Football shuts out Alhambra to secure fourth win of the season
Written by Noah Parker and Preston Sharkey Staff Writers Photos by Luke Quezada Staff photographer South Pas football was triumphant once again, routing the Alhambra Moors 27-0 on Friday, September 22. On the brisk fall night, the Tigers were able to take care of the Moors with ease, extending their preseason record to 4-1. After […]
Second Annual NGC empowers aspiring coders
Written by Preston Sharkey Staff Writer Photo by Thomas Forman Photography Editor Elementary and middle school students filled up the SPMS computer labs this past week to sharpen their coding abilities. Organized by SPEF, the SPHS Coding Club hosted its second annual Next Generation Coding Camp (NGC). Coding Club members volunteered to teach coding and […]
Tiger Newspaper Print Edition: February 2017
Complacency on campus: LGBT+ remains unseen
By Tigernewspaper Staff How SPHS is leaving an entire community without adequate representation and visibility A prevailing notion in Los Angeles is that the residing LGBT+ community experiences full equality. Especially at South Pasadena High School, it seems like there isn’t much to improve on in terms of tolerance. Of course, this school is much […]
Digital Addiction
Associate design editor Ashton Carless is one of many on campus dealing with video game addiction, a largely undiscussed issue with real consequences. PAGE TRUMAN LESAK & ASHTON CARLESS STORY & ILLUSTRATIONS ASHTON CARLESS I am addicted to video games. Well, not video games, a video game: Hearthstone. I have been playing this game for […]
Letter to the Editor: Donald Trump: what America needs in the 21st Century
Submitted By Charles J. Li “TRUMP SURGES!!!” CNN expressed their shock with this headline as the whole world watched a historic moment: Donald J. Trump, who was labelled as racist, sexist, and xenophobic, who had zero political experience, was elected President of the United States. Nearly all of the polls were wrong. Thousands of liberals rioted […]
Academic Decathlon places first at county competition
By Faye Witherall Feature Editor South Pasadena High School’s Academic Decathlon placed first in Los Angeles County for the second consecutive year to finish ahead of more than 60 schools at the two-part regional competition. The team’s results were announced two weeks after the initial section of the competition at the award ceremony on February 10. […]
Third public meeting on Mission Place Project addresses concerns from citizens
By Isabel Barbera Assoc. Opinion Editor Dismayed residents gathered at the South Pasadena Unified School District Board Room Tuesday night, February 16 for the third public meeting concerning the controversial Mission Place project. The meeting was held by request of the public to further voice concerns and questions about the potential development on the […]
Marketing Plan takes first place at Virtual Enterprise Competition
By Sandy Grossman Staff Writer Aspiring entrepreneurs from the varsity Virtual Business team and the Intro to Virtual Business class represented SPHS at the Long Beach Virtual Enterprise Trade Show. Sixty-nine companies from 66 Southern California schools participated in the two-day event on February 11 to 12. Judges awarded senior Alyssa Schwantner and […]
Eighth Grade Night showcases SPHS campus
By Cole Cahill & Sandy Grossman Tiger Staff Staff and ASB members hosted the annual Eighth Grade Night where incoming freshmen were given a tour of the high school on February 17. The event is organized each year to help ease the transition from the middle school to a new campus. “We introduced the […]
Coding Club impresses at CodeDay LA
By Olivia Chiu Copy Editor Student programmers of all skill levels gathered to build apps and games, attend workshops, and meet with mentors at the first CodeDay Los Angeles of 2016. The SPHS Coding Club went to Santa Monica for the 24-hour event from February 13 to 14. CodeDay is a triannual event that […]
Talent show spotlights student ability
By Nick Michael Assoc. News Editor 24 The annual SPHS Talent Show, held on Friday, February 19 in the auditorium, featured eleven student performances. Eight of the eleven acts were vocal performances, and most of them were covers. Senior Jung Su Park kicked off the show with a mashup of Justin Bieber’s “Sorry” and “I’ll […]
Students take over State Capitol for Sacramento conference
By Declan Chin Staff Writer Ninety students from SPHS traveled to Youth and Government Model Legislature and Court’s Sacramento conference to participate in a variety of program areas including debating bills in the Senate and Assembly, and arguing court cases in Bench Trial or Appellate Court. An important event of the Sacramento conference is […]
Focus on Adderall
By Ross Lelieur Senior Staff Writer The pressures of schoolwork may be pushing some students to turn to drugs like Adderall and Ritalin to stay on task for long periods of time. These drugs, normally prescribed for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), can be used non-medically to help individuals focus for significant periods of […]
Students honored in scholastic regional competition
By Riley Segal Staff Writer Seventy-six students received a total of 124 Western Region awards after freshmen and juniors from Ms Diane Shires’ English classes, as well as other independent students from SPUSD, submitted their works to the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards Regional Competitions in December. Nineteen of these students received the Gold […]