News

  • Art show censorship

    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…

  • Penny Wars

    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…

  • Odyssey of the Mind

    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…

  • Enrollment projected to decline to 2,000 in the next decade

    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…

  • Mudslides leave DV homeowners worried about their safety at home

    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…

  • BREAKING: Students playing “Water Assassins” involved in car accident

    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…

  • Letter from the Editors

    When we decided to change things up last year with our first special edition magazine, we didn’t know exactly what we were getting ourselves into. Even though it required an incredible amount of work to produce a 32-page magazine, the reception we received validated all of our efforts: the late nights we spent in…

  • News in Brief: Robotics Grant & Blanket Drive

    The Robotics Club gets a formal grant from the CCA for future competition The Robotics Club focuses on exposing students to hands-on engineering in a real world environment. However, the club requires significant funding to both make their robots as well as enter competitions. The Community College Association (CCA) decided to formally give a…

  • Charlie Hebdo attack impacts students and faculty

    In response to offensive cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, two gunmen attacked the satirical magazine “Charlie Hebdo” on the morning of Jan. 7, killing 12 people, including the editor of the magazine. This attack has brought to light the controversy surrounding free speech and respect for religion. “Charlie Hebdo” has come to stand for…

  • App Club releases new app for club communication

    On Jan. 27, the App Club officially released an app called ‘Newbury Park High’ for Apple products. Junior Harsh Karia, president of the App Club, wanted to create the app in order to allow clubs to more easily communicate with their members and the student body as a whole. The goal of the app…