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The Pearl Post
  • December 12Winter Break is from Dec. 13 to Friday, Jan. 6
  • December 1220-week grades due on Thursday, Dec. 12
  • November 14Thanksgiving Break is from Monday, Nov. 25 to Friday, Nov. 29.
  • November 14Minimum Day on Friday, Nov. 22
  • November 14Field Trip to the Cirque du Soleil “Kooza” Performance from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 20
  • November 14World Music Day Concert at 7:00 p.m. in the MPR on Friday Nov. 14

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
Sophie Ortega

Sophie Ortega, Opinion Editor

Sophie Ortega is currently a senior and in her second year on staff. She is this year’s Opinion Editor. Outside of school, she enjoys drawing, reading and sewing. She hopes to improve her editing skills as well as her magazine design skills.

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Senior Lilli Miscione uses her phone to work on a poster for the period 3 English class on Sept. 5.

School plans to use magnetic pouches to enforce phone ban

Sophie Ortega
December 9, 2024
New Year’s is celebrated to mark the border between the ending previous year and coming new one. New Year's is a holiday that inspires other to improve themselves.

[Photo] New Year’s is a better, timeless holiday than Christmas

Daryna Hriaznova
December 11, 2024
The Local School Site Council on Nov.14 decided that student journalists will be allowed to use phones and other devices when actively reporting.

[Photo] Editorial: The art of journalism will be preserved despite the phone ban

December 9, 2024
On June 30, 2022, Justices gathered for a formal group photograph of the Supreme Court after Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson joined the Court. The Justices are posed in front of red velvet drapes and arranged by seniority, with five seated and four standing.

Recent, vital rulings of the Supreme Court of the United States

Sophie Ortega
November 1, 2024
In Francesca Gunther's third period class, students are seen using their phones to participate in a Blooket hosted on Sept. 5.

The new cellphone policy causes more problems than it solves

Sophie Ortega
September 16, 2024
The Pearl Post staff holds the publication's Best of Show awards during the National Scholastic Press Association awards ceremony on Nov. 4.

The Pearl Post staff brings back awards, memories, experience from NHSJC

Sophie Ortega
November 10, 2023
Seniors Aiden Bachsian and Andrew Romero work together to hang up homecoming dance posters during their Leadership class on Sep. 6.

First homecoming dance to be held tomorrow night

Sophie Ortega
September 7, 2023
If spending time at the beach or traveling isn't your style, try catching some of the major films coming out this summer. Here are seven films sure to cure mid-summer boredom, while also offering you a great experience to share with friends and family.

Hot films coming this summer

Sophie Ortega
May 25, 2023
Varsity outfielder Monica Gonzalez fields a ground ball during softball practice on Feb. 8.

Athlete of Month: Gonzalez slides into high school softball

Sophie Ortega
February 27, 2023
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