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  • Finn Kerns serves as the Student School Board Trustee

    Finn Kerns serves as the Student School Board Trustee

    If you’ve been fortunate enough to stumble into a local school board meeting, you have likely heard the charismatic and vibrant character of Trustee Finn Kerns. As the resident student board trustee, Kerns takes a stand on the dais amongst professional local-elected school board officials to represent the Conejo Valley Unified School District [CVUSD]…

  • PTV brings student broadcasting to life

    PTV brings student broadcasting to life

    Newbury Park High School’s Panther TV [PTV] gives students the opportunity to engage their creative side, whether as an anchor, camera operator, editor or scriptwriter. Each position plays an important role in bringing the daily broadcast together. While viewers only see the polished final product, a great deal goes on behind the scenes, including…

  • AVID provides support for college-bound students

    AVID provides support for college-bound students

    The Advanced Via Individual Determination [AVID] program has helped countless first-generation college-bound students in the Conejo Valley School District. AVID’s goal as a program is to increase academic readiness for undersupported or underdirected students and prepare them for their college and career lives as they work through high school. AVID has been implemented in…

  • Panther Closet supplies additional resources for students in need

    Panther Closet supplies additional resources for students in need

    Recently created by Celia Ortiz and Tracey McTigue, the Newbury Park High School [NPHS] Panther Closet will play a major role in assisting students with basic necessities, such as clothing and food, through donations from the community. While the district-wide Conejo Closet has been a large support for students since 2019, and will continue…

  • Riley Shin races towards creative goals

    Riley Shin races towards creative goals

    High school is often a journey of discovering one’s interests and possible careers. What someone wants as a freshman may be wildly different by the time they graduate as they explore different sports, clubs, or other interests.  For Riley Shin, junior, this year has been defined by a shift away from resume-building and toward…

  • Performers captivate the spotlight at Broadway Cares

    Performers captivate the spotlight at Broadway Cares

    On Friday, Oct. 17, Newbury Park High School [NPHS] students from ASG, the International Baccalaureate program, the Panther Prowler and more came together to become theater kids for one fateful night. At Broadway Cares, a donations-based talent show whose proceeds go to Equity Fights AIDS, is a longstanding tradition at Newbury Park that was…

  • Volunteering Clubs make an impact at NPHS

    Volunteering Clubs make an impact at NPHS

    Sea the Change – Lily Minor and Ameila Abram, seniors, smile as they stand in front of their booth. “We all live on this earth. Let’s try to take good care of it and just be good global citizens. And one great way to do that is by volunteering and helping out the Earth…

  • Magnus Alt philosophizes through senior year

    Magnus Alt philosophizes through senior year

    Plato, Aristotle and Socrates are known as the greatest philosophers of all time. Although he is still developing his skills as a young philosopher, Magnus Alt, senior, enjoys engaging in lively discussions in International Baccalaureate [IB] Philosophy, learning about the divided line and the Tripartite soul. Beyond philosophy, Alt has many diverse interests, including…

  • New teacher travels to success at NPHS

    New teacher travels to success at NPHS

    From the East Coast to the West Coast, Megan DaRold, Advanced Placement [AP] World History teacher, has shared her passion for history with students for four years. In addition to AP World History, she teaches a hybrid, seventh-period College Prep Government and Economics class that meets in person every Tuesday. On July 30, DaRold…

  • College representative visits inform potential students

    College representative visits inform potential students

    For some, the most daunting challenge of applying to college is the first step—the college list. With nearly 4,000 universities in the United States, creating a balanced list of schools to apply to can be a large task. At Newbury Park High School [NPHS], the College and Careers Center [CCC] provides access to numerous…