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NPHS student teachers gain inspiration from student successes
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Every day, student teachers across Newbury Park High School’s campus can be found observing a variety of subjects. From assisting teachers with grading to teaching their own lessons, student teachers’ impact can be felt everywhere in the classroom. Elizabeth Crisp, English student teacher, was originally unsure about what job to pursue, but gave…
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Track and field mentors guide youth runners to the finish line
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On the field and under the sun, NPHS track and field runners serve as mentors for athletes on the NP Track and Field youth team, working to prepare them for the high school track team. Isabella Steiner and Elizabeth Barnes, sophomores, founded the program in partnership with the NPHS youth track and field program,…
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Students explore advanced concepts in MathCounts
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Loved by some and loathed by others, mathematics is one of the core subjects taught at educational institutions worldwide. For members of Sycamore Canyon Middle School’s [SCMS] MathCounts program, a nonprofit organization sponsored by Raytheon Technologies, math is not only a focal point of their academics, but one that they choose to study at…
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NPHS vandalized with hate speech
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On Feb. 27 at around 8 p.m., NPHS was vandalized with derogatory slurs, profanity and swastikas. The case has been handed over to the Major Crimes Unit of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office and detectives are currently studying security camera footage with various databases to identify the suspects. The perpetrators will likely be charged…
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CDC diagnoses Californian child with bird flu
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] confirmed the diagnosis of the H5N1 bird flu in a Californian child on Nov. 22. The adolescent is an Alameda County resident and the first minor in the nation with a reported case of the avian influenza H5 virus infection. The youth faced mild respiratory symptoms…