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Juniors Marius Arno, Maddox Ma, Geneva Johnson, and Laurel Minor holding their delegate awards.
Conferences Commend for Model UN
The two PHS teams that participated in the BioEHSC competition.
Piedmont Places Third In UC Berkeley Bioengineering Competition
Students Take on CAASPP Testing
Students Take on CAASPP Testing
Teacher Turnover
Teacher Turnover
Menu Modifications
Menu Modifications
Class of 2025 Matriculations
Class of 2025 Matriculations
Senior Ella Fleischer's guitar.
From Music to Mechanics
The 100 square feet RV Garcia lived in for four years, from 2020 to 2024. The RV would normally be parked in an RV park, in the photo the RV is parked outside her Aunt's house. The RV is attatched to her truck that she would use to take her RV to different places.
Life On Wheels
Pouring Out Support
Pouring Out Support
Gary Ruvkun in 2014 winning the Gruber Genetics Prize
Once a Highlander, Now a Laureate
Behind the Break
Behind the Break
Senior Snapshots
Senior Snapshots
ZYNS Spark Buzz Among Students
ZYNS Spark Buzz Among Students
Smoke Behind Closed Doors
Smoke Behind Closed Doors
Close It
Close It
Hitting the Ground Running With Summer Conditioning
Hitting the Ground Running With Summer Conditioning
A Record-Breaking Season
No Next Season
No Next Season
Captain and sophomore Ave Saephan, and captains and seniors Maddie Xiong and Justin Phmah.
Spring Captains Corner
Head coach for boys volleyball Ryan Nicanor on the sidelines as Piedmont played Castro Valley on April 15.
New Coaches Spring Into Action
Meher Bacher center (11), and Ian Nguyen right (11) play violin at the orchestra concert on May 20.
Orchestra Strikes Back With Star Wars Performance
A Guide To San Francisco
A Guide To San Francisco
One of Caitlin Boothby’s (12) works in her portfolio, made with gel pen and watercolor depicting a moment from China Town in Oakland. Boothby is now committed to Cal Poly SLO for architecture.
Piedmont Creatives Advancing to College
Prop. 28 Brings Additional Funding to the Arts
Elementary Arts Prepare for Potential Changes
Elementary Arts Prepare for Potential Changes
How the Nation’s Innovation Capital Is Leaving Students Behind
Achieving Student Recognition
Let Coaches Coach
Compression Culture
Compression Culture
AI is booming, PHS is lagging 
AI is booming, PHS is lagging 
Achieving Student Recognition
For the Board of Education, Feedback Is Part of the Assignment
Activating Student Voice
On Community
Phone Ban

The Piedmont Highlander

The Piedmont Highlander
Class of 2025 Matriculations

Class of 2025 Matriculations

May 30, 2025
Senior Ella Fleischer's guitar.

From Music to Mechanics

Luck Peterson, Opinions Editor
May 30, 2025
The 100 square feet RV Garcia lived in for four years, from 2020 to 2024. The RV would normally be parked in an RV park, in the photo the RV is parked outside her Aunt's house. The RV is attatched to her truck that she would use to take her RV to different places.

Life On Wheels

Nuala Price, Opinions Editor
May 30, 2025
Pouring Out Support

Pouring Out Support

Jed Gilbert, Campus Editor
May 30, 2025
Gary Ruvkun in 2014 winning the Gruber Genetics Prize

Once a Highlander, Now a Laureate

Kalyani Spieckerman, Campus Editor
May 30, 2025
Senior Haylee Cheang and freshman Cristobal McKay win the audience’s vote for best act at Phantasmagoria on Thursday, May 1st, 2025. The two perform an original dance routine they created to the rhythm of popular rap songs.

Phantasmagoria Returns with Music, Comedy, and Crowd Favorites

Sasha Jerez, News Editor
May 3, 2025
Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice

Zoe Snyder, Staff Writer
Apr 24, 2025
Turning Rejection Into Connection

Turning Rejection Into Connection

Noah Sohn, Staff Writer
Apr 24, 2025
The Juggle Is Real

The Juggle Is Real

Louisa Symkowick, Editor-In-Chief
Apr 24, 2025
One of Sachs and Miller’s meals: chicken katsu curry with a seaweed salad on a bed of sushi rice, featuring a side of miso soup.

From Campus to Company

Zach Dupree, Staff Writer
Apr 24, 2025
Piedmonters Pick Post-Grad Plans

Piedmonters Pick Post-Grad Plans

Marius Arno, Staff Writer
Apr 24, 2025
Meet the Makers

Meet the Makers

Zoe Snyder, Staff Writer
Apr 17, 2025
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