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Four months, six bands and one potential Eagle Scout was all it took to raise 1,421 cans for Manna Food Bank. On Sept. 22, around 200 people attended the Five For Live benefit concert at the Thousand Oaks Teen Center. The event featured student bands from around the area and had an admissions fee…
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Around 60 percent of the global population lives in an Asian country, which accounts for approximately 4.4 billion people according to the United Nations. In the United States alone, the Census Bureau reported that in May of 2018 the Asian population totaled 21.4 million people. At Newbury Park High School, US News and World…
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With maps plastered on the windows of the Performing Arts Center and portraits of the stars projected on the walls, the annual spring dance concert transported dancers and the audience to a place never seen before: Into the Unknown. As senior Samantha Parker explains, this dance concert was different from previous ones because of…
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The DACA dream A little girl dreamed of becoming a Marine. She dreamed of showing the world that a girl could defend people in need. She dreamed of defending a country she was not even a citizen of, and because of her status as an illegal immigrant, her dream was shattered. Anarely Santana, senior,…
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The lights dimmed in the Thousand Oaks High School Performing Arts Center as students from throughout CVUSD prepared to take to the stage to deliver talks to the people of Conejo Valley and beyond. TEDx is a program that allows volunteers from the community to tell their stories or share their culture in a…
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Flags, foods and friends gathered in the quad on International Day: March 8. Clubs sold different ethnic foods to celebrate the different cultures that make up the student body, including dumplings from Chinese Club, crepes from Fashion Club and more. This year, in addition to the cultural foods featured by the clubs, the IB…
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A performer since age eight, Jack Maier fell in love with dance on the first day of his first class that his mom made him take. Now a senior, Maier has been a member of the NPHS dance team since freshman year, and considers his teammates to be his family. He also dances competitively…
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It was a night of song, dance, rap, comedy and more, but Selena Gomez and Drake were not the performers; students were the stars of the night. On Feb. 23, the annual Talent Show featured a variety of student performers and drew in a full house. According to Nicole Katz, senior and organizer, the…
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To promote the North American Free Trade Agreement and Canadian-American relations, Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, visited California and hosted several forums, starting his tour in San Francisco on Thursday, Feb. 8, and speaking at the Ronald Reagan Library on Friday, Feb. 9. Over a thousand people were in attendance, surrounding the stage.…
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It was crowded in the gym on Feb. 7, with over 20 athletes sitting at long tables and over a hundred people surrounding them. That afternoon however, there were no basketball, volleyball or wrestling matches– this was a celebration of the culmination of years of athletic struggle. These athletes no longer were just NPHS…