Hundreds of blue gowns swirled around the Viking Pavillion, matching the color of the shockingly blue sky. Despite Tuesday’s scorching summer-like heat, each one stood determined as they adorned their...

All across Oregon, 6th graders are given the opportunity to attend Outdoor School, a unique hands-on learning experience about the world around them. It’s a four-day overnight camp where students spend...

“Embracing my identity as a Japanese American, I’ve always been proud within, I just didn’t feel like I could be proud outside,” said Rick Kinoshita, an alumnus of Benson Polytechnic High School...

What might life look like for Benson students after graduation? In pursuit of an answer to this important question, the Orbit spoke with four recent Benson alums from across academies to find out what...

Tech show. It’s Benson’s biggest nights of the year, the “one time that is really, truly, genuinely worth it coming and checking out everything,” according to Radio teacher Jacob Patterson.  But...

Following last year’s backstage mess, Benson’s Got Talent! returned to Benson’s auditorium on March 6th with smashing success, with 17 acts performing to draw in all manner of students and adults...

Ricky Booker can be described as many things: A Benson alumnus, an electrician, a chess coach, and an educator. He teaches Electric for freshmen, sophomores, and seniors, as well as a residential wiring...

Music is an important part of KBPS radio, and the Chief of Music helps facilitate it. Nick Oates, the current chief of music, states, “As chief of music, I’m responsible for all of the music we put...

Students travel from all corners of Portland and beyond to go to school at Benson. Many students take public transportation to get here, even if that means waking up early, braving the weather, or facing...

The PPS budget is two documents of over 200 pages — which are impossible to explain quickly. But at the end of the day, one thing remains clear. Students are the product. Bryan Smith, the Portland...

This year’s Yearbook staff — or, as their adviser, Greg Huntington tries to call them, “Yerds” — took on the challenge of the class for a lot of different reasons. Some just needed another class...

The Benson Orbit hit the streets in a Channel 5-esque interviewing montage to answer one question: How do the people around Benson Polytechnic feel about us as a student body moving back into our home...