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Andrew Nguyen (11): To get straight A’s

 

Justin Dong (11): I wanna actually get some good sleep next year

 

Tony Hong (11) : An A in Calc

 

Jerry Xu (11): I don’t have a New Year’s Resolution, I’m perfect as I am.

 

Ashley Huynh (11): Finish junior year

 

Clarys Paragas (11): To be happier than now

 

Mary Nguyen (12): I need to stop procrastinating because it’s making me stay up really late

 

Ms. Lee: To have better boundaries and be meaner to students

 

Stacey Thai (12): To start caring more

 

Emily Vu (10): To stop procrastinating

 

Samuel Dai (12): Watch every GOT7 video

 

Benjamin Chen (12): Do really well in all my classes!

 

Paul Vo (9): To be a better person

 

Allison Nguyen (9): To get a dog

 

Cindy (9): To drink more water

 

Emily (9): To save more money

 

Andy Ho (11): To be the best twitch streamer in the world!

 

Maya (11): Stop rewatching netflix shows and watch the ones on my list

 

Karelly (11): To get closer to my religion, I’m Catholic

 

Madison Tran (10): To sleep more, cos i haven’t gotten enough sleep

 

Christina Tran (10): To do better in school and go out with my friends more

 

Isaac Wen (11): To get my life together and not die

 

James Savella (11): I wanna be 6’3” by the end of next year

 

Kayla Hua (11): To start caring more about my grades

 

Ethan (Eto) Nguyen (10): To do better in school and make everyone happy

 

Yenvy Truong (10): Make new friends, and go out and explore more and have new experiences

 

Lilly Liu (12): To get into a good college and begin having a good life

 

By Divya Verma

 

On Wed., Dec. 5 CSF (California Scholarship Federation) held their annual Christmas carnival at San Antonio Elementary that took place during the school day in hope to spread Christmas spirit to the students.

“San Antonio Elementary School is located in a low-income neighborhood and their students may not be able to enjoy the Christmas experience. CSF aims to bring them the experience so they may have the opportunity to (enjoy it),” said CSF Publicist Samantha Tran.

“This school is also really close to the local women and children homeless shelter so many of the kids are currently living at the shelter,” added on Sophomore Representative Siobhan Murphy.

The four major activities that were held at the Christmas carnival this year were games, arts and crafts, snacks and a Santa room that were held in separate locations.

“We had a variety of games like (the) bean bag toss and let it snow where kids would race while holding cotton balls on a spoon,” explained Sophomore Representative Iris Do.

The arts and crafts room included activities such as making paper plate snow globes, paper angels and cotton ball launchers made from cotton balls and plastic cups.

“I’ve been in crafts twice and we basically make our own cute little DIY crafts with the kids! Since making the crafts takes up a good amount of time, CSF members and officers work together to make simple template for them to trace or follow,” described Co-president Alexa Follante.

“We will be making ornaments and mini snow globes. We also have creative snacks for them to make and enjoy,” continued Siobhan.

The snacks room will have Rice Krispie treats shaped as reindeers that the children can decorate. The Santa room will have a Santa and elves, the Santa was math teacher Kevin Murphy. The children also got to meet the Grinch, played by senior Jorryn Amador, who visited the different rooms.

“The students usually (send) letters back to us after (the) Christmas Carnival, and it genuinely warms up all of our hearts to know that we brightened up their day as well,” said Alexa.

“It’s really heartwarming to know that you’re making a kid’s day just by playing bean bag games or making paper angles with them,” said Samantha.

The CSF officers encourage people to attend the Christmas Carnival next year because it is a great experience where high school students have the opportunity to spread Christmas cheer to the elementary students and make the holiday season feel special.

 

By Katie Tran and Mason Sandoval

 

On Fri., Nov. 30, students and teachers gathered together to kick off the holiday season by decorating Christmas trees in the main hall.

“Decorating trees kinda just helps everyone get into holiday spirit and is just a fun way to get through finals,” says club commissioner Megan Dang.

There are about 25 trees set up, each with a specific theme, typically pertaining to the club or class themselves. Each class decorated their own tree as well as clubs. Students were not the only ones who set up trees, however, as the teachers had their own tree as well. Their tree was the first one up as they decorated their tree before other students.

This year’s decorating was a success as the hallways are certainly looking very festive. Walking through the hallways fills students with holiday spirit and serves as a reminder that Christmas time is near and finals will be over before they know it.

