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Falling in love with seasonal snacks
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Ghosts & Bats Crispy Potato Snacks, 8/10, $2.99 As the only savory treat I picked out, I had high expectations for the intricately shaped potato chips. These chips are a great light snack that satisfy the common recurrence of desiring a salty snack. I strongly recommend purchasing these chips. Pumpkin Joe-Joe’s Cookies, 8/10, $2.99…
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Newbury Park’s best dance crews did not miss a beat
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This year’s Best Dance Crew was composed of 12 creative performances from girls’ flag football, wrestling, girls’ and boys’ soccer, track, cross country, football, boys’ water polo, theater, softball, girls’ volleyball and baseball. The top five crews included girls’ volleyball, theater, cross country, girls soccer as runner up, and the 2025 Best Dance Crew…
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Local art paints a picture of community
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Art is all around, provoking not only thought and emotion, but also fostering community. In Newbury Park, local artists have unique opportunities to display their talents, and on campus, art takes form in a multitude of ways. Newbury Park High School [NPHS] students can foster their love for art or explore a new passion…
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Krish Devgania enters his senior year
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With over 2,000 students on campus, each with their own unique interests, passions and motivations, they all have something to offer within the NPHS community. Krish Devgania, senior, enters his fourth year enrolled at Newbury Park High School [NPHS]. Each year, Devgania has taken a course of Chinese taught by Jing Hu here at…
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The Thousand Oaks Mall 805 Night Market cooked, served and ate
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The Oaks Mall parking lot was full, but people were not there to buy new clothes, see movies or eat pretzels. Instead, the Thousand Oaks community came together to experience a blend of cultures that brought different worlds to one suburban town. From Sept. 5-7, the 805 Night Market filled the The Oaks Mall…
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Federal funding cuts for mental health services leave students without support
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One in seven adolescents between the ages of 10 and 19 has a mental disorder, accounting for 15 percent of all people who experience issues with mental health, according to the World Health Organization. Leaving these adolescents struggling with mental health unaddressed can lead to consequences in their adult lives. Adverse childhood experiences often…
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IB Dance showcases their choreography
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On Friday, March 7, International Baccalaureate [IB] dancers took the stage at Newbury Park High School to show friends and family all they have been working on for the past school year. The IB Dance class is designed specifically for juniors and seniors, but even in the same class, each student plays a different…
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Test your fear this year at Reign of Terror
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Thousand Oaks’ Reign of Terror [ROT] came to haunt the Janss Marketplace for the eighteenth year with an entirely new layout and a never-seen-before eleventh section, “The Forest of Fear.” As of 2023, ROT was rated the number one haunted house in the United States on Yelp. This year, ROT is bigger than ever…
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Together for mental health event emphasizes community
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On Monday, Oct. 7, hundreds of high school students throughout Conejo Valley gathered with coaches, teachers and parents, filling almost every seat in the orchestra section of the Kavli theater. They were not there for a performance, but rather for the second annual Together for Mental Health event, hosted by the Meyer and Shulze…
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NPHS film photographers capture student life
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As their camera flashes, a film photographer cannot simply click a button and look at the photos they have just taken or hope to take infinitely more. The process of capturing film photos is an involved one, in which the photographer has only 24 chances to get their shot and cannot see their result…