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Class of 2025 gets stuck on the top lot trying to leave campus on Friday, Sept. 6.
Senior class boycotts new parking rule, sparking controversy
Ella Schwartz, Managing Editor • September 9, 2024

The senior class is boycotting a new parking rule that requires 12th graders to park in the top lot. Many students have expressed frustration...

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Israeli innovation created the Iron Dome 'from a place of desperation'
Cole Plager, Technology Editor • June 10, 2024

Over the years, Israel has established itself as a haven for technological innovation, fostering the creation of  many globally-used technologies...

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Lila Kessler ('25) won second place in the annual Jewish Scholastic Journalism Awards for her opinion article "Uniting in the face of hate." This is de Toledo's second time winning a JSPA award and Kessler's first award for journalism.
Kessler wins 2024 Jewish Scholastic Journalism Award
Ella Schwartz, Managing Editor • April 19, 2024

When 290,000 people marched for Israel on Nov. 14, 2023, Lila Kessler('25), a new student at de Toledo High School, attended the Washington,...

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Sophomores Ethan N., Yotam G., and Shira L. read books quietly in The Den. de Toledo's new library is a space where students can go to study quietly, check out books and relax.
The Den: de Toledo's new library excites students, promotes quiet study time
Ella Schwartz, Managing Editor • February 23, 2024

For 22 years, de Toledo High School students have studied in hallways, at lunch tables and while lying on the grass. Now, these students have...

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Robotics team members won their first playoff match in team history in competition March 17-18, 2024, placing third out of 44 teams. (From left) Julian L. ('25), Levi G-C ('27), Micah S. ('27), Oren Z. ('27), Zach T. ('27), Harrison B. ('25), Seth G. ('24), Lauren S. ('24), Gabe N. ('25), Zeve Z. ('24), Uri C. ('25), Rowan G. ('26), Jake T. ('27), Alex B. ('26), and (center) Ben R. ('25) - Photo courtesy of Jaguar Robotics
Female members of Jag's winning robotics team feel marginalized
Isabelle Fonck, News Editor • June 11, 2024

Lauren S. (‘24) joined robotics when her friend asked her to “because she didn't want to be the only girl” on the team.  One of only...

Hubert Paz, de Toledo's athletic trainer, helps student athletes with injuries in his office off the gym Sept. 26, 2024.
Inside the life of de Toledo's athletic trainer 'Hubie'
Gideon Gerad, Features Editor • October 2, 2024

Athletic trainer Hubert Paz was not always part of de Toledo’s athletic department. Before he joined the Jaguar community, he stretched out...

Barbara Edberg, the school's administrative assistant, coordinates a large variety of tasks to help keep the school functioning properly, including taking care of medical issues, managing forms, and responding to student problems.
We don't need a school nurse–we have Mrs. Edberg
Max Schank, Opinion Editor • October 2, 2024

For 22 years, when de Toledo students need help with anything involving forms, meetings, injuries, and bus tickets, the first place they go to...

Maya, age 15, from Israel, near Gaza, talked with Prowler editor Max Bromberg during her time in Los Angeles Feb. 15, 2024: "Maya is a fun and bubbly person," Max writes. "We had a lot of fun making paper airplanes together. I did not know how, so she had to teach me. Hers was very good, while mine was not as good. Maya is funny, friendly, and talkative. There was never a silent moment when I was interviewing her; we were talking the whole time. I had a lot of fun talking with Maya, but we avoided the topic of war."
Israeli teens visit de Toledo
Liam Radd, Daniel Geft, and Max Bromberg February 25, 2024

Ayanna D., an Israeli teen who lives in a kibbutz near the Gaza strip, is visiting dTHS for two weeks (Feb. 15, 2024).
Israeli teen: 'The pressure they are putting on Israel to end the war is not justified'
Cole Plager, Technology Editor • February 24, 2024

Many months after the inception of the Israel Hamas war, I got the chance to sit down with a student who lives in the middle of it all: a small...

Seventeen-year-old Benny Weiss visits de Toledo through an exchange program (Feb. 15, 2024).
Benny Weiss: Pastry chef, aspiring IDF soldier
Ella Schwartz, Managing Editor • February 23, 2024

Buying a car at 14, working as a full-time pastry chef and having an older sibling in the army are not for the weak. Benny Weiss has lived...

May L., a 17-year-old high school senior living in Moshav Gea near Ashkelon on the Gaza border, is visiting de Toledo for two weeks (Feb. 15, 2024).
Israeli teen finds happiness when her 'whole family is together'
Isabelle Fonck, News Editor • February 21, 2024

May L. is a 17-year-old high school senior living in Moshav Gea near Ashkelon, near the Gaza Strip.  May along with several other Israeli high...

Max Bromberg (left) and Daniel Geft team up to talk sports.
Talkin' Sports: NFL Week Four
Max Bromberg, Daniel Geft • September 30, 2024

Fans enjoy the fireworks show after a 7-3 Dodger win vs. the Reds at Dodger stadium (May 17, 2024).
Take me out to the ballgame
Kadyn McCafferty and Owen Kasif June 5, 2024

KADYN: The day was May 17 at Dodger Stadium. For sophomore Evan K.'s birthday, he invited me, Owen K. ‘26, Alec W. ‘26, Ryder H. ‘26,...

Noah F. ('28) and Max M. ('28) bond over a mobile game together during lunch.
Opinion: Should dTHS strengthen its no-cell-phone policy?
Prowler Editors September 20, 2024

The Los Angeles Unified School District’s decision to ban phone usage for the whole day could possibly bring small benefits, but is overall...

Schwartz poses next to Ava B. ('25) at Senior Sunrise.
Opinion: Transfer student describes 'surprisingly smooth' transition
Ella Schwartz, Managing Editor • June 17, 2024

The opinions expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent the views of The Prowler. Switching schools...

Opinion: Graduating seniors worry about reproductive care
Alexis Gavin, Opinion Editor • May 17, 2024

The opinions expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent the views of The Prowler. As the class of...

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