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NP3 Wins Big in Operation Protect and Defend Essay Contest

By Jakob Franco Co-editor | The Pacific Times A group of students from NP3 were recognized at Operation Protect and Defend’s annual Law Day dinner as part of the essay contest. Operation … [Read more...]

Mock Trial Team Holding Tryouts for Upcoming Year

Jakob Franco Co-editor | The Pacific Times The NP3 Mock Trial team rears up for another year of competition with auditions on Saturday, May 4. Before then, interested students must take a few … [Read more...]

Student Voices: Make Loaves and Fishes a Voting Center

Jakob Franco Co-editor | The Pacific Times Some look upon the homeless community in Sacramento with empathy and others with outright disdain. No matter where you stand on the homeless, I hope we … [Read more...]

Turns Out Vaping Just Isn’t That Big of a Deal

Jakob Franco The Pacific Times | Co-Editor Vaping has come to dominate the media as the next wave of teenage counterculture, but does that mean for an average student on NP3 campus? It seems … [Read more...]

Tales From the Motherland: Mr. Tyshchenko Discusses Life Before NP3

Jakob Franco The Pacific Times | Co-editor Maxim Tyshchenko began his life in the United States at the age of 22 with minimal English skills or idea of what was to come. He worked assisting a … [Read more...]

Student Voice: Honoring Korematsu’s Quest for Social Justice

Jakob Franco Co-Editor | The Pacific Times Fred Korematsu took on the might of the U.S. government during a time of war and lost. In his loss, the worst of American xenophobia showed through and … [Read more...]

Pirates Take on Europe

By Jakob Franco Co-Editor | The Pacific Times Each year a band of Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep students and teachers make their way across the Atlantic to see the sights in Europe. The next … [Read more...]

Student Voice: What Every College Tells You

By Jakob Franco Co-editor | The Pacific Times The college search process is the culmination of four years of work in high school and an extremely daunting task. Trolling for information online … [Read more...]

NP3 Mock Trial Team Wins $4,000 Grant

Jakob Franco Co-editor | The Pacific Times The Sacramento County Bar Association recognized Natomas Pacific Pathway Prep’s mock trial team with a grant of $4,000 at the Pro Bono Awards Night held … [Read more...]