QUINLIN GALLAGHER, Editor
March 25, 2020
With two cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Napa County, NVUSD has decided to extend school closures through May 1st. They intend for classes to return on May 4th if the current situation improves. All district offices are closed, and school tracks and parks that are normally open to the public will also be locked off.
QUINLIN GALLAGHER, Editor
March 12, 2020
On March 12th, 2020, the County of Napa declared a local healthy due to the rapid spread of COVID-19. As of now, there have been no reported cases in the county, minus the patients who were being treated at the Queen of the Valley Hospital. “As of this message, we do not have any local confirmed cases in Napa County. But the situation in the United States is rapidly evolving,” public health officer Dr. Karen Relucio said in a county statement. The...
QUINLIN GALLAGHER, Editor
February 28, 2020
On Wednesday, a California woman potentially exposed dozens of people to the 2019 Coronavirus. She arrived at the small VacaValley Hospital on the 15th of February and spent three days there before symptoms worsened and she was transferred to the University of California, Davis Medical Center in Sacramento. After finding out that the patient was suffering from the coronavirus, the hospital quickly traced down anyone in the Vacaville facility who may have had any contact with the patient.
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February 10, 2020
Harvest Middle School now has smart boards! The new Promethean Titanium boards can be valuable learning too; if used properly, but if not, they can become a huge distraction for teachers and students. One benefit of having a smart b in a classroom is that students can experience different learning styles. Some students learn better visually and can understand what the teacher is doing easier because the board allows more in-depth visuals. Teachers have said that their favorite part of the...
KARINA ALVAREZ and ALINA CEJA-DELGADO
March 4, 2020
On February 11th, the Accelerate Math classes went on a field trip to the JA Finance Park in Santa Rosa. The JA Finance Park is a traveling program in Northern California that works to give middle and high school students an opportunity to develop money management skills and to gain knowledge about finances to prepare for financial challenges and decisions in their adult lives. First, everyone attended their 1st period to make sure their teacher knew they were going to the field trip and afterward they were all dismissed to go wait for the teacher in the quad. The bus left Harvest...
KARINA ALVAREZ and DANIELA LOPEZ
December 17, 2019
On Friday, December 6, at Harvest Middle School, a Napa High School band and color guard performance took place at the big gym which started somewhere around 9 am. The band along with the color guards performed around six songs including Treasure by Bruno Mars and Frankenstein. Some people like 7th-grade Joseph Vance were lucky enough to actually help during the performance because of his hard work during Mr.Burdick’s class. “It was cool and my favorite part was the marching that happened at the end, I’m also surprised that they could learn all of that.” These are the exact...
PARKER RUTHERFORD, Staff Writer
November 23, 2019
Wouldn't it be awesome if Harvest spiced it up a bit, maybe if they added a few things to their line of construction plans in 2019-2020? Harvest is undergoing some major changes halfway through the 2019-2020 school year, with River Charter Middle School leaving, new construction plans for Harvest and River campuses for when they become one, and the district is investing over 24 million dollars for the construction of this project. Also coming this summer, Harvest will remodel the quad to make it more modern and have a less plain feeling. Students propose changes they would like to see at...
QUINLIN GALLAGHER, Editor
October 5, 2019
Going to Fox Landing is an unforgettable experience that I will cherish for the rest of my life. After spending hours traveling from Napa to Long Beach, finally making it to camp is something you'll never forget. However, before we arrived at Fox Landing, we spent a night at the Queen Mary. We had...
ALYSSA COBURN, Staff Writer
September 22, 2019
Are the kids at Harvest Middle School too old for toys? “I don’t think so,” says Quinlin Gallagher, an 8th grader here at Harvest. “There are many toys targeted at middle schools. You could consider a gaming system a toy.” That’s true. Big toy companies like Sony and Nintendo try to sell their products for all ages, including...
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Nicki Haubold, Staff Writer
December 15, 2019
Day of Dance returns to Napa High with many other people and dancers. The Day of Dance is for dancers who are all around Napa, including Harvest Middle School. The fourth...
JOCELYN GONZALEZ and DIEGO CEJA
December 3, 2019
This was the second field trip that 7th grade has had, but the first one out of campus. The 7th graders went on a 50-minute walk from Harvest Middle School to Napa High...
NATY GUTIERREZ, Editor
October 5, 2019
Napa Valley Dance Center has been open for 40 years since 1979 when Sandra Nugent opened it. She has danced with the Ramapo Jr. Ballet Company at the Ramsey Dance Academy...
KAITLYN ROBERTSON, Staff Writer
December 17, 2019
A new film about Harriet Tubman was released last month on November 1st. Harriet Tubman was born on a plantation and where she grew up. She was a slave and worked in the tobacco fields, picking cotton....
