Dear Sea King Families,

Wow, it is the first of May today! This school year is going by so quickly. With six weeks of school remaining, let's continue to encourage our kids to finish the year strong. This week starts our Advanced Placement (AP) exams. The exam calendar can be found HERE. It is important that your students arrive on time for their exams and follow all testing room requirements as outlined by Collegeboard. Please encourage your student to get plenty of rest, have a good breakfast, and plan to arrive at school early before their test. I am confident that our students are well prepared for their tests and will have amazing outcomes. Best of luck to all of our AP test-takers!

Our local PVEPD has reached out to me regarding concerns from our neighbors with ongoing traffic violations around the school. It is critical that we are following speed limits and posted traffic regulations around campus. When students are walking to and from school, they also need to veer to the side of the street, not walking down the center of the street in large groups. The PVEPD will be patrolling these areas more frequently so please have a conversation with your student drivers about driving cautiously to and from school. Also, let's encourage our kids to interact respectfully with our neighbors and local store owners as we want to maintain positive relationships with those that live and work near our school campus. These regulations and expectations are in place for everyone's safety and well-being.

I continue to be grateful for this opportunity to work with our PVHS students, faculty, staff, and families. Have a great week Sea King Family!

Sincerely,

Dr. Trista Ramirez
PVHS Principal
Next Week at a Glance

Monday May 2nd
  • A-Day
  • AP Testing starts today! Click here for the full schedule of exams
  • Boys Golf @ Qualifying Tournament

Tuesday May 3rd
  • B-Day
  • Girls Lacrosse @ Newbury Park

Wednesday May 4th
  • Late Start A-Day
  • Boys Golf @ Finals Tournament
  • Boys Lacrosse @ home 3:15pm

Thursday May 5th
  • B-Day

Friday May 6th
  • A-Day

Click here for additional upcoming Sea King athletic events
Student Spotlight
Congratulations to all of our scholar athletes who we celebrated this past week and best of luck in the future!
Surf Team

Our surf team had a great weekend at the state championships down in Huntington Beach. The team made it to the semi finals on Saturday for a 3rd place finish. Today was the individual contest and we had James Maxwell making the quarter finals, Conrad Sanacore making the semi finals and Karsten Wanke making the final and taking home 5th place! The kids were ripping, it was some really competitive surfing. We had another successful day at All-stars final! Conrad Sanacore won the mens shortboard division! Karsten Wanke took 3rd, Ava Chessmore took 5th in both shortboard and longboard, and Pierce Oleary took 2nd in longboard! Good way to wrap up the season! 
Boys' Volleyball

This week the team had two awesome CIF playoff game wins against Simi Valley and Bishop Montgomery… both in three sets. The team advanced on to the next round and lost against Dos Pueblos. Congratulations to the team on a great season!
Boys Tennis

This past Monday, Varsity Tennis finished out their regular season with their last match against Peninsula at the Panther’s courts. The boys battled hard, but in the end, the score was tied 9-9. The outcome was determined by a game count, where our Sea Kings lost 70-75. We are still very proud of our boys who finished 2nd in Bay League!! On Wednesday and Thursday, 6 of our Varsity boys- Tristan Messerli, Ben Jorgensen, Scott Shimoyama, Sebastian Schoepke, Nathan Blakey, & Dolan Leman, represented PV for the Bay League Singles and Doubles Tournament at the Jack Kramer Club. PV played awesome beating all the other schools, and at the end, the doubles finals culminated in a PV vs PV match where Tristan & Ben were the Champions!! Our boys now continue to the CIF Open Division!!

GO KINGS!!!
Track and Field

The Boys and Girls Track and Field teams competed in the Bay League Championship this week at Mira Costa. The boys finished 3rd and the girls finished 4th overall in the Bay League. The meet was highlighted by league championship wins for Alex Naehu in the 800m, Daniel Sung in the 100m, and Milana Herrera in the High Jump.

