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56th Annual Bird Calling Contest
56th Annual Bird Calling Contest
Malia Shrieve, Staff Writer • April 17, 2025

  Feathery costumes, clever jokes, and contagious laughter fill the Alan Harvey Theater every year in the spring. This  year, the 56th annual Bird Calling Contest will take place on Friday, April 18th at 7:30pm in the Alan Harvey Theater.    “Some...

Meet the Makers
Meet the Makers
Zoe Snyder, Staff Writer • April 17, 2025

Crafting New York Times bestselling stories about family life, hosting the PBS interview program Tell Me More, churning out triweekly episodes of her podcast — Kelly Corrigan’s love for sharing knowledge manifests in a variety of ventures centered...

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Dylan Hickman, News Editor • March 16, 2025

Think about how much can get done in four hours. Four hours looks like watching two feature-length movies and still having an hour left. Four hours is roughly 60 percent of a school day. Four hours is a flight to Chicago, a drive to Lake Tahoe (with traffic),...

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Oliver Horsley, Staff Writer
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Anna Caputo, Print Editor
Freshmen on the Field
Freshmen on the Field
Kalyani Spieckerman, Staff Writer • March 16, 2025

  For most students, a freshman biology test and playing in a Senior Night game will never coincide on the same day. But for multiple freshmen...

Turf Wars
Turf Wars
March 16, 2025
Activating Student Voice
March 16, 2025

  Whenever change comes to Piedmont, students look to administration for avenues towards agency. Last year, when the Board of Education moved...

Sibal on her opening night of SIX
Kay Sibal makes her way to Broadway
Clare Weiss, Arts Editor • March 16, 2025

  Coronation day was Feb. 19 for PHS alumnus Kay Sibal, as she made her Broadway debut in the Tony Award-winning musical SIX. This “pop concert...

Boothby (12) and Wakefield (11) in Once Upon a Mattress
Once Upon a Nomination
Nuala Price, Staff Writer • February 7, 2025

  Renée Rapp, Ryan McCartan, and Andrew Barth Feldman are just a few of the famous actors who have won a National High School Musical Theater...

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