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Too many students sacrifice taking the classes they really want to take in order to take the classes they believe they should be taking. Many people seem to forget that the standard set of classes is not the best option for everyone. Whenever there is a new opportunity at school, whether it is a…
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Starting with the end of the 1950s, the amount of young Americans going to college has skyrocketed; this has been facilitated by teachers pressuring students, universities advertising themselves, and a growing sense of entitlement that sprung up thanks to the growing “give me that” mentality of the post World War II era. The current…
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It’s a familiar feeling in English class: that wary feeling of being assigned novels and plays. Students’ natural instinct tells them to rebel against this forced reading and resort to Sparknotes, but it turns out that some books are worth the attention after all, while others only deserve the dark home of the bottom of…
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Every year, full International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma candidates lament the arrival of their looming Extended Essay (EE) deadline. With an upper limit of 4000 words, the Extended Essay is a significant part of the 150 volunteer hours, many internal assessments, and minimum 6 IB tests and studying that is standard for full IB diploma…
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When Odysseus Pyrinis, junior, skipped kindergarten and entered first grade, he had a lot of work to make up. “First grade was the first time I ever experienced pulling something close to two, three in the morning studying,” he said. Pyrinis, like multiple other students on campus, is one of the few student who…
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One size does not fit all. Traditionally, teachers have used a model that has one instructor, one textbook, and one lesson plan to fit a class of 30 students. Michael Weingarden, who teaches statistics and algebra 2, has been using an alternative, “flipped classroom” method for over two years. The flipped classroom structures courses…
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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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Check out what the statues have to say. Statue day: when the English 12 IB seniors dress up as any character they choose to be and stand on Reino Road as well as in the quad posing as statues. This year, the English 12 AP classes joined the IB students on June 2 and…
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As the school year draws to a close, finals week looms over students. Finals fall on the last three days of school for freshmen, sophomores, and juniors. Some students arrange with their teachers to take their finals early, allowing them to leave for summer vacation earlier. However, according to the school’s finals and absence…