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The Summit Pinnacle

The Student News Site of Summit High School

The Summit Pinnacle

The Student News Site of Summit High School

The Summit Pinnacle

Summit sophomore Jeevani Mangat always has a positive attitude. / Photo Credit: Ben Komar

Storm Spotlight: Jeevani Mangat

Ben Komar, Staff Writer April 15, 2026

Imagine dressing exactly how you feel. Certain shades associated with certain moods populate your closet. Imagine being centered and grounded enough to know exactly how you are feeling, every single day....

Members of Summit High School’s robotics team, Chaos Theory, pose after a competition win. / Photo Credit: FIRST Washington Photography

Storm Spotlight: 5468 Chaos Theory

Tatum Hoffmann, Features Editor April 1, 2026

From a birds-eye view (or, perhaps more fittingly, a drone’s perspective) the FIRST Robotics World Championships — put on by the dominating non-profit program for high school robotics teams across...

Summit senior Kaia Chopra walks the runway at Rubbish Renewed. / Photo credit: Joe Kline

Storm Spotlight: Kaia Chopra

Caitlin Houston, Features Editor February 17, 2026

Summit senior Kaia Chopra’s desk in AP Art Studio is covered with a mix of fabrics from used jeans to satin, along with the materials used to make them into art, including paintbrushes, needles, thread...

Left: Summit senior Kenna Kemp as Regina George in “Mean Girls”; Right: Kemp driving a ball down the fairway. / Photo Credit: Kenna Kemp

Storm Spotlight: Kenna Kemp

Ben Komar, Staff Writer January 26, 2026

It’s a brisk spring morning at the Lost Tracks Golf Course. Mist dances above the fairway and the smell of freshly cut grass hangs in the air. Breaking the morning silence, the crack of a golf club smacking...

Photo credit: Maya Sahbti

Storm Spotlight: Gwen Ploski

Tatum Hoffmann, Features Editor December 20, 2025

Dear Women, Have you ever grabbed a bottle of bright red nail polish off the shelf in your local grocery store, and, almost instantaneously, had the echoing agony of innumerable female souls come crashing...

Teo Bergstrom surfs the Deschutes River Wave on a self-made surfboard. / Photo credit: Erik Bergstrom

Storm Spotlight: Teo Bergstrom

Tatum Hoffmann, Features Editor November 25, 2025

On a summertime afternoon, with the sun hanging high in a cloudless sky, a flashing spray of river water illuminates the smooth tip of a fiberglass surfboard. A gaggle of Bendites are scattered throughout...

Michel takes a shot during a water polo game against Hood River. / Credit: Cassidy Miller

Storm Spotlight: Jase Michel

Tatum Hoffmann, Features Editor October 29, 2025

One flash captures the roar of the crowd, their hands frozen in the warm night air, their smiles alight with joy. One flash captures the arc of the football, illuminated by bright lights, as it descends...

Storm Spotlight: Hazel McRobie

Storm Spotlight: Hazel McRobie

Tatum Hoffmann, Staff Writer April 1, 2025

Outfitted in pink cowgirl boots and a spotless number 12 jersey, with a cotton-candy pink Hydro Flask tumbler in one hand and a neon green scrum cap in the other, she strides across the dewy grass to claim...

Thielsen Wardlow

Storm Spotlight: Thielsen Wardlow

Lauren Shein, Features Editor March 4, 2025

If one thing is true about senior Thielsen Wardlow, it is this: he is always at work, either operating a power tool, creating digital models or planning out his latest project. From fabricating robot parts...

Hanson painting amongst her many artworks

Storm Spotlight: Theo Hanson

Tatum Hoffmann, Staff Writer January 15, 2025

Theo Hanson, a senior at Summit High School, can only be described as a person of many talents. Put her in a room with a random assortment of people, and she could find 10 things she had in common with...

Storm Spotlight: Alicia Watson

Storm Spotlight: Alicia Watson

Anya Haar, Website Editor January 7, 2025

Skiing or climbing her way into her role as student body president, there isn’t much that could stop Alicia Watson. Mentoring the future leaders of tomorrow, and giving extra attention to the specific...

Storm Spotlight: Scarlett Livingston

Storm Spotlight: Scarlett Livingston

Scarlett Tucker, Opinions Editor October 22, 2024

She started with “Little Shop of Horrors” as a freshman. Sophomore year earned her her first lead in “Alice by Heart.” And now, a junior, Scarlett Livingston is dedicating herself to “Mean Girls,”...

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