The Point

Marching Band and Color Guard Keep the Beat at Football Games

Amber Chen, Opinion Editor • October 15, 2021

With the grandiose music performed live by the marching band filling the field, Sea Kings are always enthralled by the school pride they feel at PVHS football games. Although it is an underrecognized...

A New Wave for Red Tide

PV’s Student Section Introduces its First Female Duo

Reddin Kehrli, Social Media Editor • October 15, 2021

The 2021-22 school year is different from the rest. There are seven Red Tide captains to help flood the campus with school spirit and, for the first time in school history, PV now has two female captains,...

“Live from 205” Receives Its Own Breaking News

Executive Producer and Advisor Rene Vela Accepts New Job at Chino Hills High School

Isabella Firmani, Reporter • October 15, 2021

On Sunday, Sept. 12, “Live From 205” students, as well as the rest of the school, were hit with news that would quickly shift the entire production of their program. Rene Vela, the founder and Executive...

Enrollment at PVHS Falls To Eight-Year Low

Luka Ardon, Reporter • October 13, 2021

For the third year since 2013, Palos Verdes High School (PVHS) has lost more than 100 students in its 2021-22 enrollment. This school year, PVHS enrollment decreased seven percent, losing 107 students. For...

Second Dose Summer

Students Begin to Get Their COVID-19 Vaccines As Eligibility Expands to 13+

Lucia Ruiz, Features Editor • May 20, 2021

As the world slowly opens up again, vaccines are being distributed rapidly. Vaccinations are essential to regain normalcy and to lower death counts. With the arrival of variants of the COVID-19 virus,...

A Letter from the Editors

Editors-in-Chief Claire Hardesty and Sarah Liu pay tribute to all the under-appreciated gems PVHS had to offer them…and some things that are best left behind.

Sarah Liu and Claire Hardesty • May 20, 2021

Good Riddance To The Kid Bouncing His Legs on My School Desk. I’m trying to take notes in EHAP right now, not ride Thunder Mountain at 8 a.m. on a Monday. Get a fidget spinner or something. Goodbye...

Students Return to Campus — Freshmen Feel the Benefits

Mallory Meyer, Reporter • May 20, 2021

Starting April 12, students were given the opportunity to return to campus and resume taking classes in-person as part of the hybrid program. Those students returning are allowed to come four days out...

El Camino Offers Alternative Path to UC and Cal State Admissions

Andrew Carpenter, Reporter • May 20, 2021

“One in four or five seniors in the PVPUSD will begin their higher education at a California community college with the opportunity for guaranteed transfer to most UCs and Cal States,” College and...

Senior Season 2021

May 19, 2021

Sea King seniors were able to enjoy some traditional senior activities during their final weeks of school. With masks on, seniors shared their college destinations and then both juniors and seniors celebrated...

Congress Aims to Prohibit LGBTQ+ Discrimination Through Bipartisan Equality Act

Aurora Khatibi Garrity, News Editor • April 9, 2021

On Feb. 25,, the House of Representatives voted to pass H.R.5, or the Equality Act, for the second time in American history, this time with a bipartisan vote of 224-206. The bill will prohibit discrimination...

“This is Written Into America’s DNA”

Alycen Kim, Sarah Liu, Kaylie Harley, and Aurora Khatibi Garrity • April 9, 2021

In the wake of the Atlanta spa shootings, pleas to #StopAAPIHate have been amplified by the AAPI community. The Point breaks down the long history of anti-Asian racism that has led us to this moment. The...

Car Connoisseurs of PVHS

Claire Hardesty, Editor-in-Chief • April 9, 2021

The students of PVHS have always put an emphasis on making their cars personal to them and their personalities. Driving up to campus, you can be certain there will be a variety of colorful VW Bugs, Jeeps,...