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Seniors make the most of their last year
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Before the senior class heads off to wherever their future takes them, they spent their last year of high school bonding with their friends. The senior class board planned multiple senior events throughout the year to ensure an exciting last nine months on campus. These events include but are not limited to, the senior…
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Unified Sports kicks off their annual soccer game
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On Tues. April 25, the annual Unified Sports Soccer Game took place at Newbury Park High School against Thousand Oaks and Westlake High School. The event, just as all the other Unified Sports events, focused on the bonding and teamwork between neurotypical club members and students with cognitive disabilities. Tyson Grimes, senior and president…
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The NPHS Art Gallery evokes emotion and admiration
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From March 13 to 16, students from different artistic backgrounds and creative expression outlets demonstrated their works in the NPHS cafeteria. Across all the tables, giant black posters were set up, each one displaying a different student’s art. Filled with friends and family of the artists – or even just art enthusiasts – the…
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Student Musician Showcase wows the audience
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On March 2, the second annual student musician showcase took place in the NPHS Performing Arts Center. Made up of Tri-M Music Honor Society students, IB Music students and student musicians across campus, this showcase donated $600 of their profits to the Harmony Project, which is a nonprofit, music education organization that provides free…
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Nostalgia does more harm than good
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As the years pass and we grow as human beings, the perhaps scary but ever so prevalent trend is made clear: change is imminent. Change is the propeller that keeps life going but change often presents a sense of fear within people. No one wants to lose something good but nothing good lasts forever.…
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“Break Point” humanizes professional tennis players
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As a tennis player, the new Netflix series, “Break Point” provided a pleasant surprise, allowing me to personally connect with the story in the show. The show thoroughly covered the struggles of professional players’ lives as they venture through the grueling journey that is tennis. While only a mere five episodes, “Break Point” creates…
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Clerical error prevents Boys’ water polo from CIF continuation
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On Nov. 1, the Newbury Park boys’ water polo team beat Carpinteria 15-11 in their first round of CIF. At the time, the team did not realize they would be playing their last game of the season. The following practice, the team was called out of the water and approached by Principal Steve Lepire,…
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Serena Williams transcended tennis
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Serena Williams’s story is often portrayed as the “American Dream”, a severe misinterpretation riddled with phrases like “unique work ethic” and “visionary father.”. In reality, Williams’s story is one rare, almost impossible, outcome of the countless low-income black families with the same determination. On Sept. 2, 41-year old Williams played the last tennis match…
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Phoebe Bridgers touches hearts with her music
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Phoebe Bridgers, indie artist, continues her journey as a songwriter following her release of the album “Punisher’’ in 2020, as she began her Reunion Tour this summer. Bridgers is an emotional singer inspired by her favorite singer, Elliot Smith, an American songwriter who wrote music for the Oscar award winning movie, “Good Will Hunting.”…