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  • Tea Time with Michael Lindroth

    Tea Time with Michael Lindroth

    Michael Lindroth, junior, works hard everyday to make school a better place for all students as a member of both the Student District Advisory Council and Unity Conejo. Read this Tea Time to find out more about Lindroth’s responsibilities! 1. What are your responsibilities for SDAC? “So in SDAC, it stands for the Student…

  • Charly Taylor embroiders her way to success

    Charly Taylor embroiders her way to success

    Many small creators have used this time at home to create their own small businesses, like Charly Taylor, freshman, and her small Etsy shop, Happy Hats Embroidery. Inspired by the boredom and extra time quarantine had brought to her, Taylor has been selling embroidered bucket hats for the past four months. Embroidering all of…

  • Maddy Mekari flexes her kicks

    Maddy Mekari flexes her kicks

    Running a small business is hard work, but for Maddy Mekari, junior, it’s worth it. Maddy paints custom shoes and runs her business on Instagram. She posts all of her commissions on her page, @maddys_custom_kicks, and people can directly message her if they want her to customize a pair of shoes for them. Maddy…

  • Latino Connections spreads culture

    Latino Connections spreads culture

    The Latino Connections club has been around for almost 30 years and continues to spread awareness of Latino culture. Even during quarantine, the club still meets through Zoom, providing Latino kids with a safe space as well as educating others on Latino culture. While Latino Connections is specifically at Thousand Oaks High School, Julieta…

  • NPHS Choir kicks into season with some holiday cheer

    NPHS Choir kicks into season with some holiday cheer

    On Dec. 17 and 18, the NPHS Choir department hosted a virtual concert showcasing their different levels of choir and several soloists singing various holiday tunes. Sofia Ochoa, senior, is a member of the chamber singers and the concert choir. The set up for this concert was definitely different from the past. “We would…

  • Tisor retires from her teaching career

    Tisor retires from her teaching career

    After 36 years of teaching Spanish, Karen Tisor will be retiring at the end of this school year, completing her teaching career with NPHS. In the last 26 years that she has been teaching at NPHS, Tisor has impacted every student that walked into her classroom.  Many students know Tisor as a truly good…

  • Orchestra spreads holiday spirit virtually

    Orchestra spreads holiday spirit virtually

    With COVID restrictions, the NPHS orchestra has had to make the switch to online learning and for their winter concert, they were 100 percent virtual. Students had to take videos of themselves playing their instruments and edit them to match the rest of their group, in order to create a seamless concert as if…

  • Poems – Hitesh Benny

    Poems – Hitesh Benny

    A collection of poems submitted by Hitesh Benny, senior: The Bird I know not Which bird am I  Flying high With its lot Flocking away From something Quite distressing Falling out The weight Pulls it Yet also lifts Towards fate The grey sky Begins and ends In no sense Yet that is fine Seeing…

  • Diverse holidays pop into season

    Diverse holidays pop into season

    November and December is the time of holiday season. These holidays are celebrated by a diverse group of people at NPHS, belonging to several different cultures and religions. Three major holidays during this time are Diwali, Hanukkah and Christmas; although celebrated for separate reasons, each holiday involves celebrating with family and friends, reflecting on…

  • Periods with Pride advocates for menstrual equity

    Periods with Pride advocates for menstrual equity

    Periods with Pride is an organization that strives to fight period poverty and advocate for menstrual equity. NPHS students recently created a club on campus to bring those efforts on a local level. Himani Pothulu, sophomore and one of the co-presidents of the club, explained that she was inspired to start this club when…