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Every year in May, National Honor Society plans, coordinates, and collaborates with the Special Education program to put on the Special Olympics. In creating this event, both the club and the program plan to achieve two goals: to provide and increase students’ participation in exercise and to bring awareness to the community that students…
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Matthew Chow and Jared Simmons, seniors, recently qualified to participate in the national Chemistry Olympiad, an annual competition organized by the American Chemical Society. Chow and Simmons took part in the local competition on March 17. “I thought it was a good opportunity just to see what I had learned,” Chow said. “I’ve taken…
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Over spring break, the Men’s Chorus, Women’s Ensemble, Concert Choir, and Chamber Singers travelled to Seattle to compete in the Heritage Festival. Schools came from Bountiful, Utah; Irvine, CA; Corona, CA; Montana; and Idaho to participate. “Every year, we take a trip to one of the Heritage festivals. We alternate years of going by…
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Deyanne Nesh, English teacher vs. Jerrin Hazard, senior 1. Does England have a 4th of July? Nesh: No Jerrin: No Answer: Yes, every July has a 4th. Come on, guys! Score: Nesh, 0 – Jerrin, 0 2. How many birthdays does the average person have? Nesh: One Jerrin: 65 Answer: One – everyone is born once. Nesh gets the first point!…
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Dear Abby, I like this girl and I’ve been talking to her for one or two weeks and I was thinking about asking her out next week or the week after? What do you think I should do? If you mean to ask her on a date, It wouldn’t make too much of a…
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Because of the busy block schedule, there is no room for an Indoor Drumline program. However, a few dedicated students didn’t let this stop them from participating in the percussion performance. “Indoor Drumline … is essentially just like Marching Band except it happens during the winter and it happens inside a gym, rather than…
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“What’s your passion?” This is the ultimate question of high school. Students face it when they contemplate which college to apply to or what career to pursue. It’s also passion that guides students to choose art history over physics, or tech theater over mock trial. However, with increasingly selective admission rates at elite colleges…
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“That’s all for our Panther Tale announcements. I’m Suzie Smith and have a terrific Thursday, Panthers!” Most of the student body recognizes senior class president Suzie Smith’s cheery voice from the daily announcements at the start of every second period class. However, most don’t know that she was an Olympic-scouted, all-star soccer player before…
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At the beginning of this school year, the administration asked the Video Production class to shine light on campus clubs and programs. The class created “Focus on Newbury Park”, a new weekly TV segment that airs on Thursdays. As of now, they have nearly 30 complete “focuses” waiting to air on Panther TV. However,…
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The Prowler, Panther, and Gold teams competed against fellow schools in the Ventura County Mock Trial Competition from Feb. 23 to 26. The Gold team placed sixth overall, while Panther and Prowler team did not place in the top eight teams. Senior Jeremy Kane won an individual first place award for portraying the witness…