The team will send several qualifiers to Saturday's CIF Prelims at Estancia HS.
The Sea King Swim Team hosted the Bay League Swim Championship meet this year. Over 600 swimmers and spectators were in attendance to watch both JV and Varsity swimmers compete for the title of Bay League Champions. 
There were many fast swims and CIF qualifying times achieved at this meet. Mira Costa swept the Bay League and are the boys & girls swim champions for 2022.

The CIF swim times were submitted on Saturday morning and the PV Varsity
Boys made the top 32 cut and will compete on Tuesday, May 3rd in Mission
Viejo. The PV Varsity Girls will not continue on this year as their CIF
consolation times did not make the top 32 team cut. Both the boys &
girls team members are gaining experience competing against
well-seasoned swimmers from the other schools - they are looking forward
to next year.

CIF Qualifiers:

Tyler Campbell (11), Vincent Wang (9), Ryan Nguyen (10), Derek Su (10),
Taj Whitehead (10) and Alexander Rusich (12) are all qualified to swim
the 200 and 400 Freestyle Relay (D2). Tyler Campbell will swim the 50
Freestyle and 100 Breaststroke individual events. Vincent Wang will
swim the 100 and 200 Freestyle individual events. Taj Whitehead will swim the 50 and 100 Freestyle individual events.

Lilianne Bohannon (9), Quinn Kearns (9), Chloe Choi (10), Tatianna
Rosenfield (10) and Daisy Warner (10) qualified for CIF with consolation
times in the 200 and 400 Freestyle Relay (D3). Tatianna Rosenfield also
qualified in the 100 Butterfly individual event.

Diver - Austin Mone competed at CIF last week and came in 3rd - scoring
points for our team which will be added to the swimmer's score. Austin
also qualified to enter a state dive meet - his entry is pending
important exams.
General Information
PVHS ADVANCED PROJECTS SHOW
April 15-May 9, 2022
Peninsula Library Lobby

RECEPTION: Friday, April 29, 2022
Come meet and support the PVHS students in celebrating their artwork at the Peninsula Library, Friday, April 29th from 3:45-5 pm. Each artist has curated a display of their artwork to share with the community. Artwork ranges from photography, fine & digital art, to costume design. Check out the show! 
PVHS Diversity Equity and Inclusion, PTSA committee invites all students to submit to a unique opportunity to be published. Luna Peak Publishing will create a DEI literary and arts book. All PVHS students are invited to submit items for consideration. The PVHS DEI committee will choose stories and art to be included in the book. We will be dedicating this book to our wonderful PTSA Trisha Paddock to honor her work on establishing DEI at our school.  Please encourage your students to apply. The book will be available at cost to the students and their families on amazon.com.

If you have any questions, please contact melody.lomboy@gmail.com
The Independent Study PE packets for the 22-23 school year are now available on the the District’s website. All applications are due by August 10th, 2022 for students to be eligible for the first semester. Applications can be turned into the main office.

Tutoring Opportunities

PVPUSD is offering FREE virtual tutoring with a company called Air Tutors. 
Students may receive up to two hours in ELA and/or Math each week. Please use the link below to register your child. However, if your child already has an Air Tutors account from the summer program, Jumpstart, when registering, they will be redirected to the login page (and they can "sign in with Google").

Once you select the times that might work for the session, Air Tutors will group students by grade level and subject. After schedules have been set by Air Tutors, the sessions will appear on the Air Tutors calendar and you will receive a notification via email and or text. 


If you have any questions, please reach out directly to air tutors at 
info@airtutors.org or  800-211-1986 
PVHS COVID Positive Reporting Form

To streamline communication for COVID case reporting, we are asking families to fill out the form below if their students test positive for COVID. This will also be a way for us to respond much more efficiently and effectively to our students and families.

Please click the linked form below to notify us of your PVHS student's positive results.

A PVHS administrator will be in touch with the family regarding the next steps after completing the form.
PVPUSD COVID Testing Information

Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District continues to offer testing to PVPUSD STUDENTS and STAFF only. Regular Testing Hours from 12:00 p.m. with the last test at 4:45 p.m. No appointment is necessary, but students do need to register in advance. For further information regarding the district testing program, click HERE.