Three new courses available next school year
Evie Snoeyink, Editor in Chief
Three new courses will be available for students, excluding freshman, during the 2019-2020 school year: Introduction to Statistics, Introduction to Education, and Physical Science Applications in Agriculture...
Uptown Normal officializes $29.2 million dollar redevelopment-plan; Uptown mural wall to be removed
Caitlin Wonsowski, Staff Reporter
The Town of Normal has officially announced plans to demolish buildings in the Uptown Normal Circle at 104 E. Beaufort and 108 E. Beaufort as part of the continued Uptown Normal revitalization. ...
Environmental club “rolls” out new recycling initiative
Kim Halm, Staff Reporter
Mr. Michael Roller is leading the second stage of the recycling initiative at NCHS with the help of the Environmental club and the administration. Roller coordinated with the administration last year...
Increasing sub shortage in Unit 5
Tommy Olsson, Staff Reporter
Vacant teaching positions go unfilled by substitutes every day in Unit 5. In a district with over 900 teachers, it has shown to be difficult to find a replacement for every teacher that needs one. In a...
Female interest sparks new club
Shae Simmons, Associate Editor
Girls Who Code, a national organization that aims to increase the number of women in computer science, was introduced at NCHS in September by Joshmita Chintella (12) and Vidya Kothakota (11). As faculty...
Additional blended classes offered in 2019
Sydney Franklin, Staff Reporter
Additional classes are being offered as blended classes for the 2019-2020 school year. This is the result of administration emailing staff, asking which courses seemed the best fit for this change. Several...
Six years later: School safety efforts continue
Anagha Arla, Jessica Dougall, Chris Gaines, Kim Halm, and Abby Kimball
An effort to increase school safety at Normal Community has been made in response to the shooting that occurred at the school six years ago and with the national increase of gun violence in general over...
Ryan Broach’s (9) favorite character from The Office is “Michael Scott because of ‘that’s what she said.’”
Reid Watkins, Associate Editor
The Lady Iron basketball team suffered two losses this past Saturday, December 15. The girls lost to Brea Beal and the Rock Island Rocks in the final seconds...
James Broach, Sports Editor
Looking for something to do during the long winter break? Come support NCHS winter athletics like boys and girls basketball, boys swimming, and other sports....
Reid Watkins, Associate Editor
Evie Snoeyink, Associate Editor
When George Washington left office he warned Americans of the dangers of political parties. But now, as a country, we still find ourselves running to them...
Aaron Knoll, Staff Reporter
Evie Snoeyink, Associate Editor
Is the funding system for education broke in broken? Are politicians putting money where it is truly needed?
Sumayyah Muhammad, Staff Reporter
