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  • Local Camarillo band Par5 rocks the stage

    Local Camarillo band Par5 rocks the stage

    Local Ventura County band Par5, made up of juniors Darwin Rowland (NPHS), Jeffrey Saner (NPHS), Sawyer Talent (RCHS) and Kaleb Manlutac (RCHS), has taken fans by storm with their stage presence and songwriting. Despite starting less than a year ago, Par5 has brought numerous performances to the Ventura County stages, making a notable breakthrough…

  • School board candidates discuss areas of concern

    School board candidates discuss areas of concern

    In the interest of preserving space, the candidates’ responses have been shortened. To view the full transcript and video, visit www.pantherprowler.org. All photos taken by Isabelle Cipriano/Prowler Introduction On Monday, Sept. 9 at 5:15 p.m. in the journalism room at Newbury Park High School, the student journalists from the Panther Prowler, the Westlake Wire…

  • Senior Trends

    Senior Trends

    In 2005 and 2006, this year’s seniors came into a world full of skinny jeans, trucker hats and iconic T-shirts. And while there may still be 2000s trends walking through the school, the clothing we wear and the accessories we use have slowly evolved. Influenced by athletes, movie stars, models and even students, styles…

  • Black belt testing at Club TKD

    Black belt testing at Club TKD

    After years of intense training, skill development and pushing physical and mental boundaries, Taekwondo students achieved various degrees of black belts on May 18th at Club TKD Martial Arts. Amongst students of all ages and belt levels, two individuals from Newbury Park High School (NPHS), David Vallance and Jordan Milota, tested for their fourth-degree…

  • Seniors give words of advice to rising freshmen

    As the class of 2024 prepares to wrap up their senior year, the incoming class of 2028 is filled with curiosity about what awaits them in the next four years of their life. To ease them into their first year at a new school, these seniors have a few words of advice for their…

  • PTV Live captivates NPHS students

    PTV Live captivates NPHS students

    For over seven years the advanced broadcasting class, Panther Television (PTV) has provided students with the opportunity to learn skills for the broadcast TV industry through bi-weekly pre-recorded episodes posted on YouTube. For the 2023-2024 school year, the PTV class tried something new. “We had an overwhelming amount of students in this class this…

  • A Year in Review: NPHS Sports Highlights

    A Year in Review: NPHS Sports Highlights

    Whether they were scoring goals, shooting baskets or hitting home runs, this year our NPHS athletes took their victories by storm. Several teams made it to the early rounds of CIF, championships and overall dominated their respective fields. With so many monumental achievements sweeping our athletic program, we felt that a deeper look through…

  • NPHS music taste impacts generations

    NPHS music taste impacts generations

    It is the evening of Dec. 15, 1976 in Buffalo, New York. Kiss is playing at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium surrounded by thousands of fans for a night of Rock n’ Roll to recount the band’s debut album that was released only two years prior. Managing to bring people together for a single night…

  • NPHS graduates pursue unique pathways

    NPHS graduates pursue unique pathways

    Some members of Newbury Park’s Class of 2024 are electing to pursue alternative career options. Straying from the traditional path, these graduates plan to attend different forms of secondary education. An avid member of the dance team, Gracie Williams, senior, plans to attend Paul Mitchell cosmetology school in Sherman Oaks to become a hairdresser.…

  • Statewide declining enrollment affects CVUSD

    Statewide declining enrollment affects CVUSD

    Worried whispers and discussions filled the campus when students and teachers began to hear whispers about a new policy that would cut extracurricular classes that had low enrollment. Honors digital video production, woodshop and IB music classes were all courses that students were especially worried about being cut. With concern running around the school,…