PRINCIPAL'S UPDATE
May 1, 2022
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This Week's Bell Schedule
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday - Regular Schedule
Wednesday - Late Start
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AP Exams - Week 1 Starts Monday
Bring:
ID Card, pencils (not mechanical), pens and snack in clear bags
DO NOT bring cell phones, electronics, study materials, backpacks, purses, or wallets.
Morning exams - Arrive at the Fieldhouse at 7:30 am. You will be excused from your regular Periods 0 thru 4 classes.
Afternoon exams - Arrive at the Fieldhouse at 11:30 am. You will be excused from your regular Periods 4 thru 6 classes.
Check out Week 1 schedule below and the school website for more information.
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PROM 2022
Prom is a formal dance with dinner for Peninsula High Seniors and Juniors. This year's theme is 'Midnight Masquerade', and it will be held at The Historic Belasco Theatre on Saturday, May 21 from 6:30 until 10:30 pm.
The price of a ticket per person is the following:
- Monday, May 2-Wednesday, May 4- Peninsula Seniors Only- $125 with ASB and $135 without ASB
- Thursday, May 5-Friday, May 6- Peninsula Seniors and Juniors Only- $125 with ASB and $135 without ASB
- Monday, May 9-Friday, May 13- Peninsula Seniors and Juniors may submit Guest Applications- $125 with ASB and $135 without ASB
- Monday, May 16-Wednesday, May 18- Last minute sales- Peninsula Seniors, Juniors and Guests- $135 with ASB and $145 without ASB
Every student attending Prom must turn in a Permission Slip at the time the ticket is purchased. Guests of Peninsula Seniors and Juniors must also turn in a Guest Pass. Both of these can be found at pvphs.pvpusd.net under Panther Picks or can be found HERE.
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CLASS OF 2022
As you make your final decisions for next year, don’t forget to complete your Senior Year End Activity & Senior Survey on SchooLinks. Please note this is where you will request your final transcript and provide approval to be included in Senior Destinations. Directions are available at https://pvphs.pvpusd.net/apps/pages/CollegeCareerCenter
Please stop by the CCC and talk to Mrs. Arico of you have any questions.
CLASS of 2022 LA HARBOR COLLEGE REGISTRATION WORKSHOP – On Tuesday, May 3rd at lunch in the College Career Center, LA Harbor College will present step-by-step instructions on how to register for Fall 2022. Bring your laptop or you can use a Chrome Book in the CCC.
CLASS OF 2022 SANTA MONICA COLLEGE OPEN HOUSE – On Saturday May 14th SMC will host an Open House on campus. Application and Enrollment support, financial aid and academic program information will be available. More information about the event and how to register can be found here https://pvphs.pvpusd.net/apps/pages/2022SeniorSeries
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It is my absolute pleasure and honor to announce to you that 11th grader Naomi Porter has been appointed by Governor Newson to be the next Student Board Member to the California State Board of Education. Naomi will now be representing 6 million students in California.
Naomi Porter (17) of Palos Verdes Peninsula High School has been appointed by Governor Newsom to serve as the Student Board Member on the State Board of Education for the 2022-2023 school year. She will represent 6 million California students with full voting privileges, including during closed sessions.
Locally, Naomi serves on her School Site Council, Principal’s Advisory Committee and One Hill Project. Regionally, she serves as a Student Advisor to the Los Angeles County Office of Education.
Naomi is an Ashoka Young Changemaker, Ted Talk Speaker, Gold Award Girl Scout, and Eagle Scout. She has been noted as an innovator in her field by Forbes, Wharton, Business Insider, Prudential, and Yahoo News.
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Student School Board Member
Incoming Seniors and Juniors may consider applying for the Student Member of the PVPUSD Board of Education. The application may be downloaded here or found on our school website under 'Panther Picks'. The application is due in the Activities Office, P115, on Monday, May 16th by 12:45 pm. Applicants will interview with a Selection Panel, and the panel will choose finalists for this position. Finalists will then run in an election in which rising upperclassmen may vote. This election will take place on Friday, May 27th.
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Congratulations Pen High Academic Decathlon!
