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Basketball Teams Push Through CCS Playoffs

Jake Reynders, Staff Writer March 8, 2025

    Chants of “I believe that we just won; I believe that we just won.” reverberated in the Panther Pit after the Pinewood girls basketball team defeated Woodside Priory 48-32 and qualified...

New Courses in Advanced Coding & Personal Finance

Lucas Guan, Staff Writer March 8, 2025

  Want to learn advanced coding or how to manage your credit? Next year, Pinewood is offering two new courses to help students do just that.     AP Computer Science A will be taught by computer...

Braxton Takes Initiative: Fighting for Allergy Awareness

Braxton Takes Initiative: Fighting for Allergy Awareness

Braxton Kimura, Breaking News Writer March 8, 2025

Peanuts, tree nuts, and shellfish.  These are the words I repeat every time I’m at a restaurant, school, airplane, or friend’s house before eating my meal. If I consume even a molecule of a peanut,...

PSP Updates: Shaping a Generation of Leaders

PSP Updates: Shaping a Generation of Leaders

Nona Brozell, News Writer March 8, 2025

The Pinewood Scholars Program is a three-semester-long social entrepreneurship course that provides students with valuable experiences and skills, such as the confidence, work ethic, and passion needed...

Presidential Service Award Winners Recognized for Their Impact on the Community

Ruhan Chhaparwal, News Writer March 8, 2025

Pinewood has recently awarded 15 students the Presidential Service Award, a national award that recognizes students who have volunteered their time in order to make a difference in their communities. The...

Celebrating Scholastic Award Winners and the Teachers that Inspired Them

Zachary Choi, News Writer March 8, 2025

Five Pinewood students, eighth grader Tiffany Li, freshman Eddie Ling, sophomore Sophie Saibi, junior Soha Budhani, and senior Michael Shtrom, earned awards from the 2025 Regional Scholastic Art and Writing...

Spreading Holiday Traditions with Lunar New Year and Holi Festivals

Ruhan Chhaparwal, Staff Writer February 9, 2025

Pinewood celebrated two cultural events this semester: Lunar New Year and the col- orful festivities of Holi. The Lunar New Year event took place on Feb. 4 in the Upper Campus Gym. Some of the...

From School Bells To Church Bells

Nerea Amezcua, Staff Writer February 9, 2025

Most people in the Pinewood community know that Bill and Jennifer Bates are married, but not many know that their story began at Pinewood in 1993, where they first met and spent time together as class...

Health Science Club Hosts Annual Blood Drive

Lucas Guan, Staff Writer February 9, 2025

Pinewood School’s annual blood drive, hosted by the Health Science Club, took place on Upper Campus on Thursday, Jan. 30. Partnering with Vitalant, which has about 115 donation centers across the country,...

Pinewood Alumni Face LA Fires

Jake Reynders, Staff Writer February 9, 2025

Over the past month, one of the most destructive American natural disasters in recent years has devastated Los Angeles. The Eaton and Palisades Fires are 100% contained; however, their damage was catastrophic,...

Adulting 101 Workshops Equip Seniors With Key Life Skills

Zachary Choi, Staff Writer February 9, 2025

“Am I ready for life as an adult?” That is a question many seniors ask themselves as they near the end of their high school careers. This spring, Pinewood’s Adulting 101 Workshops plan to prepare...

Students Find Their Voices Through Poetry Out Loud Competition

Nona Brozell, Staff Writer February 9, 2025

The Poetry Out Loud competition has returned to Pinewood for its fourth year, helping students grow and learn about themselves through reciting literature. The competition, which was held at Upper...

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