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Play Like a Girl+ Scores Over 1,000 Attendees
Play Like a Girl+ Scores Over 1,000 Attendees
The 11 lb dashchund Otis Zamora.
Otis the Daschund Faces Health Scare
Students lineup for the shaved ice truck at the Spring Fling.
Frosh Mosh at Spring Fling
MHS Celebrates 25 Years
Phone Ban Plan
Phone Ban Plan
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
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice
Turning Rejection Into Connection
Turning Rejection Into Connection
The Juggle Is Real
The Juggle Is Real
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
ZYNS Spark Buzz Among Students
ZYNS Spark Buzz Among Students
Smoke Behind Closed Doors
Smoke Behind Closed Doors
Close It
Close It
Click It
Click It
Refresh It
Refresh It
Putting Neurodiversity in the Spotlight
Putting Neurodiversity in the Spotlight
From Insensitive Jokes to Cruelty
Educating Diverse Minds
Close It
Close It
Click It
Click It
Refresh It
Refresh It
Check It
Check It
ZYNS Spark Buzz Among Students
ZYNS Spark Buzz Among Students
Smoke Behind Closed Doors
Smoke Behind Closed Doors
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
Head Coach Brian Gardere speaks to the varsity girls before the team won at home against San Joaquin Memorial 62-60 on Mar. 6. The victory carried the team to their sixth straight win in a row. Their season ended with a loss against St. Mary's High School on Mar. 8 with a 25-6 winning record, a (7-1) league record placing them second in WACC, and 32nd in California.
Girls’ Basketball Legacy Continues
More than a Leader
More than a Leader
Freshmen on the Field
Freshmen on the Field
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
Sibal on her opening night of SIX
Kay Sibal makes her way to Broadway
Boothby (12) and Wakefield (11) in Once Upon a Mattress
Once Upon a Nomination
How Viewpoint Diversity Will Save Free Speech
It's Time for College Athletes to Be Students Too
It’s Time for College Athletes to Be Students Too
AI Is Not to Be Trusted
For the Board of Education, Feedback Is Part of the Assignment
Activating Student Voice
For the Board of Education, Feedback Is Part of the Assignment
Activating Student Voice
On Community
Phone Ban
A negative fentanyl test strip.
Editorial: Fentanyl Awareness

The Piedmont Highlander

The Piedmont Highlander
Clea Villaluz

Clea Villaluz, Design Editor

Clea Villaluz (12) is a Design Editor for TPH. In her free time she enjoys spending time with her parents and pets.

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[Photo] It’s Time for College Athletes to Be Students Too

Ryan Ehteshami, Web Editor
Apr 24, 2025
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[Photo] Pride and Prejudice

Zoe Snyder, Staff Writer
Apr 24, 2025
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[Photo] More than a Leader

Ryo Woltag, Campus Editor
Apr 24, 2025
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[Photo] From the Big Stage to the Black Box

Ryo Woltag, Campus Editor
Mar 16, 2025
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[Photo] Time to Balance Mental and Physical

Mira Sachs, ACL Editor
Mar 13, 2025
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[Photo] Piedmont Introduces AP Seminar

Kalyani Spieckerman, Staff Writer
Feb 13, 2025
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[Photo] Ending D.E.I. is a Win for Equal Opportunity

Ian Chung, Staff Writer
Feb 7, 2025
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[Photo] Course Selection Gains New Weight

Feb 7, 2025
WellnessCenter

[Photo] Wellness Center Working With Athletics Department

Mira Sachs, ACL Co-Editor
Feb 7, 2025
Exchange Students Going

[Photo] Mulberry’s to Madrid

Zoe Snyder, Staff Writer
Feb 7, 2025
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[Photo] Dual Enrollment 101

Oliver Horsley, Staff Writer
Feb 6, 2025
Boys Basketball Fails to Slay the Dragons

Boys Basketball Fails to Slay the Dragons

Anna Caputo, Mira Sachs, Ruby Johnson, Malia Shrieve, Luck Peterson, and Clea Villaluz
Jan 21, 2025

What You Don’t Have on Your College Apps

Clea Villaluz, Design Editor
Dec 15, 2024
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[Photo] A Cappella Returns to Piedmont

Clare Weiss and Elles Krieckhaus
Dec 15, 2024
The PHS bike rack before school

[Photo] Students Roll, Ride, and Roam To School

Megan Foster, Opinions Editor
Dec 13, 2024
Phone pockets or “hotels” can be found hanging in each classroom

[Photo] Cutting The Cord

Ian Chung, Staff Writer
Dec 13, 2024
It's Time to End Piedmont's Cliques

It’s Time to End Piedmont’s Cliques

Clea Villaluz, Design Editor
Oct 28, 2024
Juniors Charlie Wright, Yotam Kariv, Vincent Arbit, and Ori Aloush cut Challah Bread

Dive into Diversity Week

Clea Villaluz, Staff Writer
Apr 16, 2024

Navigating Driving Culture

Anne Reardon, Clea Villaluz, Clare Weiss, Elena Stevens, and Louisa Symkowick
Feb 29, 2024
Toilet Paper stuffed in the toilets

A New Kind Of Mess In The Boys’ Bathroom

Clea Villaluz, Staff Writer
Nov 28, 2023
Nasreen Schulze with her latest work

A Portrait of a Young Artist

Clea Villaluz, Staff Writer
Nov 16, 2023
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