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What experiences have you had to prepare you for the school board? As a parent I was very involved in schools so I was part of the PTA district advisory council and marching band boosters. All that volunteering gave me a chance to see behind the scenes and to see things that actually happen…
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Lance Novak, new long term substitute for English teacher Sandra Rayl, arrived at Newbury Park High School in mid-September. He spoke with Rayl to prepare curriculum for his ninth and tenth grade English classes. “She wants me to teach my way, and then when she comes back she’ll kind of take over,” Novak said.…
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Michael Godfrey, the Assistant Principal of attendance, underwent a Mohs surgery procedure on Sept. 21 to remove Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC), a form of skin cancer. First diagnosed in 2013, Godfrey underwent reconstructive surgery on his left ear to remove BCCs. Since then, his doctors have removed the cancerous cells from his ear, neck,…
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This past summer, students from the Conejo Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) accompanied NPHS English teacher Vanessa Denchfield and History teacher Tiffani Coull to several destinations in Europe, including Munich, Berlin, Krakow, Prague, Budapest, Vienna, and Slovakia. Traveling with the EF Educational Tours organization to Berlin and then to Krakow, Denchfield, 25 CVUSD students,…
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National Hispanic Heritage Month is dedicated to celebrating the heritage and culture of the Hispanic people from Sept. 15 until Oct. 15. The Latinos Unidos Club is made up of students of all ethnicities who meet during lunch on Fridays to talk about Hispanic culture and what they can do to improve the community…
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Last winter, private changing stalls were constructed in the boys’ and the girls’ locker rooms. The school board and the district office started the process around the fall of last year, and the last installation was made in February. There are five stalls in each locker room located in the back. Assistant Principal Kelly…
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Last year’s Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC), now called California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP), scores have been released and for NPHS, are lower than ever before. So low in fact that Newbury Park High School did not place in the top 500 schools on Newsweek, published by the US College Board.…