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Addie's Life Journey Through Books

Addie’s Life Journey Through Books

Addison Parenti, Opinion Editor April 28, 2026

   I remember the first book I read: “Are You My Mother?” In retrospect, four-year-old me was just reciting it from memory having listened to my parents read it so many times.     People who...

Faster Than Light & Slower than Honey

Faster Than Light & Slower than Honey

Esha Joshi, Arts/Culture Editor April 28, 2026

   Time has always been obstinate. Slow-moving, like a bottle of honey tipped over onto its side, when you’re itching for it to just move a little faster. One hand taps arrhythmically on your desk,...

Mailey's Letter to Her Kindergarten Self

Mailey’s Letter to Her Kindergarten Self

Mailey Wang, Editor in Chief April 28, 2026

 Dear Little Kindergartener Mailey,     Hi! It’s you 13 years later, and you’re about to graduate high school. I know you are still a young girl and have many years before you have to think...

Addie's Evolving Love for Winter Sports

Addie’s Evolving Love for Winter Sports

Addison Parenti, Opinion Editor April 28, 2026

   The pillowy softness of snow, the satisfying sound of skates on ice, the chill of crisp winter air, and the feeling of being free. I love winter sports. I still remember the first time I felt the...

Claire’s Stance on the Taiwan-China Conflict

Claire’s Stance on the Taiwan-China Conflict

Claire Wu February 4, 2026

The following article is the opinion of the writer and does not reflect the views of The Perennial or Pinewood School. We invite civil discourse about this topic and encourage those with dissenting opinions...

Pinewood Volleyball, You Are the Love of My Life

Pinewood Volleyball, You Are the Love of My Life

Mailey Wang, Editor-in-Chief October 28, 2025

   Pass, set, hit. Boom. A sequence ingrained in my blood. The Panther Pit erupts in cheer, and our team jumps with joy. The game goes on, and too soon the score reaches 25. With two sets already under...

What Mark Gardner Means to Pinewood

What Mark Gardner Means to Pinewood

Kim Wetzel, Advisor October 28, 2025

   Their stories were engaging, moving, sad, and downright lovely.    One woman who graduated from Pinewood years ago tearfully recalled how Mark Gardner listened to and encouraged her during a difficult...

Chocolate Boxes: A Sweet Metaphor For Life

Chocolate Boxes: A Sweet Metaphor For Life

Esha Joshi September 30, 2025

   “Life is like a box of chocolates.”     If you’re cultured, like me, you heard this phrase for the first time in “Barbie Life in the Dreamhouse” (10:38 of Episode 5, “Best of Ken,”...

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