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NVOT’s Unstoppable Music Department

NVOT’s Unstoppable Music Department

Violet Oster and Jennifer Kelly May 23, 2024

Throughout the school year, the NVOT Music Department fulfilled many great achievements, and as the school year is coming to a close, they haven’t stopped.  On Wednesday, April 24 the orchestra went...

Golden Arts 2024 Metros Nominations

Golden Arts 2024 Metros Nominations

Violet Oster, Staff Writer May 16, 2024

The Metropolitan High School Theater Awards (The Metros) announced its nominations on May 14. NVOT earned a total of nine nominations.  Nominated senior, Roman Gatti, said, “I am excited for the...

Hot Takes: Met Gala 2024

Hot Takes: Met Gala 2024

Olivia Connell and Gracie Gallucci May 14, 2024

Welcome back to everyone’s favorite part of The Lance: Hot Takes. Long time no see, we hope you have missed us as much as we have missed you!  It’s time to give you all our most unfiltered opinions...

The title screen display before the films are screened

Lights, Camera, Action

Lara Areiqat, Managing Editor May 9, 2024

As audience members filed into the auditorium with programs in hand, 12 students from John Housley’s Film Studies class patiently waited for their work to be displayed on the big screen for the first...

By Kevin Ju

Music Madness

Kevin Ju, Associate Editor April 9, 2024

From artists like PinkPantheress releasing their long-awaited debut album, to veterans of the game like Drake releasing yet another (somewhat disappointing) album, this school year has brought a slew of...

Artist Spotlight: Kimin Kang

Artist Spotlight: Kimin Kang

Christine Kim, Social Media Editor April 9, 2024

From the humble beginnings of sketching in the margins of notebooks, making chalk art on driveways and sidewalks, even scribbling on bedroom walls, many people first experience art with the simple...

Hot Takes: Grammys 2024 Recap

Hot Takes: Grammys 2024 Recap

Olivia Connell and Gracie Gallucci February 6, 2024

Well, maybe predicting Grammy winners isn’t our strong suit, but it sure is fun!  Anyways, welcome back to everyone’s favorite part of The Lance: Hot Takes. We predicted our winners for the 66th...

Hot Takes: Grammys 2024

Hot Takes: Grammys 2024

Olivia Connell and Gracie Gallucci February 2, 2024

We’re backkkkkk. We’re here to give our Hot Takes on the much anticipated 66th Annual Grammy Awards. This year we see some of our favorite artists get the recognition they finally deserve (SZA with...

Video Game Recs: New Year Edition

Video Game Recs: New Year Edition

Elaina Bob, Staff Writer January 27, 2024

It’s already 2024 and I’m excited to see this year’s new wave of video games. I mean, there were so many amazing additions to the video game world during 2023. These include Pikmin 4, Super Mario...

Students who competed in the STANJ Annual Governors Award pose with trophies in the Media Center

Success at STANJ

Violet Oster, Staff Writer January 19, 2024

On Saturday, January 6, the theater department competed in the annual Speech and Theater Association of New Jersey’s (STANJ) Annual Governor's Awards Competition at Montclair State University. Students...

Review: Anyone But You

Review: Anyone But You

Sofia Mangano and Gracie Gallucci January 18, 2024

Alexa, play “Unwritten” by Natasha Bedingfield. (Listen while reading) I know you’ve all had the song “Unwritten” on repeat these past few weeks. Don’t lie about it, we have too. We can...

Poetry in Motion

Poetry in Motion

Neel Tripathi and Annabelle Lee January 9, 2024

On Monday, December 18, NVOT held the 13th annual Poetry Out Loud (POL) competition in the auditorium. The competition featured poetry recitations from nine finalists who advanced from the semi finals...

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