News, events, and student voices from the halls of Pompano Beach High School — written by Tigers, for everyone who calls this coast home.
What started as a handful of upperclassmen helping freshmen with algebra has grown into a 90-volunteer program that meets three afternoons a week in the media center. We spent a month inside the sessions to see what's actually working — and what teachers say needs to change next semester.
Read the full featureA look at what our reporters have filed this week — from the football field to the band room, from city council to the cafeteria line.
Three PBHS seniors sat through a four-hour meeting to break down what a proposed permit cap could mean for the high school's annual sand-sculpting fundraiser.
Read storyA 38-yard kick as time expired sent the bleachers into the kind of chaos only a Friday night in November can produce. Photos and the play-by-play inside.
Read storyAfter a two-year hiatus, the PBHS wind ensemble is rehearsing in the auditorium again. We talked through the setlist and the new tradition they're building around it.
Read storyPass rates jumped 11 points across eight AP courses. Reporters talked to six teachers, four students, and one very tired librarian to find the pattern.
Read storyTwice a month, a class of 24 sophomores loads onto a rented pontoon to test water quality, identify mangrove species, and earn science credit on the water.
Read storyPolicy decisions made in Tallahassee trickle down fast. Our newsroom is committing to following every school board meeting — and telling you what actually matters.
Read columnFrom Friday-night games to quiet poetry readings, here's what's happening in the next few weeks at Pompano Beach High.
Spoken word, acoustic sets, and a cappella from twelve student performers. Hosted by the Creative Writing Club.
The annual rivalry under the lights. Student section theme is "Coastal Camo" — wear teal, sand, and anything that waves.
Join the Environmental Club and 40+ parent volunteers for a morning shoreline sweep between the pier and the south jetty. Gloves and bags provided.
The PBHS choirs debut their holiday program, with a special closing set from the school's award-winning a cappella group, Shoreline Sound.
Opinion pieces, reflections, and arguments from the people who walk these halls every day.
"I used to think journalism was just 'who, what, when.' Then I covered a school board meeting that changed a bus route for 200 kids. Words have weight here — and we're learning how to throw them."
"Half the kids in this building moved here from somewhere else. That makes the paper less like a school paper and more like a map of the city — every issue, somebody new is telling their story."
"We sit three miles from the ocean and most of us have never written a story about it. That's changing this year — we've got a reporter embedded with the marine bio elective and one following the pier rebuild."