Model UN students bring home awards

    18 students traveled to Topeka Monday and Tuesday to participate in Topeka Model United Nations (TMUN). After two days of debate in eight councils, Newton received two awards. Best delegate in General Assembly II went to senior Jacob Skala and 3rd place delegation went to Nigeria. Delegates from Nigeria consisted of seniors John Bergen, Skala, [...]

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    Letter to the editor– Students need to learn some respect

    The level of disrespect I see in classrooms and hallways everyday is disgusting. Students have snappy and rude attitudes towards teachers and administrators, and students disregard respect for authority. Students expect faculty to give them respect but have done nothing to deserve it. Someone needs to teach those with self-centered attitudes how to treat another [...]

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    NHS students compete in variety of sports outside of school

    freshman Taylor Goerend
    Despite bloody toes, six hour practices and missing toenails, freshman
    Taylor Goerend is fully committed to dance.
    Goerend first became interested in dance because one of her older friends was nvolved and it looked “cool” to her. At the tender age of three she started her first ance class, called Creative Movements.
    Gradually, she progressed into [...]

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    ‘Shutter Island’ promising from the get-go

    “You’ll never leave this island.”
    This is just one of many chilling lines in the thriller “Shutter Island,” which promises to keep the wheels in your head turning until the very end. With a two-and-a-half hour time slot, many flicks lose their grit, but “Shutter” holds viewers’ attention until the very end.
    Shutter Island serves as the [...]

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Model UN students bring home awards

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Weather policy works through judgment

The ultimate decision for an emergency/weather cancellation day, or snow day, does not stem from quantitative, or measurable, conditions. Safety ...

Kansas schools join lawsuit to demand adequate funding

From the smallest school districts in Kansas to districts as big as Wichita, schools throughout Kansas are coming together to ...

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NHS students compete in variety of sports outside of school

freshman Taylor Goerend
Despite bloody toes, six hour practices and missing toenails, freshman
Taylor Goerend is fully committed to dance.
Goerend first became interested in dance because one of her older friends was nvolved and it looked “cool” to her. At the tender age of three she started her first ance class, called Creative Movements.
Gradually, she progressed into [...]

Sophomore, junior, senior like different digital cameras

sophomore Alyssa Becker
What is the best camera? An Olympus.
What is the best part about it? It takes good clear pictures.
What makes it different from other cameras? It has a really good zoom.
What are some of its features? It has a timer, video camera, firework and other settings modes.
Is there anything it can’t do that you [...]

Sports

After good scores at AVCTL, bowling teams prepare for regional meet

In the bowling alley crowded with high school students, “Mr. 300″ ran back and forth to answer questions during an interview Monday.
“Mr. 300,” the recently acquired nickname of senior Sam Kier comes from the fact that he bowled a perfect game – a 300 – at the AVCTL bowling meet last Saturday.
Kier said it was [...]

Wrestlers to compete at state

Out of 14 NHS wrestlers who competed at the 5A regional tournament in Newton, seven qualified for the upcoming state tournament. The state qualifiers were seniors Stuart McConnell and Carlos Hernandez, junior Chris Garcia, sophomores Hugh McConnell and Miles Johns and freshmen Quinton Harrison and Dylan Archer.
Wrestlers from Andover, Great Bend, Hays, Hutchinson, McPherson, Salina-Central [...]