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After her sister watched a video on river dancing, Mandi Nishimori, senior, signed up for an Irish dance class and has been competing since kindergarten. Freshman year, she would also begin playing volleyball. Nishimori now competes with the Varsity volleyball team, while also travelling (and winning) internationally with her Irish dance team. Due to…
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For students, college night is a series of quick rotations around the school, and an attempt to grasp and retain any information that might increase their likelihood of being accepted into a top-notch university. This year, it meant nearly a half year of planning for the administration and counseling staff, as it was NP’s…
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It’s halfway through the football season, and the Junior Varsity (JV) and Varsity football teams are 5-1, while the Freshman team remains undefeated at 5-0. Varsity football head coach, Gary Fabricius, said that this is unique as teams usually vary in strength. This year, however, he attributes the all-around success to good players. “They’re…
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Measure I is a proposed general obligation bond that would raise $197 million to modernize CVUSD campuses. It aims to upgrade classroom technology, repair aging schools, update science and career technology labs, and increase security. If 55% of CVUSD residents vote for Measure I in the general election on Nov. 4, it will extend…
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Girls’ Tennis Coach Harvey Mardyks has adapted a unique method of team tryouts from those used at country clubs that he feels eliminates unfairness and subjectivity on our tennis courts. Mardyks’ method is called the ladder: a spreadsheet containing every prospective player’s name and their relative ranking, as determined through a challenge system. An…
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Senior year scheduling dilemma: you’re sitting in your counselor’s office, choosing eenie-meenie-miney-mo between AP and IB. Which will give you the best chance of passing, and the most college credits? Starting this school year, students don’t have that choice for some classes. Specifically, AP English and AP Spanish are no longer being offered. While…