Author: Sarah Lu

  • Soccer players affected by new Academy rule

    Around 30 or more girls in the Ventura County are no longer allowed to play high school soccer. Players in the U.S. Development Academy, a club soccer program, opened a new highest level for girls’ soccer. Boys have always had the option to go to the Academy, whereas this is the first year the…

  • Schools and students react to fires

    School was canceled for Dec. 6 due to the rapidly spreading fires in Ventura and Los Angeles county. In an message sent out to all families in the district, the Conejo Valley Unified School District stated “This closure is due to concerns of air quality, and is to help ensure the overall safety of the…

  • Multilingual students enjoy multiple benefits

    At home, he speaks Swedish and Persian. At school, he learns English and French. Juggling multiple languages is hard, but there are students who do it for the culture, the experiences and the knowledge they gain from learning a new language. Aras Aghazadeh, junior, is also multilingual, speaking four languages: English, French, Swedish and…

  • Teaching special needs is her specialty

      Music can be heard coming out of E-5, as students in the classroom dance around to songs like “Cha Cha Slide.” Jillian Ackerman, a student teacher for Anne Alvarez’s special day class, smiles and laughs as she watches from the sidelines. Soon, she gets pulled into the dancing, and spins around with her…

  • Chilled to the bone

    Blood-curling screams rang through the air as they walked through the dark and foreboding attraction. The group huddled in a tight circle in hopes of blocking out the monsters of the night, but it was to no avail. I recently experienced something like this when I went to the 18th annual Reign of Terror…

  • Embrace your Halloween spirit

    People set out jack-o-lanterns to fend off ghosts. Starbucks is selling their famous Pumpkin Spice Latte. It’s that time of year again– Halloween! With Halloween comes candy, and with candy comes children. But how old can you be to celebrate Halloween before you get “too old?” Many people stop dressing up and going out…

  • Is getting ahead in school worth it?

    Addressing the issue   SAT. ACT.  AP. IB. While these abbreviations sound foreign to those outside school, what they mean for the future of the students is of utmost priority in an increasingly more competitive academic environment. Newbury Park High School is unique compared to other schools in the district as it offers the…

  • Fantasy Football life: Students and teachers invest their time into popular game

    The television screen blares noisily as the viewers sit forward in their seats breathlessly, watching. They are all apart of a fantasy football league, and this is the last game of the week. It’s the fourth quarter of the Green Bay Packers against the Detroit Lions, with only five seconds to go. 5. 4.…

  • Balancing acting, school work, and everything in between

    Singer. Student. Piano player. Actor. Writer. Sam Herbert, junior, is all of these things and more. Herbert started his many extracurriculars when he was very young. “My grandma got me into piano lessons. And whenever I was little I would start dancing all around and stuff,” Herbert said. People saw his potential in acting…

  • Fetching the frisbee and fifth place

    Breathe in, breathe out. The players on both teams know what is on the line here. Time is counting down, five… four… three… two… and… game! The ultimate frisbee PowerLine National team is now fifth in the nation! The PowerLine team members, four of which are Newbury Park High School seniors: Ryan Barry, Mike…