Class President: Niall Collins
Senior Class Vice President: Justin Mabry
Junior Class President: Mafi Corral and Jack DiBernardo
Junior Class Vice President: Sharlize Moayedi
Sophomore Class President: Katherine Gardner
Sophomore Class Vice President: Claire Kirk

Thank you to everyone who campaigned this week!
7. Photo Spotlight
Our annual PVHS art show virtually opened this past week and runs through May 21st. The exhibition showcases student artwork from drawing & painting, ceramics, photography, and animation classes. Make sure to check out all of our amazing Sea King artists at the link below!

8. Student Spotlight
Two PVHS students were recently honored for being in the Inaugural Class of Female Eagle Scouts, a group of just over 900 country-wide. Girls were allowed to join the Boy Scouts of America in February 2019.

Isabella Brannan Organized a collection of old flags, educated the community about proper flag care and maintenance, built permanent collection boxes for the Palos Verdes Estates City Hall, and led a flag retirement ceremony at the Point Vicente Lighthouse.

Courtney Sugano organized the building of signs and a storage unit for the Rabbit Room at the Harbor Animal Care Center in San Pedro.
9. PTSA Spotlight
Thank you so much to our PTSA who continued to welcome back our PVHS staff to campus with lunch on Friday. We are so appreciative of everything you do to support us and our students every day!
10. Next week at a glance
Monday April 26th
  • A Day

Tuesday April 27th
  • B Day

Wednesday April 28th

Thursday April 29th
  • A Day

Friday April 30th
  • B Day
General Info
SCHOLARSHIPS for the SENIOR CLASS OF 2021 - We are currently in the midst of scholarship season for our LOCAL COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIPS! Please consider applying for these scholarships because, soon, they will be gone! Check out the Daily Bulletin & Naviance regularly for scholarship opportunities. For a complete list, CLICK HERE. You’ve got to be in it, to win it!  
Join PVPUSD and South Bay Families Connected (SBFC) for our spring parent education series, Brain Science and Heart Centered Parenting with Kelly Hendrickson, R.N., SBFC’s Director of Community Education. Kelly will discuss how brain development lays the foundation for developing communication strategies that can foster connections between parents and their children. The two-part series will be held via Zoom webinar on April 14th and 28th from 9:30am-10:30am. The webinar will also be recorded and posted for later viewing if you are unable to join us the morning of the webinar. To register for this event, go to https://bit.ly/3mpQwOq for more information.  We hope you will join us for this informative webinar series. 
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