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Agendas have no place in the health curriculum
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In 2021, the district adopted the new health curriculum known as “Teen Talk”. The adaptation of this new curriculum has led to an abundance of parents who feel entitled to voice their strong criticisms of the material educating their children. Under a rational and well-founded basis, criticisms are accepted and even encouraged in our…
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The NPHS Wellness Center supports all pupils
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Teenage years are often filled with complex problems which result in mental health issues that many don’t know how to handle. NPHS hopes to alleviate some of those challenges through the Wellness Center, located in the E-building, and was established last year. Paige Pensivy,…
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BMI is not a useful body image tool
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About a year ago, I came home from school to find that my sibling was crying. When I asked why they were upset, they said that they were weighed at school and told that they were overweight. At the time, my sibling was doing gymnastics and was a very active person with a lot…
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Booster Shots are the next step in fighting off the pandemic
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The surge of the COVID-19 Delta Variant brought on new challenges for our world to face. The CDC (Center for Disease and Control Prevention), decided that booster shots are needed to fight this rapidly evolving virus. A booster shot is most commonly given after two rounds of a specific vaccine to encourage the…
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Anxieteens starts the conversation about mental health
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A group of students facing the everyday struggle of anxiety aimed to raise awareness about the disorder. Considering the widespread problem of anxiety, these students were inspired to take action to help their fellow peers. Anxieteens, held on May 7 at Temple Adat Elohim, taught others how to recognize the symptoms of anxiety and…
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Put health before grades: managing the stress of finals
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Drowning in piles of review study guides and trying to look up Quizlets with all the answers: This is what the week before finals looks like. As finals start approaching, the stress a student endures begins to magnify. Everything from the beginning of the year, that you promised yourself you’d review, is a complete…
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Health class revised to officially include LGBTQ+ curriculum
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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…