Photo by Matt Scholtz Photography Editor The swim team faced a hard-fought defeat in a meet against El Toro High School on Saturday, March 27. Individual performances remained impressive despite the loss. The athletes stayed positive throughout the meet, challenging themselves against a 2016 CIF Division 1 team. The girls’ varsity team lost by only […]
Swimming sweeps Hoover in home meet
Photos by Matthew Scholtz Photography Editor On Tuesday, March 14, the swim team defeated Herbert Hoover High School at home. The Tigers quickly regained their composure after last week’s loss, with the boys’ varsity team scoring 100 points to Hoover’s 70 and the girls’ varsity team scoring 122 to Hoover’s 62. The most exciting race […]
Swimming falls to Arcadia in first road meet
Photo by Thomas Forman Arcadia High School’s swim team defeated South Pas by a landslide on Wednesday, March 8. The Tigers are not discouraged by their loss as it was only their first away meet of the season. “They’re a really good team, but we still pushed and gave it our all,” Junior Jasper Lee said. […]
Swim team dominates Baldwin Park in season opener
Photos by Matt Scholtz Photo Editor The boys and girls’ swim team won out over Baldwin Park High School at home on Thursday, March 3. The victory marks a strong beginning for the Tigers as they start a new season. The girls team scored 122 points to Baldwin Park’s 38, and saw impressive individual performances […]
Season Preview: Swimming
Photo by Thomas Forman Assoc. Photography Editor The pressure is on this season for underclassmen in the SPHS swim program. The team will focus its efforts on training newcomers for success in hopes of putting more athletes through to CIF finals. The start of swim season has seen an influx of new swimmers and plenty […]
Personality Profile: Ava Planer
In honor of Black History month, Tiger will be recognizing black students at SPHS, featuring one student each week. This is part one in a series that aims to highlight largely unrecognized black achievement in the community. See Tiger’s February 9 issue for print content that parallels this series. Written by Oona Foley Assoc. Opinion […]
Historic Women’s March creates a peaceful transition into a new political landscape
By Oona Foley Assoc. Opinion Editor Photos by Cole Cahill and Hana Tyszka Tiger Staff The Women’s March Los Angeles brought an estimated 750,000 people together on the streets of downtown. People from all over Southern California gathered to express a shared discontent and to show communal strength following an especially controversial Inauguration Day. Energy was […]
Participation: not the point
Story Oona Foley Illustration Isabella Frescura Some call participation points SPHS’s version of extra credit. At times, “active listening” in class can entirely save a student’s grade. Many teachers, however, require more than active listening; they grade students on an active-participation basis, creating drastic grade inequalities by inflating the grades of more outspoken students. Participation points can […]