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Students converse with guest speakers at the Fire Rescue and EMT Seminar on April 30. TPHS Counseling hosted four seminar sessions from April 28 to May 1.
Counseling hosts career seminars for students
Elsa Goodman, Director of Social Media • May 29, 2025
Members of the badminton team play against another team. The team has been expressing the need for permanent court lines to be painted in the school gym. Photo courtesy of TPHS Badminton Instagram.
Badminton voices need for permanent court lines in gym
April Kato and Claire Zhou June 6, 2025

It was just another Tuesday badminton practice. Six courts were outlined with blue Scotch tape on the gym floor, each a bit worn out from players darting between the corners. Rackets extended, wrists flicked and shuttlecocks swept over nets. Badminton...

Principal Rob Coppo works at the computer in his office and handles administrative tasks. In addition to his duties as principal, Coppo began hosting a podcast with former teacher Don  Collins in 2023.
Day in the Life: Rob Coppo
Liv Weaver, Assistant Editor-in-Chief, Workflow
Each month, High School Hustles features a different business run by students at Torrey Pines High School. For April, students interviewed the owners of Sweet & Simple.
High School Hustles Podcast, Ep. 4: Sweet & Simple
Daniel McKie and Antonio Mazo April 28, 2025
In this month's episode, hosts interview Santiago Bosch about the business of his golf career. Bosch started considering golf as a future career at 6 years old.
High School Side Hustles Podcast, Episode 3: Business of golf
Daniel McKie and Antonio Mazo February 26, 2025
In this episode, hosts interviews Lander Arauzo and Gabriel Biderman about their business, Arauzo studios. The podcast is posted monthly.
High School Side Hustles Podcast, Episode 2: Arauzo Studios
Daniel McKie and Antonio Mazo December 16, 2024
Members of the badminton team play against another team. The team has been expressing the need for permanent court lines to be painted in the school gym. Photo courtesy of TPHS Badminton Instagram.
Badminton voices need for permanent court lines in gym
April Kato and Claire Zhou June 6, 2025
Copy Editor Sneha Lele reflects on working through failed lab results and restless acne. The experience taught her to embrace uncertainty and have patience in the process.
Personal Perspective: Sneha Lele
Sneha Lele, Copy Editor • June 6, 2025
A teenager stares at the blue-light screen of their phone. For years, warnings against social media usage due to its adverse impacts have been contradicted by the need to access it for basic information. Art by Gabriela Morillo Dal Piccol.
Conformity or growing with the trends?
April Kato, News Editor • May 30, 2025
A photojournalist documents events through the lens of a camera. Throughout history, photojournalists have sparked debate due to their controversial presence during sensitive moments in history.
Are photojournalists historians or bystanders?
Mari Kradjian, Staff Writer • May 30, 2025
The dire wolf pups revived by Colossal Biosciences are genetically modified grey wolves which do not have DNA identical to the original dire wolf. The Falconer staff examined the implications of reviving extinct species.
Staff Ed: Dire wolf
April Kato, News Editor • May 30, 2025
San Diego City College is one of the many community colleges in California available to students. With rising college tuitions and the option to transfer to a four-year institution, community colleges became a less stigmatized and more common choice for students. Photo courtesy of Creative Commons.
More than a Plan B: Community college
Joanne Liu and Isabel Ji May 29, 2025

Banners from reputable colleges plastered across teachers’ walls, uniforms pinned in a glass case and underclassmen eagerly wearing their dream-college...

A view of Catalina Island shows the ocean and dock. Students visited the Catalina Island at the end of April. Photo courtesy of Chelsea Roffey.
Ticket to learn
May 27, 2025
Now as a teacher, Nicholas Diaz ('10) poses with an athlete after winning the CIF  Open Division Championships. Diaz returned to the school as a special education teacher and assistant basketball coach after graduating. Photo Courtesy of Nicholas Diaz.
Coming full circle
May 27, 2025
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Yoga is one of the wellness trends emerging in 2025. Other trends included saunas, pilates, green juice, and various other physical and dietary changes.
Wake up to wellness
Elsa Goodman, Director of Social Media • May 28, 2025

From cold plunges and saunas to pilates and green juice, 2025’s hottest (and coldest) wellness trends are quickly changing people’s lives.  In...

Students showcase their art at the fourth annual Arts Fest. Arts Fest took place on May 16 and 17 and featured dance, music, ceramics and artwork.
Fourth Annual Arts Fest
Cass Love, Staff Writer • May 28, 2025

Every seat in the Performing Arts Center was filled. Chatter filled the room. Then, the lights dimmed and the room fell silent. The first group...

Copy Editor Sneha Lele reflects on working through failed lab results and restless acne. The experience taught her to embrace uncertainty and have patience in the process.
Personal Perspective: Sneha Lele
Sneha Lele, Copy Editor • June 6, 2025

As the results of the western blot appeared, I stared at the faint, almost unreadable lines of the imaging, accompanied by the gentle hum of...

A teenager stares at the blue-light screen of their phone. For years, warnings against social media usage due to its adverse impacts have been contradicted by the need to access it for basic information. Art by Gabriela Morillo Dal Piccol.
Conformity or growing with the trends?
April Kato, News Editor • May 30, 2025

As a society, we hate social media, or at least we try to. Up until a few years ago, I did not have any form of social media. I knew the consequences,...

This story features a female student, who tried out for the baseball team. Student, Connelly Bohan, tried out for the school's baseball team this year. Photo courtesy of Portia Perry.
Video: BasebALL
Falcon Vision Staff, Producers • May 21, 2025

In this week's episode, reporters feature a student trying to make the baseball team. This story aired in the live Falcon Vision show on May...

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