The Point

Teachers Resume Writing Letters of Recommendations

Michael Liu, Staff writer • November 3, 2017

After weeks of negotiations between teachers and district officials, teachers agreed to write letters for students again on September 26, one day before a tentative agreement was reached between the district...

Keep Underclassmen In

John Hilden, Staff writer • November 2, 2017

Here at PVHS, our school has a carrying tradition of having an open campus policy for seniors. Although our school allows only seniors to leave at lunch, our student body has disregarded this rule for...

New Market Offers New Options

Amanda Houtz, Staff writer • October 5, 2017

With the closing of Fresh and Easy in 2015 came panic among PV High students as they lost the location that they could grab a quick snack or meal before, during, or after school. This is where Jocelyn...

First Female Captain in Red Tide History

Phoebe Lai and Isabella Ruiz • October 5, 2017

For the first time in PVHS history, students now have a female Red Tide leader: Nicole Halverson. A thorough investigation of Palos Verdes High School yearbooks and records shows that for the first...

PVFA and District Reach a Tentative Agreement

Seren Cho, Staff writer • October 5, 2017

The news of what some students were calling the “teacher strike” spread quickly throughout the first few weeks of the school year. This “teacher strike” was the negotiation of teacher contracts...

PV Student Body Up by 183

Kyuri Kim, Staff writer • October 5, 2017

Lunch lines are longer and many classrooms do not have enough desks for student. Some classes even have 40 to 50 students. The number of students in Palos Verdes High School has been steadily increasing...

Freshmen Find Their Way

Graydon Leongkaye, Staff writer • October 5, 2017

This year 450 freshmen enrolled at PVHS. Many freshmen had mixed feelings about the transition to high school. Some people felt happy to see their friends again. Other people felt nervous or prepared. One...

First Summer Reading Novel for all Grade Levels

Phoebe Lai, Staff writer • October 5, 2017

Due to racist incidents involving the swastika and racial slurs during last school year, the English Department of PV High picked the novel Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals as a summer reading...

PV students lobby in state capitol

Students from PVPUSD had the opportunity to speak with legislators in Sacramento

Amanda Houtz and Audrey Trell • May 18, 2017

On April 18 and 19 a group of Palos Verdes High School teachers and students traveled to the state’s capitol to lobby for the school district and certain issues surrounding education. These students...

Monster Storm could be the biggest in LA area

Audrey Chung, Writer • February 19, 2017

Everyone feels differently of rain, some love it, some hate it. Over the past couple years, California was in desperate need of rain, and it looks as if it will be getting its needs this Friday...

“Firefall” at Yosemite

Audrey Chung, Writer • February 19, 2017

Yosemite National Park, located in the Sierra Nevada mountains, where many enjoy camping, was spotted to have a “Firefall”. Everyone has heard of a waterfall, but a Firefall is heard of on a whole...

Shamu’s “Final” Swim

Katherine Boyd, Writer • January 13, 2017

SeaWorld, for a long time, held the world’s amazement with their killer whale show, but recently, they have been receiving a different kind of attention from animal activists and lovers alike....