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VOLUME 110 ISSUE 8 MAY 23, 2025
IN THE NEWS
YEARBOOK DISTRIBUTION
FAREWELL ASSEMBLY
FINALS & GRADUATION
The distribution of the 2025 yearbook begins on Friday, May 23 and ends Wednesday, May 28.
The annual assembly will be held in the main gym from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. on Thursday, May 29.
Finals start on Friday, May 30. The graduation ceremony will take place on Wednesday, June 4.
NEW SPUSD SUPERINTENDENT INTRODUCED STORY GAVIN BARTOLOME & OWEN HOU PHOTOS MAC SHROPSHIRE
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r. Angela Elizondo Baxter is the new South Pasadena Unified School District superintendent, following the retirement of previous superintendent Dr. Geoff Yantz. The district began the search for a new superintendent at the start of the year, when Yantz’s retirement was announced on Saturday, Jan. 18. A public welcome reception was hosted at the district board office on Tuesday, May 20, aiming to help South Pasadena’s community, board members, and Baxter connect. “This is a thriving, vibrant school district, so I’m here to support all the good work in [the] South Pasadena Unified School District,” Baxter said. “I’m here to listen, learn, reflect, and lead. I am bringing my values in valuing public education and noting that every student is worthy of investment.” Marking 30 years working in public education, Baxter will start her term as SPUSD superintendent on July 1 of this year. At the start of her career, Baxter was a teacher in Texas before moving to California. In California, she served various roles,
including an instructional coach, a professional development coordinator, and an adjunct professor. Before her new position in SPUSD, Baxter served as the Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services in Culver City, California. Baxter aims to build on SPUSD’s work by first introducing herself to the public and reflecting on her goals for the community. She hopes to support the wants of the district with her background in leadership and public education as well as her guiding belief that all students are worthy of investment. “In order to implement anything that’s worthy of change you have to learn the inside out of the South Pasadena Unified School District,” Baxter said. “That’s going to be the most important thing that I do initially — meeting all of you, being in your classrooms, being in your schools, and getting to know everybody that we serve.” Baxter has embodied her goal of being accessible to the people by attending several local events, academic and otherwise, since her employment in South Pasadena. “Hopefully, [Baxter will] think of this as her home … let’s welcome her as a family member to our South Pasadena Community,” outgoing SPEF president and Special Needs Committee chair Grace Kung said.
SHORT-STAFFED JANITORIAL TEAM
HOMOPHOBIA AS A TOOL OF OPPRESSION
BOYS’ TENNIS’ D1 SEASON
Tiger examines students’ disregard for an underappreciated presence on campus — SPHS’s janitorial staff — and the challenges it has created for both staff and students.
Tiger analyzes the connections between homophobia and other oppressive systems such as misogyny as it evolved from a more extensive historical precedence.
Boys’ tennis qualified for Division I for the first time in SPHS history. In addition, the team has a spotless 8-0 league record. Read the highlights of their season here.
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