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NPHS teachers retell their stories as past students
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In its beginning, Newbury Park High School was surrounded by animals grazing and fields upon fields without houses. Today, it stands with over 2,000 students and hundreds of activities and sports. Ever since its opening as a public school in 1967, thousands have passed through its halls, and while many eventually move away, there…
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Courtney Brousseau keeps inspiring others
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Sporting khaki shorts and a huge smile, Courtney Brousseau was a force to be reckoned with. Brousseau graduated from NPHS in 2015 and UC Berkeley in 2019, giving all of his energy toward improving the lives of those around him. This passion was cut short when Brousseau was shot during a drive-by shooting in…
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Past Panthers return with college advice
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On Jan. 9, the NPHS Annual College Forum was held in the Performing Arts Center. The conference allows for current high school students to ask questions and hear about recent Panther graduates’ experiences in college. Jordan Jomsky, alumni, served as a panelist at this event, answering the questions of current panthers. “Well I’ll say…
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School alumni teach future generations on campus
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For multiple teachers on campus, this school has served as both a launching point and a destination. It has provided them with an education, a career, and even a place to raise their families. “Newbury Park is very much a community that I am entrenched in … it is very much our town,” Christy…
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Snapchat Travels
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Over the summer many students traveled around the world, waking up in Newbury Park and falling asleep in a hotel bed in Manhattan or on a hammock in Indonesia. To let their friends know about the unique and exciting places they were en route to or already exploring, they posted an avalanche of photos…
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Cody: The inspiration he left behind
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Since an early age, Gigi Fierro, freshman, has had a passion for music and performing. From performing at the Boys and Girls club to posting singing videos on her YouTube channel, Fierro had always turned to music for enjoyment only. However, recently, music has given her a new purpose. After the death of her…
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Next Up: Princeton – Helena Van Brande graduates from Newbury Park to bigger games on Princeton University’s women’s water polo team.
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It’s not every day a high schooler, from a small town like Newbury Park, competes in the FINA World Women’s Youth Water Polo Championships in Spain, and gets accepted to Princeton University to be part of one of the United States’ best sports teams. For Helena Van Brande, however, that day did come. After…
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In Loving Memory: Alumna Aimee Hoff comemorated by loved ones following drunk driving accident
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Walking into Teresa Hoff’s house is like looking into a lost memory. Boxes of photographs are stacked in the corners of the hallways. A girl looks out across the house from every wall, moments of her life immortalized inside countless picture frames with permanent smiles. The girl is Aimee Hoff, Teresa’s only daughter and…