Leila Guitton's Work

15 pieces

News & Features - November, 2024
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PHS Investigates: stocking vending machines
Leila Guitton Joy Chen Aarna Dharmavarapu
Vending machines have long been a staple in high school, providing students with easy access to snacks and drinks during busy school days. At PHS, however, recent changes to the snack and drink options in vending...
News & Features - September, 2024
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Tower Investigates: How does PHS schedule classes?
Leila Guitton Aarna Dharmavarapu Yunsheng Xu
Even before the school year begins, frustration abounds over scheduling. Emails and students fly into the counseling office during the first few weeks of school, all scrambling to switch in and out of classes. Student...
News & Features - June, 2024
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Coming this summer: PHS Construction
Leila Guitton Aarna Dharmavarapu Avantika Palayekar
Over this coming summer and the next few years, PHS plans to undergo construction to address potential overcrowding and maintenance issues. The need for these changes stem from increasing enrollment numbers in the...
News & Features - April, 2024
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Tower investigates: Is PHS actually recycling?
Harry Dweck Leila Guitton Reed Sacks Meiya Xiong
At the conclusion of the 2022-23 school year, long-standing custodian Gary Harris retired, leaving behind an enduring legacy of hard work and kindness in the PHS community. Harris was devoted to promoting recyling at...
News & Features - February, 2024
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Lauren Freedman joins the administration as Assistant Principal
Leila Guitton Emil Kapur
Now working in an administrative position, Lauren Freedman is one of two Assistant Principals at PHS with Rashone Johnson. A former math teacher at PHS since 2008, Freedman joined the PHS administrative team in...
News & Features - December, 2023
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PHS Research Program invited to speak at Columbia University's Climate Education Summit
Leila Guitton Mattias Blix Emil Kapur
On January 26 and 27, PHS research teacher Mark Eastburn and student Daniela Gonzalez ’24 will attend the Global Education Benchmark Group’s Climate Education Summit at Columbia University to present the PHS Research...
News & Features - November, 2023
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Eight years on, PPS’s DLI program continues to bridge language gaps
Daniel Guo Matias Da Costa Leila Guitton Elif Cam
This year, Princeton High School welcomed the first cohort of Princeton Middle School students who took part in the Community Park Elementary School’s Dual Language Immersion program. Having been recognized as a model...
News & Features - October, 2023
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Meet the Candidates: 2023 Princeton Public Schools Board of Education election
Matias Da Costa Leila Guitton
With the Princeton Public Schools Board of Education election taking place on Tuesday, November 7, five candidates have entered the race to fill three open seats: Adam Bierman, Beth A. Behrend, Eleanor Hubbard, Michele...
News & Features - September, 2023
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Learning Labs debut at PHS
Meiya Xiong Leila Guitton
This year, the PHS administration introduced Learning Labs, a supervised study environment during any free periods in freshmens’ schedule, including their P.E. free periods. The Learning Labs aim to help new students...
News & Features - June, 2023
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Relaying messages from history: Holocaust survivor Eva Wiener speaks at PHS
Meiya Xiong Leila Guitton
To supplement Holocaust education during Jewish American Heritage Month, Holocaust survivor Eva Wiener shared her story with PHS students in a one-hour presentation on Tuesday, May 16. Sophomores attended the...
News & Features - June, 2023
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Relaying messages from history: Holocaust survivor Eva Wiener speaks at PHS
Meiya Xiong Leila Guitton
To supplement Holocaust education during Jewish American Heritage Month, Holocaust survivor Eva Wiener shared her story with PHS students in a one-hour presentation on Tuesday, May 16. Sophomores attended the...
News & Features - March, 2023
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Flash Features: PHS Science Bowl team fights for success
Claire Tang Leila Guitton
For the first time since 2016, the PHS Science Bowl team took home bronze, placing third in the New Jersey Regional Science Bowl. The team whizzed through rounds, pushing buzzers to answer fast-paced questions in...
News & Features - March, 2023
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Flash Features: Dodge for a Cause
Claire Tang Leila Guitton
On March 10, the PHS Student Council held its first annual “Dodge for a Cause” dodgeball tournament. The event, which teams of students from all grades signed up for, had the objective of raising funds for Arm in Arm, a...
News & Features - February, 2023
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PHS begins transition to Scoir, a new college planning software tool
Leila Guitton Meiya Xiong
By June 30, PHS will have completed its transition between the college and career-planning platforms Naviance and Scoir. After several years of using Naviance to help students plan for post-secondary education...
News & Features - November, 2022
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New security protocals announced at PHS
Leila Guitton Asya Morozov Meiya Xiong
As announced in the Chmiel Spiel on November 2, a number of new security measures will soon be introduced at PHS, all with the goal of increasing student safety. Along with requiring all students and staff to wear ID...