On campus, you can find some students cooking food to perfection, separating strands of DNA or producing the video segment, “Focus On NP.” These are all useful skills for specific occupations that students acquire through Career Pathway courses. Career Pathways courses are also known as Career and Technical Education courses (CTEs) show students how…
The lights dimmed in the Thousand Oaks High School Performing Arts Center as students from throughout CVUSD prepared to take to the stage to deliver talks to the people of Conejo Valley and beyond. TEDx is a program that allows volunteers from the community to tell their stories or share their culture in a…
With social movements such as #NeverAgain and #MarchforOurLives making headlines, student activism is being emphasized as an important component of social change. Students are taking to the streets in marches, speaking at town hall meetings and using social media to advocate for more strict gun control legislation. Now more than ever, the significance of…
After months of working and campaigning at different conferences and delegations, Scott Nagatoshi, junior, was elected as the 71st Youth Governor of California. Nagatoshi was one of three people left in the running for the position after the first two Youth and Government conferences in Fresno. Youth and Government is a club that focuses…
Hollywood, Disneyland and hamburgers: what we think of as the classic American things that foreigners dream of. In August, NPHS welcomed several exchange students, including Giulia Zaghini, junior, from Italy, Felix Mueller, junior, from Germany and Stefania Solovastru, junior, from Romania. Zaghini has dreamt about coming to America for years. “It’s always been my…
3D printing, robotics and coding: the Digital Arts and Technology Academy (DATA) has it all! Students enrolled in this “school-within-a-school” have access to a variety of technology-based resources and opportunities. The application process for the DATA academy begins freshman year, when students must submit an essay about themselves and why they feel they would…
Leukemia Lymphoma Society (LLS) was founded in 1949, when the survival rate for kids diagnosed with Leukemia was just 8 percent. Now, that figure has drastically increased to 90 percent. NPHS welcomed an LLS club five years ago and has been contributing to the fight against cancer ever since. “Leukemia Lymphoma Society is a…
Some students have a knack for sports, others have a passion for computer programming and some have a green thumb. No matter what interest group students may identify with, there is always room for them in Hands on Earth club. Daria Azizad and Maya Chari, juniors, had an idea for an environmental club…
Anxiously scribbling and preparing for their next show, the many students of the theater department are all exhausted. Yet, the word exhausted is not tolerated in the Performing Arts Center (PAC), as there is always work that must get done to stay on schedule. Staying on-task is the key to success in the theater…