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Juuls, suorins and e-cigarettes: These vaporization devices, or “vapes” are making daily appearances in the lunchroom, quad and bathrooms alike. Although these devices were originally created as a safer alternative to smoking, vapes are becoming more common among high school students for recreational use. Vapes contain a concoction of vegetable glycerin, propylene glycol, nicotine…
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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…
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Cutting fabric and creating magic. Sketching designs and sewing hemlines. Marketing clothes and monitoring shows. From the first inspiration to the final product, some students have dedicated themselves to the oftentimes tedious process of making clothing. Designers discover their interest in fashion in many different forms. When he returned to his childhood home in…
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AP European History and sugar cookies do not seem be related, yet among the interests of Tiffani Coull, they live in harmony. By school day, she is an AP European and CP US History teacher; after 2:05 pm she is the baker extraordinaire of her own business. “It’s (called) Sweet Jane. My daughter came…
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Jennifer Lockwood, Science teacher, vs Sarah Babij, Senior Name the largest freshwater lake in the world. Lockwood: Lake Michigan Babij: Lake Superior Lake Superior Looks like Lockwood needs to freshen up on her freshwater lake history. 0-1 What is the diameter of Earth? Lockwood: Huge Babij: I have no idea. 8,000 miles Well, Lockwood…
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Five things about Alana Bond, English teacher She was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York but she has little to no New York accent. While she was in high school, Bond was featured in two episodes of a television game show called “City Smarts” where she answered trivia about the geography and culture…
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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…
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The newly created Unsolved Mysteries interest group, inspired by the viral Buzzfeed series “Buzzfeed Unsolved,” explores unsolved crimes, paranormal cases and conspiracy theories. Lisa Liu, senior, started the interest group this year after she received a lot of interest and positive responses to a joking tweet. Liu’s fascination with criminal cases and paranormal activity…
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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…
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Making the most of their 45 minute lunch break, the American Cancer Society (ACS) meets weekly in room B33 to help raise awareness and funds for cancer and its research. ACS meets in the hopes of raising awareness for the cancers that plague the world. With 30-40 members religiously filling the classroom every week,…