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WASC focus groups begin their collaboration
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For the past couple weeks, teachers and faculty have been working in groups to compile a report of the school to WASC, Western Association of Schools and Colleges. The purpose of the report is to demonstrate the school’s progress on educational and facility goals that were established by the school during the previous WASC…
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Tea Time with Katie O’Neill
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Katie O’Neill is a busy teacher. Between coaching Speech and Debate and Mock Trial, leading the science center, and teaching IB Chemistry, O’Neill has a lot on her plate. Fortunately, I was able to sit down with her with a few minutes and discuss her time at NPHS as a teacher. When and how…
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NPHS reminisces departing staffs’ legacies
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Kathy Barker After working at NPHS for 11 and a half years as the school’s event coordinator, Mrs. Barker has decided to retire this year. At school, Barker works behind the scenes to ensure all International Days, Club Rushes and other school activities are a success. “I know (administration) does the best that we…
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Teachers deserve better treatment
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After years of mistreating teachers, the government has the audacity to be surprised when they demand better conditions. If we expect our student body to receive a quality education, the government needs to take a moment, evaluate itself and realize that doing the bare minimum does absolutely nothing to fix problems. There is a…
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Teachers train for trauma identification within students
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A survey done by NCTSN Child Trauma Toolkit for Educators found that, by age 16, one in four students have experienced some sort of trauma. With this increasing number of students finding themselves in trauma situations, schools have been preparing their teachers to help. Before school on Feb. 14, the teachers and faculty gathered…
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English department grieves another loss
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Sandra Rayl, English teacher, passed away from her battle with brain cancer on Jan. 12. Her experience teaching at the school has left a lasting impact on many of her students and colleagues. Christine Hodson, English teacher, first met Rayl when she transferred to NPHS in the fall of 2005. “We collaborated when we…
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Fantasy Football life: Students and teachers invest their time into popular game
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The television screen blares noisily as the viewers sit forward in their seats breathlessly, watching. They are all apart of a fantasy football league, and this is the last game of the week. It’s the fourth quarter of the Green Bay Packers against the Detroit Lions, with only five seconds to go. 5. 4.…
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Teachers should bring their personal opinions into the classroom
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The classroom hears it all: from nonessential gossip to controversial topics, it is a place where thought and discussion can proliferate– until a teacher has to promptly exclude him or herself from the conversation. Some teachers have built a wall around their personal political beliefs for one reason or another: they do not want…
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Press box memorializes Carr
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As the sun set in the horizon, the crowd stood for the National Anthem at the second home football game of the year. Immediately after, the attention was brought to a new banner, shining with glory, hanging from the press box, that read “Darrin Carr.” In December of 2016, English teacher Darrin Carr passed…
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Teachers say goodbye to NPHS
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As the graduation ceremony comes to a close, students glance at one another with bittersweet tears streaming down their faces, knowing that their life is about to change forever. However, this year’s 2017 graduating class features more than just students, but teachers as well. Many of the teachers students had over the course of…