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A wave of students filed into the Performing Arts Center for the six o’clock start. On Wednesday May 29, 250 students were invited to be honored at Senior Recognition Night for both academic and athletic achievements. Peers and family members smiled as the ceremony proceeded, where teachers and school faculty highlighted student accomplishments from…
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After 10 years and 22 movies, Iron Man dies. Marvel Studios finally released the final installment of the Avengers saga, Avengers: Endgame. From just its opening weekend, it broke every box office record, pulling in $357 million, and is now one of the largest grossing films of all time. It was a heartfelt ending…
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NPHS has never been short of student talent. From academics to sports to the arts, the high school has seen amazing achievements being made by its students across the board. In the world of photography, Max Clark, senior, has showed off some of his own talent in digital and darkroom photography. Clark first took…
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Girl Up Hats and High Tea The second annual Hats & High Tea was hosted on March 17 as a forum for empowering women and discussing women’s rights. Together, under the Girl Up United Nations Foundation, several Girl Up clubs across different high schools in our area from Westlake to Newbury Park to Camarillo…
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It’s no secret that NPHS students are talented. With so many students that are capable of showing their artistic side through a multitude of mediums, it’s hard to find someone that doesn’t have one thing or another to show off. Just one of the mediums that our panthers have chosen to express themselves through…
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Before seeing the second lego movie, I thought I was in for some typical children’s entertainment. I thought it would be just another hero arc, where my main man Emmet would be back at it again overcoming whatever obstacle he faced. Whoopty doo, yet another happy ever after after conquering another falsely constructed challenge.…
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Over the course of the next couple of weeks, students in Mrs. Dogancay’s IB Chemistry higher level class will be conducting their annual internal assessment experiments. The internal assessment includes approximately ten hours in the laboratory and further time at home where students process and interpret the data they collect. These experiments are individually…
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The lights dimmed in the Newbury Park Performing Arts Center on Feb. 1 for the 10th annual Dance for Hope concert. The curtains opened, and the crowd clapped and cheered as music filled the auditorium. The performers smiled. Dance for Hope is a multicultural dance event in which people from around the community come…
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On December 21, Bird Box, starring Sandra Bullock, was released as the final Netflix original film of 2018. In this psychological thriller, a chilling mood shadows a spontaneous apocalypse, as an unknown presence causes all people who look at it to see their worst fears and regrets; people are forced to see something so…
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I am an absolute music nerd. I can’t go anywhere without a pair of earbuds with me, and I have to be the one to control the aux cord. For the past two years, I have listened to more than 190,000 minutes of music total, or about four and a half hours everyday. That…