Hilltop Star

By Jaylene Canning – Issues facing the gay community have recently come to the forefront of national attention. The recent Supreme Court decision essentially making gay marriage legal has created a lot of controversy, and the debate around this community is not going away soon. With all the talk about the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual […]

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By Marlene Mendez Recently many schools throughout our country have been focusing on bullying. Many school districts have been struggling with the problem of how to deal with this serious act, before students get hurt. At PHS, bullying is also an area of concern for students, teachers and administrators. However, from the students’ perspective this […]

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By Yara Rivera Every senior class is faced with the task of raising money to pay for a prom and other senior class activities. For many years students have sold cookies and that has always seemed to supply enough funding. However, cookies and other “unhealthy” foods are not permitted anymore. Another idea was needed. What […]

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In this second installment of The Amazing Spiderman franchise, there are a lot of secrets revealed about the main character, Peter Parker (the secret identity of Spiderman), played by Andrew Garfield. (more…)

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For months, the hype and expectations for the recreation of one of the world’s most famous giant monsters, Godzilla, has been building. For those who don’t know, Godzilla is a monster that originated in Japan. In the original movies he was created from the nuclear testing and toxic waste that mankind has put into the […]

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Attention all upper classmen. You know who you are. It was freshman year and you just thought that there would always be time to do things like, homework, study for tests, class work and all the other things you needed to do to pass your class. Adjusting to high school life was difficult for many […]

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We’ve all heard that the goal for our school is to get to number one. We all know that we are better than just some arbitrary school ranking on some paper. However, we will all need to pull together, students, teachers and administrators, to get PHS to the top. We know that as individuals we […]

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By Mrs. Beverly Moore— The intent of this article is to respond to the opinion, “Why do Conservatives Hate Poor People.” I was taken aback by this brazen title. I thought to myself, “Hate is a very strong word.” It conjures up actions that despise, reject, dismiss, abhor, antagonize, detest, loathe, resent, scorn, and “to […]

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“If I ran my business the way you people operate your schools, I wouldn’t be in business very long!” (more…)

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By H.R. Zeiler— Common misconceptions about the nature of conservatism are pervasive (more…)

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