Growth and Change: A Note from the Editor-in-Chief
Welcome to the 2026-27 year!
In my final year as Editor-in-Chief, I can’t help but reflect back on how this all started. A group of students and a teacher that were passionate about expression through writing. Nothing has changed. Those students still exist; different names with different faces and I, extremely grateful to have had the opportunity to guide them with the purpose of advocacy, connection, and celebration of our Patriot community.
I am proud of every student who joined The Warrior SHIELD and gave their time and energy to the many stories that lie within our Warrior community. It has been an extraordinary journey to watch, listen, and read the evolution of each story, and even more impressive to watch students become story tellers and advocates for one another.
This year, we feature a brand new team of writers, alongside an experienced president, Dexee Aninon who together, will continue to highlight different perspectives and open up discussion, write about issues that are underrepresented, and celebrate people who inspire us.
Read the article by Karmen Lazaro and Ruby de Dios on Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, and hear student voices on the matter. Veronica Gonzalez highlights the complicated issues on AI, and Arlette Torrecillas gives us a lighthearted but insightful glance into the long awaited “senior year”! The Bench talks to the Rise and Connect Club written by Sarahi Benitez and Dexee Aninon, and a new club is introduced, Wildlife Conservation Club, written by Jezel Alanis.
To everyone who has supported our team, thank you for your time, kind words, and most of all, for all that you do every day for the Warrior Family.
I am very confident that the next editor-in-chief will keep the “ink flowing” and make their team shine bright!
Giselle Kendall
Editor-in-Chief
Want to be a part of our team? Listen for announcements for our club’s meeting dates and times.
A message from the President:
Hi Warriors! I am Dexee Aninon, president of The Warrior SHIELD for the 2026-27 year. As a senior looking forward to our future, I can’t forget the growth I’ve experienced these last four years. Being involved in Link Crew, AVID, Jesus Club, Rise and Connect Club, and our very own Journalism Club, I am grateful to have listened, talked to and written about different points of view and different paths people come from.
I am thankful to our former writers of this publication for showing the way and to our current journalists, we will continue growing as we advocate and highlight our PHS community.
“Layo pa pero layo na” (Still a long way to go, but we have already come a long way).
I look forward to writing with fellow writers, listening with fellow interviewers, and reading with fellow students. There is so much to the new school year so let’s uncover stories and answer questions. My final say is that our world can get better with the abundance of resources we have. We were made to create more than to consume, whether that is to write with a voice that feels silent or to sing with a voice that cracks.
Let us all create a great year!
Dexee Aninon
President