February 2023 Issue
The Learning Curve: An Anthology Amplifying PUSD student voices
The PUSD Think Tank's biggest project yet
Created by the PUSD Student Think Tank, The Learning Curve, affectionately known as TLC, is one of the group's most important projects to date. First created over the pandemic during the Think Tank's first year by three students including PHS's very own Mya Hernandez (class of 23'), The Learning Cur...
PUSD All-Star Musical- A Night to Remember
On January 26th and 27th, thousands of Pasadena community members gathered at the Civic Auditorium to watch the product of hundreds of students’ tireless efforts, at the first-ever PUSD All-Star Musical in collaboration with the Pasadena Playhouse. Students from all high schools came together on sta...
Teacher Spotlight: Mrs. Beck
Making calculus a little easier for all of us!
It’s safe to say that students are terrified by the word calculus. advanced math courses, especially those prefixed with the daunting “AP”, seem to invoke a quarry of emotions like stress, fear, or wonder for most - this is a level of math that a lot of students don’t even wish to tackle in college...
To Eat or Not to Eat?
PHS students and teachers clash over the right to snack
Tuesday afternoon. Sixth period. 2:15pm. Math. Your worksheet? Forgotten. Your stomach? Empty. The person to your right pops open a bag of Takis, and the mouthwatering smell of the spicy, crunchy snack wafts straight to your seat. What is the only thing you’re thinking right now? “I want some,” soph...
Teacher Spotlight: Mr. Chen
The most beloved teacher on campus
There are a lot of teachers at Pasadena High School, so many so that maybe change this to "in fact," no one student seems to know every teacher. But there is one teacher that everyone knows — Mr. Chen, a beloved substitute teacher with a smile that stretches for miles. Mr. Chen was a technician who ...