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  • March 11ELPAC Testing Monday March 17 to Friday, March 21
  • March 11ASB School Dance from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the MPR on Friday, March 14
  • March 11Drop and Hold Drill at 2:25 p.m. on Thursday, March 13
  • February 18ASB Movie Night at 5:30 p.m. in the MPR on Friday, Feb. 21.
  • February 18Phone-Free School Day will begin on Tuesday, Feb. 18.
  • February 3Valentine’s Day Concert at 7:00 p.m. in the MPR on Feb. 13

The Pearl Post

The student news site of Daniel Pearl Magnet High School in Lake Balboa, CA

The student news site of Daniel Pearl Magnet High School in Lake Balboa, CA

The Pearl Post

Juniors Ariana Lopez Villacorta and Nemesi Morales hold up their Yondr pouches during their period 2 AP Environment Science class on Feb. 18. The district wide cellphone ban was implemented on Feb. 18.
Cellphone ban implemented on school campus
Tania Lopez and Daryna Hriaznova February 19, 2025

Junior Guadalupe Martinez uses her phone to communicate with her parents and her friends. Maintaining this communication became much more difficult with the cellphone ban being implemented on Feb. 18. “Sometimes...

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Librarian Alain Cruz sells Valentine's Day grams to junior Julia Garcia and freshman Jake Galdamez on Feb. 11. Valentine's Day grams were sold in the library during the weeks leading to Feb. 14 as a way to fundraise for school events.
ASB faces fundraising hurdles due to strict food regulations
Linus Bossardt February 26, 2025

Senior Axel Aleman and fellow classmates in the leadership class are struggling to raise money for the senior class and school in light of restrictions to fundraising. This Valentine’s Day, grams were...

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Professor Katherine Placher from Los Angeles Pierce College lectures her students for her Anthropology 111 class on Feb. 19. During the class’s lecture, Placher discussed how genetic material could affect human development and growth.
College Corner: Students explore college-level anthropology course
Andrew Pulido February 28, 2025

Walking into Anthropology 111, you are greeted with numerous charts showcasing genes. Those aren’t just any genes, but human genes. “We’re learning how human bodies have changed over time,”...

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Student boxer finishes second nationally, looks to improve
Student boxer finishes second nationally, looks to improve
Alex Salcedo February 27, 2025

With the encouragement of his father and uncle, sophomore Hovhannes Barseghyan started boxing in his home country of Armenia when he was just 8 years old. Now at 15 in America, Barseghyan trained hard...

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Black representation is barely seen in films.  Black representation should be shown more in multimedia to teach people the importance of the culture.
Proper black representation should be seen more in media
Jasmine Thompson February 27, 2025

As a black girl who does not often see people portrayed in a respectful light, watching Cynthia Erivo in  “Wicked” brought me to tears with the feeling of acceptance it created.  Black women are...

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“MAYHEM” was released on March 7 which includes of 14 songs and a runtime of 53 minutes. Gaga is currently placed 9th on Billboard's Global 200 chart for her song "Abracadabra."
Lady Gaga unleashes dark euphoric “MAYHEM” with her newest album
Andre Arcilla March 11, 2025

Nearly 5 years after her last studio album, Lady Gaga released her dynamic seventh main studio album “MAYHEM” on March 7. Released through Interscope...

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Media club students and chaperones take a photo outside of the Student Television Network Convention on March 1. The photo was taken right after the opening ceremony where the convention officially kicked off.
‘A new experience that I was ready to uncover’
Aidan Lia March 10, 2025

At first, I was going to the Student Television Network (STN) National Convention because I got to be in Florida with my friends but after, I gained a ton of new friends...

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Senior Diego Vera Suarez swims during practice at Birmingham Community Charter High School on March 3. Athletes swam using a kickboard after practicing their freestyle swimming back and forth across the pool.
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Every week, staff members of The Pearl Post send in the best photo they've taken that week. After an in-class vote, the most popular picture...

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Jenny Marquez, Tania Lopez, and Aidan Lia February 28, 2025

In this episode of the Room 22 podcast, co-hosts Jenny Marquez and Aidan Lia and guest co-host Tania Lopez speak with math teachers Tuan “Duke”...

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