JOCELYN GONZALEZ and DANIELA LOPEZ
October 30, 2019
Halloween is coming this Thursday 2019. Some students at HMS are excited about every part of Halloween like candy, scary decorations, dressing up, Haunted houses, and trick or treating, but not all students do all of these things. Some students think...
KARINA ALVAREZ and ALINA CEJA-DELGADO
October 22, 2019
Halloween has been around for more than 2,000 years and the first countries that celebrated this holiday are Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the northern part of France. Halloween...
CHARLOTTE FLUKEY, Editor
February 7, 2020
The Adventure Zone is an ongoing biweekly podcast that began on August 18, 2014, on the Maximum Fun network, and is based on the game known as Dungeons & Dragons. For...
JOCELYN GONZALEZ and DIEGO CEJA
March 4, 2020
Did you know that more than 100 million animals die from animal abuse a year? The number has been rising in the past 30 years and is showing no signs of slowing down. Pets are the ones getting abused usually by their owners the most common animals that are getting abused are dogs, cats, chickens, birds, and many more. Animal abuse isn't just physical, it can also be leaving them out in extreme...
DANIELA LOPEZ, Staff Writer
February 21, 2020
If you just got a new phone or you want to know what are the latest trending apps. You came to the right place. I’ll be talking about the four most trending apps at Harvest. 1. TikTok Tiktok is one of the world’s newest social media apps. It was the world’s most downloaded app for the first half of 2018. Tiktok is an app where you can upload videos of yourself doing whatever you want with...
NICKI HAUBOLD, EMMA AGUILAR, VALERIA DOMINGUEZ, and HUNTER ANDERSEN
February 12, 2020
Many people think that Valentine's Day is all about candy, others think it's about having someone to spend it with. The truth is, it's neither. It's about taking time to appreciate the loved ones in your life. Valentine's Day is a day that many people look forward to, and everyone has their own way of celebrating this unique holiday. Many people see Valentine's Day as a special day to express...
KARINA ALVAREZ, Staff Writer
February 10, 2020
Physical Education is a class all middle schoolers must take, although most students don’t like, or struggle with the class. P.E. is one of the five core classes, like science, math, I&S, and L&L. However, not only middle schoolers have to take P.E. Many high schools require students to take 2 years of the class. “The mile and the pacer test are the things I struggle the most in...
EMMA AGUILAR, HUNTER ANDERSEN, and VALERIA DOMINGUEZ
February 10, 2020
Vacations are something we all look forward too. We like to take out of our daily routine and spend time with family and friends. Most people often go to the same place and make it a tradition. We asked some of our fellow harvest students where they go on vacation, why they go there, and do they look forward to it. We asked Emmi Peters where she goes on vacation, and she said the Bahamas. ...
QUINLIN GALLAGHER, Editor
January 24, 2020
Backpacks have become a necessity in everyday life. Every single student in America has a backpack and in most cases, those backpacks are causing major issues to the student's health. The American Academy of Pediatrics states that backpacks should weigh no more than 10 to 20 percent of a student's weight. “Improperly used backpacks may injure muscles and joints and can lead to severe back, neck,...
JEFFERY PAGE and MILES MACPHERSON
December 9, 2019
Technology is essential for daily work at school. School is one of the most critical areas that use laptops, etc. Lots of websites are useful when it comes to school. For example, Teachers can give assignments while kids are sick or go on vacation. All they need is their school Chromebook, and they are ready to learn. Teachers can use websites to assign homework, tests, projects, and educational games. According...
MILES MACPHERSON, Staff Writer
The most popular sport in America is football, followed by basketball than baseball. However, that’s throughout all of America, lets's see what the most popular sport is among the students at Harvest. At Harvest, there are many opportunities for students to play sports during break or lunch, and...
ADAM DROZDOWICZ and JEFFERY PAGE
Football is a popular sport, and it's played everywhere in the United States. There are many benefits to playing the game, but there are also many risks. Football can help players make heaps of money, but you can injure yourself while playing it. Not just a broken bone, but it can cause severe head...
JOCELYN GONZALEZ and DIEGO CEJA
March 4, 2020
Did you know that more than 100 million animals die from animal abuse a year? The number has been rising in the past 30 years and is showing no signs of slowing down. Pets are the ones getting abused usually by their owners the most common animals...
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NICKI HAUBOLD, EMMA AGUILAR, VALERIA DOMINGUEZ, and HUNTER ANDERSEN
February 12, 2020
Many people think that Valentine's Day is all about candy, others think it's about having someone to spend it with. The truth is, it's neither. It's about taking time to appreciate the loved ones in your life. Valentine's Day is a day that many people...
Harvest Staff
November 23, 2019
The event that Americans commonly call the First Thanksgiving was celebrated by the Pilgrims after their first harvest in the New World in October 1621. This celebration lasted three days, and as accounted by the attendee Edward Winslowit was attended by 90 Native Americans and 53 Pilgrims. Thanksgiving is a federal holiday in the United States, celebrated...
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