Features

  • Student vs. Teacher: How common is your Common sense?

    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!…

  • Dear Abby: I like this girl…

    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…

  • Westlake indoor drumline introduces NPHS students to team

    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…

  • Earning not Learning

    “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…

  • Suzie Smith: Broken spine, unbroken spirit

    “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…

  • Focusing on focus on NP

    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,…

  • Football Season, Soccer Season … Mock Trial Season?

    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…

  • Teacher Club: Coming Up Next…

    Teacher Club allows students who are curious about teaching to learn more about the profession, as well as the requirements and work that are necessary to become a teacher. So far, a number of teachers have spoken to the club’s members about their experiences, according to Steve Johnson, history teacher and Teacher Club advisor.…

  • Friendly Fencing

    Clang! On a sunny Tuesday afternoon, the upper halls of the B building reverberate with a sound of clashing metal like hammers in a forgery. But it’s not hammers that are making these noises; in reality, swords, wielded by members of Fencing Club, slash through the air and clash in a commotion, ending with…

  • Singing Their Way to Seattle

    The Seattle-bound choir singers, side-by-side with a magician and a hypnotist, performed in the Variety Show on Feb. 21 to raise money for the choir’s trip to Washington to compete in the Heritage Festival. The Heritage Festival is a competition that showcases the talents of choirs from across the country. “This is going to…