Category: Captain’s Log

By Yen Linh Duong

PHHS Ignite Christian Club once again is wrapping their shoeboxes, preparing to send them to Operation Christmas Child.  Hosted by Samaritan’s Purse, a Christian organization dedicated in helping people in need, Operation of Christmas Child focuses on bringing happiness to children through these simple shoeboxes.

“Well this is one of the events where we try to reach out to other countries, just people who are less privileged than we are.  What we try to do in this case is that we are trying to show them that there are people out there that care for them regardless of their situation and there’s also a God in heaven who will also cares about how they are,” explains Ignite Christian President Grace Cheung.

The club will be getting these boxes readied afterschool on Friday, filling them with items that can help a child, and during National Collection Week, Nov. 16-Nov. 23, these boxes will be send off with love.

“One of the thing we would give are pencils, we would give socks, toys, maybe like raft candy, and just things that they need over the school year and also like things for them to play with.  It’s just like us wrapping a gigantic Christmas gift in a shoebox form for them to open and celebrate Christmas with and you know, just like spread the love!” says Grace.

Ignite Christian club unites people who share a common belief in God.

“The purpose of the club is to gather together to share spiritual relationship with God and [kind of] just wanting to get together and grow spiritually and [kind of] just having the ability to grow in different aspect, whether relationship at home, even God, and even just with different people in general,” says Ignite Christian Treasurer Bethany J. Domingo.

TO BE OR NOT TO BE! Hamlet takes his final breath among his dead cousins.

Photo: Angelina Nguyen

By Angelina Nguyen

Last Tuesday, Hamlet was performed after seventh period by the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival: Shakespeare on Tour in the L-Building.

The English department sponsored the event mainly to give seniors the opportunity to watch Hamlet live on stage since they’ve read the play.  English teacher Nancy Kennett personally coordinated the event while Drama Teacher Anna Woods contacted the company.

“I hope it makes Shakespeare cool for kids,” expresses Ms. Kennett.

The play was free to all students but it was first come, first serve.  The show itself was a little longer than an hour long and starred five actors who were constantly interchanging between different characters throughout the play.  After the play ended, the actors stayed to answer any questions the audience may have had.

Hamlet is the story of a young prince named Hamlet who has been summoned to attend his father’s funeral in Denmark.  He comes home to find that his mother has married his uncle and the uncle is now the king.  Hamlet believes someone has murdered his father and his suspicions are confirmed when his father’s ghost visited him.  The audience witnesses Hamlet and those closest to him fall apart until his father is properly avenged.

The company likes to travel and perform Shakespeare plays in many places in the Bay Area.  Through their performances, they hope to give students and adults a better understanding and respect for the arts.  This is the first year they have come to PHHS.

“We do a lot of library shows, senior centers, we do community centers, Shakespeare societies but mainly a lot of schools,” says actress Sydney Schwindt.

By Sommer Fowler and Rosa Lin

Blogilates at Piedmont
Every Thursday after school Good Karma Club hosts a pilates session based on the popular YouTube series Blogilates.  The routine is designed to suit all levels of capability and music is played during session to encourage participants.

Historical Society Hosts Movie Night
The last Friday of every month is celebrated by the Historical Society in Ms. James’s room with a movie.  The movie serves as a reward to members after a month of learning history.

Interact Attends FLC
Interact kicked off their club activities by attending the annual Fall Leadership Conference on Oct. 11.  The conference took place in Independence High School’s gym and garnered approximately four thousand attendees.  A total of 13 areas attended the event, which lasted from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm.

PHHS Students to Attend Light the Night
PHHS clubs are set to participate in the Light the Night event at discovery Meadow tomorrow night at 5pm.  The mission of this walking event is to find cures and give access to treatment to all blood cancer patients.

PHHS Students to Donate Blood
The Red Cross Blood Drive will start Nov. 20 in the library from 9am to 2pm.  Donors must be at least 16 years old and meet specific height and weight requirements.  Certified nurses from Blood Centers of the Pacific will be drawing blood and donors will receive a free shirt and refreshments.

Art of MOBA Tournament
Art of Moba plans to hold a fall League of Legends titled “League of East Side” in November.  The tournament will be double elimination, allotting the first place team 50% of the total entry fees collected, and the second place team 20% of the total entry fees collected.  Additional prizes will be included if more than eight teams sign up for the tournament.

KFC’s Cooking Workshop
KFC (Korean Fan Club) members are instructed by officers how to cook Korean cuisine in room B-02 the second Friday of every month.  The workshop designed to provide insight into Korean culture starts at 3:10pm and ingredients are provided to members.

Scary Story Contest
To welcome the spooky holiday, PHHS Creative Writing Club hosted its annual Scary Story contest, which closed on Thurs. Oct. 22.  Winners will be revealed on next Wednesday, shortly after counting the public votes.  Submissions ranged from short stories to fan fiction and contained both fiction and nonfiction works.