On March 7th, the AP Art class went to San Francisco to visit the SFMOMA (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art). The AP Art class introduces students to drawing, photo, and graphic design. At the SFMOMA, students focused on art pieces that Carolyn Moore, AP Art teacher, thought related to their unique...

Did you know Northgate’s engineering teacher Mark Tobin has not always been a teacher? Actually, he used to be a star forward for his soccer team in Ireland. Starting from the young age of eight, Tobin had a passion for soccer. He would spend countless hours perfecting his touch, stamina, and precision....

The Bedford Gallery, an art gallery in the Walnut Creek Lesher Center, reopened for visitors on Jan. 13, 2019. The Altered States exhibit is centered around the Bay Area’s natural environment. Visitors are instantly transformed to the outdoors through the use of natural elements incorporated in the...

Here’s a riddle: What’s worse than hour-long class periods? Two-hour long periods. Block schedule is a lose-lose situation. While juniors take standardized English or math CAASPP testing the two weeks of April 30 and May 21, all other students have to sit through three two-hour long classes a...

The typical senior tends to choose a traditional path of higher education after graduating such as a two-year or a four-year college or ‒ maybe if they’re adventurous‒to take a gap year. Most seniors at Northgate are going by either of those plans. But for Cameron Wanser, his plan has a twist....