This week, Peninsula High's Academic Decathlon Team brought home 30 medals in 9 of the 10 competition subjects, as well the trophy for 3rd highest scoring team overall among this year's 53 schools that competed in the Los Angeles County Office of Education's 2022 Regional Finals held earlier this Spring.
Team Captain, Senior Alexandria Lam, competing in the Honors category, brought home the trophy for 3rd highest scoring decathlete out of over 400 competitors, as well as the Bronze medal for 3rd highest scoring decathlete overall in Division 1 and a Gold as Peninsula's highest scoring decathlete. Alex also was awarded the Gold medal in Essay, the Silver in Speech, and Bronze in Literature and Music. Alex is also one of three $300 LACOE and California Credit Union scholarship recipients.
Junior Harry Zhao honored the Awards attendees with a powerful delivery of his Gold medal winning Speech, for which he scored a perfect 1000 points in competition. Harry also brought home the Bronze medal for highest scoring decathlete overall in the Varsity category, as well as Gold medals in Essay & Literature, Silver in Social Science, and Bronze in Art, Interview & Music.
Junior Brandon Zhang, Honors category, also took home a Gold medal in Speech, Silver medals in Interview, Math & Science and a Bronze in Essay.
Sophomore Emily Zhu was awarded the Gold in Essay and the Bronze in Math in the Honors Category..
Senior Danny Eatmon, Scholastic category, received Silver medals in Essay & Interview and the Bronze in Speech.
Juniors Emily Kallah and Brielle Young earned Silver--Essay & Interview, and Bronze--Essay & Interview, respectively, both competing in the Scholastic category.
And Freshman Artin Abdemanafi brought home the Bronze in both Essay & Speech.
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Congratulation to Space Panther Team#3 who won First Place in the StellarXplorers National Competition at Houston Air Space Center. The competition was a very challenging 8 hours involving all aspects of system development and operation with a spacecraft and payload focus. Teams were given a scenario describing the system’s mission and constraints and they provide a solution to a typical space design problem, such as orbit determination, satellite component selection, and launch vehicle planning. Peninsula team #3 was the First Place Winner and receive an all-expense-paid trip to Houston Space Center with an exclusive tour of Houston Space center and the Apollo13 Command Center. Each student was awarded $3000 by Lockheed Martin and the AFA.
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Students in Mr. Chou's Geometry Honors Classes are presenting and testing the strength of their wood popsicle stick bridge. All students are given 3 weeks of time to design and glue 100 wood popsicle sticks into a bridge. The goal is to design a bridge allowing a toy car to pass through as well as holding at least 15 Geometry textbooks on the top of the bridge. Students use their mathematical knowledge of geometric shapes to distribute heavy weights evenly across the bridge. |
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Upcoming Pops Concert - Orchestra AND Choir
You don't want to miss this special event at Pen on Saturday, May 14th at 730pm. We'll be bringing together Pen's orchestra and choir on stage and screen for a pops concert. Click HERE to buy tickets. They're $15 for adult tickets purchased online or $20 at the door. Students/children are $5 online or at the door.
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ATTENTION PANTHER PARENTS
We Need You! Please consider getting involved with the Athletic Booster Club for the 2022 – 2023 school year. There are open Board, Chair and Volunteer positions available.
The Athletic Booster Club is a major source of funds for our school’s athletic programs. Roughly one-third of the school’s athletic program budget is funded by the Athletic Booster Club, which funds things like athletic trainer salaries, field and court maintenance for all sports, hydration stations, equipment, Athlete of the Year banquet, and so much more.
The ONLY goal of this group is to raise money to help support the kids. That funding comes through memberships, donations, sponsorships, and merchandise sales. And this directly ensures all Peninsula athletes have the best experience they can as they compete in their sport.
If you are interested and want to learn more about open positions, send us a note at [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you!
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Sincerely,
Brent Kuykendall
All District programs, activities, and practices shall be free from unlawful discrimination, including discrimination against an individual or group based on race, color, ancestry, nationality, national origin, immigration status, ethnic group identification, ethnicity, age, religion, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, or genetic information; a perception of one or more of such characteristics; or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.
Title IX Contact: Richard Licciardello, 310-378-9966 x 417
Section 504 Contact: Michael Bosler, 310-378-9966 x 444
375 Via Almar, Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274
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