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Scott Edwards, high school graduation speaker

Graduation Speakers

Ian Hsiao, Staff Writer May 3, 2024

Pinewood administrators have selected the eighth grade and high school speakers for this year’s graduation.     Pinewood alum, Founder and CEO of Drop Water Scott Edwards, will be speaking at...

Pinewood Gives Female Students the Month of March Off

Ian Hsiao, Staff Writer March 27, 2024

March 8, 1917 marked a revolutionary point of success in womens’ rights. However, even in today’s modern world, inequalities between men and women, such as the gender pay gap, still persist. While...

New School Year, New Face For Upper Campus

New School Year, New Face For Upper Campus

Annabelle Eaton and Ian Hsiao February 4, 2024

   A Pinewood podcast. A Pinewood magazine. A new school website. The new year arrives and so does a push for more Pinewood marketing and communications material. With it, Pinewood hopes to give prospective...

Pinewood Offers SAT For First Time and Experiences PSAT Troubles

Pinewood Offers SAT For First Time and Experiences PSAT Troubles

Ian Hsiao, News Writer November 20, 2023

On Oct. 11, sophomores and juniors took the digital version of the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test for the first time, and the seniors took the paper version of the Scholastic Aptitude Test, which...

Pinewood’s Plentiful International Pursuits

Pinewood’s Plentiful International Pursuits

Ian Hsiao, Staff Writer October 20, 2023

   The Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, and England are just some of the many expeditions offered by Pinewood during the 2023-2024 school year.       The Dominican Republic service-learning...

PW's Choice of iPads over Macbooks

PW’s Choice of iPads over Macbooks

Ian Hsiao, Science and Tech Writer May 2, 2023

With its sleek, smooth screen and picturesque graphics, Pinewood has a good reason to use iPads for classroom instruction. From doing schoolwork to creating a business pitch, the iPad has everything a...

Ball Pits Installed in Classrooms for Stress Relief

Ian Hsiao, Science & Tech Writer March 28, 2023

As high schoolers grow older, their test anxiety exponentially increases, but as it turns out, reverting to childhood play toys can ameliorate their situation.  Because Pinewood has seen rising stress...

Featuring Cate Wessels.

Pinewood Earns Award for Female Representation in CS

Ian Hsiao, Science and Tech Writer February 28, 2023

For the 2022 school year, Pinewood received an award from the College Board for 50% or higher female participation in one of two AP computer science courses such as Computer Science Principles. Pinewood...

Robotics team member working on the robot

Robotics Club’s New Robot

Ian Hsiao, Science and Tech Writer February 1, 2023

Each year, the robotics team partakes in a competition where different schools build a robot to complete specific tasks. The Pinewood robotics team will compete on March 17-19 at St. Ignatius College Preparatory...

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