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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...

Josephine Kim (Yong Kim)

The Baby Briefing: Pinewood Welcomes New Infants

Mailey Wang, Features Writer February 2, 2023

Sleep deprivation. Changing dirty diapers. Balancing school and home life. For the past few months, this is how two teachers here at Pinewood School — high school physics teacher Yong Kim and...

Poems to Compliments

Rachel Farhoudi, Features Writer February 2, 2023

When I was little, my grandparents would read me a particular poem each time I visited them: “I Know Something Good About You” by Louis C. Schimon. We would cozy up in front of the fire and they’d...

Two-Time Poetry Out Loud Winner: Emma Hwang

Two-Time Poetry Out Loud Winner: Emma Hwang

Esha Joshi, Features Writer February 2, 2023

Students might think of poetry as something dull, inaccessible, and outdated. To most, its only purpose might be for tedious analysis during English classes or lifeless recitations in elementary school.  Poetry...

Best Years To Come For Panther Basketball

Best Years To Come For Panther Basketball

Jake Reynders, Sports Writer February 2, 2023

Basketball has always been the pride of Pinewood. Despite the exceptional education, tight-knit community, and endless extracurriculars, Pinewood is known for its prowess on the court. While often being...

The Life of An Only Child

The Life of An Only Child

Prisha Mohapatra, Copy Editor February 2, 2023

Imagine being all alone in the center of a large stage, the spotlight focused on you, and only you. Wouldn’t that be amazing? If you have even the slightest bit of stage fright, however, the very...

The Meaning of Photography

The Meaning of Photography

Kathleen Xie, Features writer February 2, 2023

With the click of a camera, two fleeting moments are captured forever — one, the visual masterpiece that lays within the border of the photo, and two, the story behind it. S.M. Lieu, a Los Altos...

Chat GPT: Risk or Resource?

Harry Yang, Opinion Writer February 2, 2023

For a prototype that was only launched at the end of last year, Chat GPT has received an outstanding and surprising amount of attention. This artificial intelligence was developed by OpenAI and has taken...

The Downsides of the Constitution

Simon Braun, Opinion Writer February 2, 2023

How many times have you watched the news and heard the phrase: “The founders intended?” The United States federal government states that “the complex role of the Supreme Court in this system derives...

Behind the Neon Curtain: “Love Island”

Sophia Yao, Opinion Editor February 2, 2023

Images of perfectly tanned legs, horrifyingly overfilled lips, artificially blue water, and ridiculously chiseled abs fill your screen, interspersed between neon flashes that look like they came out of...

Soccer Teams Reaching Goals

Soccer Teams Reaching Goals

Dhruv Gupta, Sports Writer February 2, 2023

The arrival of the new year marks the start of league competition for all winter sports, specifically the boys and girls soccer teams. Both teams have had impressive performances throughout the duration...

Troy Taylor Takes Over Stanford Football

Peyton Spinner, Sports Writer February 2, 2023

After an incredible first eight years and disappointing last four years, David Shaw stepped down as the head coach of Stanford Football. The era of smash-mouth, mentally tough football he led is over....

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