“I like seeing the tree out in the hall, they’re a lot of fun look at. I wish we had them up all year round,” says junior Joey Orzoff.

The Christmas trees, however, aren’t just for viewing purposes as they are also a part of a contest between those that participated in decorating.

There are usually around the same number of clubs that sign up to set up a tree each year as there is no set number but clubs must provide their own trees so a club that participates one year typically participates every year since they have the materials needed to do so. The clubs were given about two to three hours to finish setting up their trees.

Set up went smoothly this year with no problems with any of the trees and everyone finishing on time. Don’t miss out and take a walk through the main hall to catch a glimpse of these trees.

 

By Drew Olaviano

What a wintery night! The PHHS music department had performed their seasonal “Winter in Bach” concert in the L-Building on December 12, 7 p.m.

“I’m excited about this performance because it’ll be my last winter concert here, so I want to make it the best,” said Symphony Orchestra first violinist player Kevin Su.

The performance happened last Wednesday which is just a week before finals, giving students and audience members alike to a festive feel for Christmas instead of a season filled with workload and stress.

“We have practiced arduously these past few months to better the pieces that we are performing, so I hope people will come to the concert despite it being on a Wednesday,” said Symphony Orchestra violinist Asher Twu.

Once audience members filled in the seats in the building, the performance began. As usual, the String Orchestra started off the grand opening, performing pieces such as Allegro from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K.V 525 by W. A. Mozart, Waltz from Serenade, Op. 48 by P. I. Tchaikovsky, The Dargason From St. Paul’s Suite by Gustav Holst and Jingle Bells Hoedown arranger by Robert Kerr.

Concert Band was next to perform with pieces titled Marche Des Parachutiste Belges by Pierre Leemans, Greensleeves arranged by Alfred Reed and The Most Wonderful Time of the Year by Eddie Pola and George Wyle; arranged by John Moss.

Symphony Orchestra performed next after intermission was over with such wintery pieces titled Danse Slave from Le Roi Malgre Lui by Emmanuel Chabrier, Adagio from Symphony in C by Georges Bizet, Overture to Egmont, Op. 84 by Ludwig van Beethoven and Trepak from The Nutcracker by P. I Tchaikovsky.

The last to perform on stage was Wind Ensemble. To finish off the winter concert, they perform various pieces titled Rumble on the High Plains by Michael Sweeney, Wachet Auf by J. S. Bach with the arrangement of Alfred Reed and Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson.

With these different groups performing on the big stage, the annual winter concert closed off with many high expectations and festivity within the music department.

This will not be the last winter performance for many performers in the music department. Although for the senior performers, this concert would be their last annual winter performance at Piedmont Hills.

However, that doesn’t mean their excitement has fallen. Many performers from Symphony Orchestra and Wind Ensemble are now preparing for their performance in Disneyland which will take place next year.

“Disneyland is definitely the most exciting upcoming performance. It’s the biggest event/performance we have and it’s only every other year,” explains Symphony Orchestra viola player Tiffany Nguyen.

The music department’s last performance took place in their annual October fall concert. Overall, the winter concert was a treat to people, audience members and players alike, who attended the festive event. By performing a week before finals, the performance was able to keep its festivity intact within the group.

The music department will be hosting their next performance soon and believe they can improve more as the year goes on.

 

Dec.18- Bake Cookies day

Dec. 19- Look for an Evergreen Day

Dec. 20- Go Caroling Day

Dec. 21- Winter Solstice

Dec. 22- National Date Nut Bread Day

Dec. 23- Roots Day

Dec. 24- National Egg Nog Day

Dec. 25- Christmas Day

Dec. 26- Boxing Day

Dec. 27- National Fruitcake Day

Dec. 28- Card Playing Day

Dec. 29- Pepper Pot day

Dec. 30- Bacon Day

Dec. 31- New Year’s Eve

By Lawrence Pei

 

Thanksgiving can be best described as the day where families get together to scream at one another with their mouths full of food and attempting to show their distaste over another’s actions over the course of days, weeks, and years. As family members begin to pile into the living room, oftentimes they will turn on one another over differences in viewpoints varying from political to touchy subjects. It seems like even a common opener intended to start small talk inevitably becomes a screaming match.

The reason for Thanksgiving is written in the name, to be thankful. However, many people have trouble with this due to hardships in life. When looking back at your day, week, or year, one can’t help noticing all the bad things in life as well. When life gets out of control, it’s hard to see the good through the bad.

