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On April 27, junior Jessica Han missed a call from Congresswoman Julia Brownley. So, instead of finding out that she had won the District-wide U.S. Congress High School Visual Arts Competition from the Congresswoman herself, she found out from a voicemail. Han’s piece, a portrait she titled “Auburn”, was chosen to represent California’s 26th…
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The Prowler wins a Pacemaker On April 18, the National Scholastic Press Association of America (NSPA) awarded the Panther Prowler an Online Pacemaker Award, largely considered the highest honor in online student journalism. Co-Editor-in-Chief Grace O’Toole, senior, traveled to Denver, Colorado to enter the publication and website in the National High School Journalism Convention.…
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Four months after WASC’s (Western Association of Schools and Colleges) evaluation of NPHS, the results are in. WASC has given our school positive feedback, and an accreditation that has determined that another evaluation will not occur for three years. The evaluators “love our school culture, they believe that we’re a very tight-knit group of…
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At their meeting on March 17, members of the CVUSD school board considered an action item proposed by member Mike Dunn. The action item would “request” that the Panther Prowler print a front-page “uncensored rebuttal” written by parent Garry Pace, along with a picture of his choice in response to the Feb. 27 magazine…
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Recently, art teachers announced that three student pieces will be pulled from the annual NPHS art show because of explicit content, which includes implied nudity and obscene language. After entering a piece that featured a presumably naked person holding a large sign that read “no hunting without permission”, Sabrina English, senior, was denied her…
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Penny Wars is an annual, school-wide competition hosted by ASG in which students raise money by donating pennies and other change. Students put pennies (which are worth a point) in their class jar while putting all other change (which deducts points) into the other class jars. At the end of the competition, ASG awarded…
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On March 28, students on two Odyssey of the Mind teams competed in the State Competition in Riverside. Over 300 teams from across California attended the event and were separated into three divisions based on grade level. From there, each team was grouped with other teams based on which of six “problems” they chose…
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Over the course of the next few years, students may witness significant, but not drastic changes to the school population. The school enrollment rate is projected to drop by about 50 students to a total of 2475 students. In the near future, the administration expects this number to continue decreasing rapidly to 2000. “I…
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After heavy rains flooded the hills in the Dos Vientos area in December of last year, several mudslides swept into houses, resulting in damaged houses and displaced families. The 2013 Springs fire destroyed plants that kept loose soil in place, increasing the risk of mudslides. Since the mudslides, the city has approved $113,000 of…
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BREAKING, March 12 9:43PM—Students participating in the school-wide game of “Water Assassins” have been looking over their shoulders, behind their cars, and outside their bedroom windows constantly since the game started on March 10. On the afternoon of March 12, the situation escalated when two cars full of students were involved in an accident…