The graduating class of 2019 will begin a new Oak Park tradition: all students will dress in black robes and will be permitted to decorate their graduation caps.

The district decided upon this change…

Former junior varsity softball head coach Harold Hale and OPHS government teacher Robert Hall have rejoined the coaching staff for varsity softball after coaching changes occurred mid-season in March.
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Furthermore, what do walkouts, tea parties and Germany all have in common? Yet again, Oak Park High School alumna Kimia Mohebi.

Now a freshman at Moorpark Community College, Mohebi has been on the forefront…

The Ventura County Girl Up Coalition came together March 17 to host the second annual Hats and High Tea event at the Los Robles Gardens in Thousand Oaks. The event brought women together for International…

Senior Lynsay Garrett started playing basketball when she was around 6 years old. She is a two-year varsity player and co-captain on the 2018-19 girls’ varsity basketball team.

Garrett wrote to the…

Ex-Naturopathic doctor, popular blogger and Oak Park alumni has practically lived a life straight out of a movie.

Hermes even has her own Wikipedia page.

Britt Hermes is currently an online blogger…

For the first time since former Life Skills teacher Dr. Jeff Appell created the Life Skills retreat, some seniors will not have the opportunity to attend.

It was Feb. 26 when Principal Kevin Buchanan…

Westboro Baptist Church preached in front of Thousand Oaks High School Feb. 11, mentioning that Thousand Oaks is full of sinners, and that was why God sent the Borderline Bar & Grill gunman and the…

Plastic straws have been made only available upon request at full-service restaurants in California. Bill AB-1884 was signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Sept. 20, and will take effect Jan. 1, 2019.

State…

Selected out of over 1,700 Senior Division poetry entries, senior Ariel Davydov won the 2018 Ocean Awareness Contest for her poetry submission.

The Ocean Awareness Contest is annually sponsored by Bow…

Pole vaulting has returned to Oak Park High School at the beginning of the 2018-19 track season, led by newly appointed head coach David Garcia.

Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which an…

Birds falling from the sky, houses burning down and dogs having panic attacks. These are some of the possible phenomena observed when fireworks go off, particularly around New Year’s Eve and the Fourth…

English teacher Kathleen Schultheis is traveling abroad to study English Literature at Oxford University this summer. The program is invitation only and lasts three and a half weeks.

“It is called…

Recently, educators, students and families protested the Los Angeles Unified School District. The event made front-page headlines in the Los Angeles Times for 10 days straight Jan. 14-23.

On the first…

Oak Park residents kept a close eye on their surroundings during the week of Jan.14 to Jan.18 due to the chance of mudslides caused by heavy rain. Many in recent burn areas became aware of the danger after…

Inhale. Exhale. Repeat.

Chemistry and physics teacher David Sloan has been taking time out of his normal teaching schedule to add meditation sessions for his students.

According to the Exploration…

“Am I next?”

I remember asking my parents this on December 14, 2012. My first exposure to the tragedy occurred as I listened to back to back clips of children crying within the walls of Sandy Hook…

The Oak Park Performing Arts Alliance presents three drama productions every school year. The audience fills the Pavilion with laughter and cheer, especially at the end of the night when the whole cast…

When the Woolsey fire arrived in the city of Oak Park Friday, Nov. 9, residents evacuated to avoid the flames that came down the Santa Susana Mountains toward their homes.

The fire was predicted to…

As the Woolsey fire burned through Malibu, many religious camps, including Gindling Hilltop, Camp were severely damaged.

The Gindling Hilltop camp has been the location for the Oak Park High School…

Students gathered in the gym Nov. 8 to support each other following the shooting at Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks.

After the incident that occurred less than 15 minutes from Oak Park,…

Over a year has passed since the Thomas Fire began on Dec. 4, 2017. The fire directly affected Ventura County and many families within, persisting until Jan. 12, 2018 after 1,063 structures were destroyed.

Mindy…

“I feel like it’s impossible to talk, at least in Thousand Oaks, about one tragedy without talking about the other one because of how close together they have been,” Los Angeles Times reporter Soumya…

The Woolsey and Hill fires threatened many communities where Oak Park High School students live, forcing them to evacuate. Some students lost their homes, while others were more fortunate.

Those who…

Summer programs across the Oak Park Unified School District were shut down Wednesday, July 11 due to a threat against the school that was posted on Facebook.

The threat was posted by Morton Green, a…

The Class of 2019 will see a major change at their graduation: uniform black robes for all genders. The black robes will replace the goldenrod robes worn by girls in previous years.

This decision stemmed…

A World War II era airplane made an emergency landing on the northbound lanes of the 101 freeway near Liberty Canyon shortly before 2 p.m. Oct. 24.

Alaska Airlines pilot Rob Sandberg and the plane,…