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Total funds from the 2025 Student Visionaries of the Year program in San Diego are unveiled at the grand finale. In total, students raised $344,896. Photo courtesy of Blood Cancer United.

Blood Cancer awareness, Student Visionaries Program

Sarina Feng, Editor in Chief September 30, 2025

Blood Cancer United continues to recruit San Diego high-school students for its Student Visionaries of the Year program, as September marks Blood Cancer Awareness Month.  In Student Visionaries of...

Universities who were once test-blind are reinstating standardized testing requirements for applications. These changes were greatly propagated by the retraction of Affirmative Action.

Colleges reinstate standardized testing

Gabriela Morillo Dal Piccol, Staff Writer September 29, 2025

Many Ivy League and other selective colleges are reinstating standardized testing requirements for upcoming application cycles, notably fall 2025 and fall 2026, with some changes set to take effect...

Journi Jones (11), president of the Black Student Union, explains the significance of her club. BSUs have been formed internationally as a means to support black student demographics.

Photo Gallery: Club Rush

Gabriela Morillo Dal Piccol, Staff Writer September 23, 2025

Left to Right: Principal Robert Coppo, Foundation President Tracy Acers, and Foundation Executive Director Joe Austin. Coppo, Acers and Austin display posters of events and opportunities on campus. Coppo discussed these during the 10th annual Coffee with Coppo.

Coffee with Coppo

Christopher Bacon, Staff Writer September 23, 2025

“Coffee with Coppo”  celebrated its 10 year anniversary on Thursday. This is an event where Principal Rob Coppo meets with parents of ninth and 10th-grade students in the learning commons to discuss...

The Carmel Valley Library is a branch of the San Diego Public Library system. This location adapted to budget cuts by eliminating Sunday hours.

San Diego Public Library budget cuts change library hours

Gabriela Morillo Dal Piccol, Staff Writer September 18, 2025

The San Diego Fiscal Year 2026 budget went into effect on July 1, increasing funds for certain government programs — such as the Capital Improvement Program and IT improvements — while decreasing others...

Swimmers dive in the cove to begin the three-mile race. Nine-hundred participants kicked off the 107th annual La Jolla Cove Open water swim on Sunday, Sept. 7. Photo courtesy of Ava Fergerson.

Students participate in annual La Jolla Cove Swim

Sage Rosskopf, Staff Writer September 15, 2025

Every year on the first Sunday after Labor Day, the Kiwanis club of La Jolla hosts the La Jolla Cove Swim, the second-oldest open water swim in the United States. Nine hundred people competed and celebrated...

The Falconeers, Jiwon Ryu (12) (top, right), Yewon Jeong (10) (bottom, left), Jaehee Nam (10) (bottom, middle) and Zhixin Chen (11) (bottom, right), smile for a picture with their mentor Julianna Newell (top, left). The group designed a product for Sustainable Goal Development 15: Life on Land. Photo courtesy of Sarah Tsu.

BIE Club wins 2025 Biomimicry Youth Design Challenge

Joanne Liu, Opinion Editor September 12, 2025

Two teams from the TPHS Biomimicry, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (BIE) Club won 2025 Biomimicry Youth Design Challenge (BYDC) Awards for their designs submitted in May 2025. “[The BYDC is] an international...

(Left to right) Chloe Zeichner (11), Jayda Modir (11), Remie Schnurer (10), Talia Rosenthal (10), Gabbi Earne (10), Bianca Dwek (11) and Elizabeth Cruz (11) link arms behind the PALs snacks table. Other foods served at the walk included Ike’s Sandwiches and donuts.

Photo Gallery: PALs Suicide Prevention Walk

Claire Zhou, Assistant Editor-in-Chief, Design September 8, 2025

Inside a corridor in the learning commons, the Hallway of Life is filled with inspiring messages. This was one of the events PALs organized for Yellow Ribbon Week.

PALs hosts annual Yellow Ribbon Week for Suicide Prevention Month

Dylan Guillory, Staff Writer September 8, 2025

In honor of Suicide Prevention Month, the school’s Peer Assistant Listeners (PALs) hosted Yellow Ribbon Week last week, including a Suicide Prevention Walk that took place on Saturday. The goal behind...

Kristen Cullen, English 10 Honors and English Language Development 3 teacher greets parents outside her classroom. Back to School Night took place on Wednesday.

School holds Back to School Night for new school year

Jessie Chen, Assistant Editor-in-Chief, Workflow September 5, 2025

The smell of tacos and the buzz of conversation filled the school halls; parents traced their students’ footsteps from class to class. Back to School Night, an annual event held at the school for parents...

Students in the MIDI/Recording Arts class dive into SoundTrap, watching Artist-in-Residence Scott Sayre create a melody. The class was filled to capacity in its first year.

Music program launches MIDI/Recording Arts course

Sarina Feng, Editor-in-Chief September 2, 2025

The school is offering a new Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)/Recording Arts course under the Visual and Performing Arts electives, giving students the opportunity to compose and produce music...

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