With Thanksgiving being one of the biggest holidays, families all rush to the nearest grocery store in anticipation for the upcoming event. However, as they gather for the feast, it turns out that even with all the gluttony, much is still left following seconds, thirds, and occasionally even fourths. Even as family members attempt to give their best Homer Simpson impressions, much food still goes to waste to the point where the trash can inside our homes become a graveyard for meat, veggies and dessert. Instead, we should focus not on attempting to gorge ourselves to death, but to think about places in the world where people have a lack of food to survive, and hold back in trying to stuff oneself.

In conclusion, with Thanksgiving right around the corner, it is crucial that we reflect upon both the good and the bad things that occur in our lives. In our age, we all face our own challenges that requires help with others. However, while we should remain thankful for family and friends, their belief that their criticism can positively benefit us is incorrect and only causes things to get worse. Subsequently, instead of solely being focused upon one side of the extreme, the concept of Thanksgiving should not be focused upon the good and bad but the events that happen in our lives and how we can benefit from them.

By Harleen Kaur

“Well there’s this smell when you come in and it just smells like pie and it gives you such a great feeling especially when we drop off the pies” states CSF (California Scholarship Federation) Vice President Grace Shan. CSF held its annual Pie Bake at the PHHS kitchen last Saturday.

“It’s an annual event where members of CSF come together and bake pies for the homeless shelter because we love giving back to the community especially during the season of giving,” states CSF Co-President Jane Tran.

Members of the club sign up for different shifts and show up to the B-2 kitchen to make two pumpkin pies and one fruit pie from scratch with the assistance of the CSF officers.

“When we earn more money and receive more pie filling donations we are able to make more pies,” expressed Grace. The club usually ends up baking around 100-200 pies, but this year they ended up baking a total of 120 pies.

The bake starts at 8 a.m. with the arrival and set up done by the CSF officers. Members of CSF come during their designated shifts and leave after making their pies. By 4 p.m. when all the shifts are over and the officers start to clean up, two members will take all the pies and drive to the local homeless shelter to hand out the pies made by the students.

“CSF does not donate money directly to a charity instead what we do is that we use our funds to make these events where the school can donate to the charity and I think that’s something really special about CSF,” explained Grace.

This pie bake is one of the big events CSF holds every school year. Many of the members and officers enjoy coming together to help make these pies for the homeless.

“The pie bake is definitely one of my favorite events for CSF. I love being able to give back to the community and hang out with my friends at the same time” states CSF Junior Rep Kathy Du

“The hardest part about the pie bake is getting up early on a non-school day to come to school and bake,” claimed Grace.

The members of CSF are encouraged and rewarded with 0.5 act of service for every can of pumpkin pie filling they donate to the club.

“The hardest part about the pie bake is getting organized and figuring out the logistics of how many pie tins, pie filling and all that good stuff” admitted Jane.

As the semester is coming to an end, CSF has members re-apply every semester to make sure their grades still meet the requirements. The club hopes to see more new faces to join the club as the new semester approaches.

By David Shih

Are you looking to ask that special someone to trick or treating with you? I got you some pickup lines you can use.

1. I don’t have a costume for Halloween, can I go as your boyfriend?
2. You’re the most boo-tiful ghost I’ve seen all night.
3. You must be Freddy Krueger, because you’ve been running through my dreams all night long.
4. I don’t know what the trick is, but you look like a treat.
5. I don’t want your candy but I want you as a treat.
6. Are you dressed up as Beyoncé because you look booti-ful.
7. Why’d you dress up as a princess when you could have came in plain clothes and still be the most beautiful girl in here?
8. Are you being a ghost for Halloween or you just want to be my boo?
9. That’s a nice witch costume, but you won’t be needing the broom anymore, because you’ve already swept me off my feet.
10. You must love Halloween.You don’t need to buy a costume to look like an angel.
11. Hey pumpkin, I think I can put a smile on your face.
12. That skeleton over there said he’d get your number for me, but he didn’t have the guts, so here I am.
13. Hey baby, you’ve captured my eye. Could I have it back? It’s the only one I’ve got, to fall in love with you at first sight.
14. Hey, Are you made of candy? Because you look so sweet!
15. Hey Cinderella, it’s about time I took you home. It’s nearly midnight! ◆