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The Lance

The Student News Site of Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan

The Lance

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Honoring Legacies

Honoring Legacies

Christine Kim and Lara Areiqat June 19, 2024

MRS. BONAFEDE Math teacher Jacquelyn Bonafede is retiring after 27 years. While she certainly engaged students academically, her ability to emulate a family dynamic within the classroom has proved...

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...

Fashion Student of the Month: Erin Cho

Fashion Student of the Month: Erin Cho

Sam Cruz, Staff Writer January 31, 2024

As we enter the new year, we're delighted to revive our Fashion Student series, a showcase of diverse and dynamic styles and individuality and creativity within our student community.  January's Fashion...

Not Throwing in the (Paper) Towel

Not Throwing in the (Paper) Towel

Yarden Drillich and Jennifer Kelly January 22, 2024

We're accustomed to politicians making promises during campaigns that end up unfulfilled. However, Student Senate Liaison Jake Ellengold's pledge to reinstate paper towels broke that pattern. In December,...

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Kevin Kills the Competition

Ethan Hong, Staff Writer December 7, 2023

The score was 2-1 against Dover with the opportunity to move the team to the finals for the first time since 2017. With a minute left, Dover scored an equalizer to set the score at 2-2. However, what seemed...

Riding Waves Through High School

Riding Waves Through High School

Sofia Mangano, Arts Editor December 6, 2023

Across a sea of athletes, one NVOT junior has been riding waves for as long as she could walk: Zoe Herishen.  Since the start of her freshman year, Herishen has been surfing on a team for Saint Augustine...

Fashion Knight of the Month: Jennifer Fernandez

Fashion Knight of the Month: Jennifer Fernandez

Sam Cruz, Staff Writer June 1, 2023

The fashion student of May is…not a student, it’s a teacher: Jennifer Fernandez. We see that everyone expresses themselves through their fashion, including teachers.  Fernandez On Fashion Expression  Fernandez...

Fashion Student of the Month: David Lee

Fashion Student of the Month: David Lee

Sam Cruz, Staff Writer May 3, 2023

This fashion student of the month is a senior who pops out in his environment: David Lee. Dressing in Northern Valley Standing out in your environment is a way of being fashionable, according...

Laura Fernandez poses with Jennifer Fernandez's students.

Politician on the Premises

Caroline Tharakan and Lara Areiqat April 17, 2023

For the past few weeks, social studies teacher Jennifer Fernandez's history classes have been researching women's issues for Women’s History Month. However, they got exclusive insight into the very experiences...

Baily's style has developed significantly from her freshman year— going from basic to refined.

Fashion Student of the Month: Kyra Baily

Sam Cruz, Staff Writer March 31, 2023

Voted one of the Class of 2023’s best-dressed students, senior Kyra Baily is a fashion inspiration for Golden Knights. As a member of the Golden Arts— recently taking on the role of dance captain for...

Kyra Baily and Ava Gallucci bond over being dance captains for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

Dirty Rotten Dance Captains

Charlie Dippolito, Editor in Chief March 23, 2023

It’s a huge undertaking to be in the annual all-school musical—a massive project that turns students into actors, singers, designers, and, for senior Kyra Baily and junior Ava Gallucci: dance captains.  Baily...

Sports Medicine students learn about anatomy

New program prepares students for healthcare careers

Caroline Tharakan, Managing Editor February 10, 2023

Athletic Trainers, orthopedic surgeons, team physicians, and other sports medicine professionals are the backbone of sports healthcare. They encompass skills of prevention, examination, diagnosis, treatment,...

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