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Loved by some and loathed by others, mathematics is one of the core subjects taught at educational institutions worldwide. For members of Sycamore Canyon Middle School’s [SCMS] MathCounts program, a nonprofit organization sponsored by Raytheon Technologies, math is not only a focal point of their academics, but one that they choose to study at…
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The GPAs of this year’s football players prove that NPHS athletes are among the most hard working people out there. Juggling academic work and keeping in tip-top shape is a hard task, but the football team has shown that it is not impossible. Although COVID-19 has kept the athletes from practicing and playing games…
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Sharon Hwang: Sharon Hwang is a new Algebra 1 teacher, coming from La Puente High School. This will be her seventh year teaching math. Originally, Hwang entered into teaching math because “a lot of the students in general didn’t really appreciate math or didn’t see math (as) relevant. It’s tough, it’s challenging, but I…
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What defines cheating? Interviewer: What do you define as cheating? Student: I don’t know what cheating is, honestly. Interviewer: Would you say that you cheat? Student: Yeah. Interviewer: Do you consider yourself a cheater? Student: No, I don’t. Students often brush off the idea of being a cheater, believing they are not affiliated with the…
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Hunched over the buzzer, four hands hovered, ready to slam down. The anticipation, so palpable it could be cut with a knife, would be over as soon as the officiary read the question. The Academic Competition team was ready to win. The team won both of their previous competitions this month, and were…
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For many, testing ends once students leave the classroom, but not for Academic Decathlon members who spend their free time preparing for the Ventura County Academic Decathlon competition hosted at Pacifica High School. With pencils bubbling in Scantrons and legs nervously bouncing up and down, students competed against 20 other high schools in the…
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“Mark, Jessica, Sophia and Jill, can you please come up here?” Mrs. Blau, my sixth grade math teacher said. As my peers walked up to teacher’s desk, she promptly handed them a blue envelope with a big smile on her face. “Good job guys! I’m sure you will do great next year,” she exclaimed.…
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Math teacher, Lisa Adams, will no longer be the only one teaching in her classroom. D22 was renovated on April 25 to host the new Math Center. Open everyday at lunch, the Math Center is a place where students having trouble with the coursework in their math class can go to receive help from…
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The health department and CVUSD School Board have begun the process of revising the health class curriculum in order to align with Assembly Bill No. 329, which was signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown in early October 2015 and took effect at the start of 2016. The law mandates sexual education along with…
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This year’s juniors became the first class to take the SBAC, or SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium. The SBAC, which was held from May 16th-23rd, is a computerized assessment designed to test juniors in order to evaluate how well students are on track with the Common Core academic standards. Like the STAR tests that the…