Miss USA
The new Miss USA, Noelia Voigt, crowned on Friday, September 29, 2023, is a Pine View alumna!
On May 2, 2014, parents received an alarming robocall from Dr. Covert informing them of a campus lockdown due to “alligator activity.” Four eight-foot alligators were captured on campus by a wily trapper who lured them into his snare with the use of recorded mating calls. This was obviously acceptable as the alligators handily proved they were not Pine View caliber, falling for the old mating call trick…
One of my favorite parts about Pine View was the abundance of trees right outside the front office and student union. I have many memories of people trying to climb the trees and getting reprimanded for it, and I remember how we used to call the birds “snipers” because of the times that people had been pooped on by the birds in the branches above. Since then, the quad has been remodeled into what is practically a piece of art, but I will always remember the trees…
During the 2022-23 school year, this room changed significantly. It went from a bare space without a single scrap of the history of Pine View to being a place full of life. Not only did we feed life into this space with artifacts throughout the displays and covering the walls, but we also hosted the Class Reunion for the Class of 1973, the first graduating class at Pine View’s old campus…