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Larger population as positive for students?

Tommy Olsson, Shae Simmons, Reid Watkins and Caitlin Wonsowski
Oct 17, 2018

Some faculty members see the large student population as having a positive effect on students. With higher attendance numbers, students are provided with more social opportunities. The higher enrollment at Community can provide students with more opportunities to build peer relationships, to learn...

Unsung Homecoming tradition

Singing the school song

Kim Halm and Abby Kimball
Oct 9, 2018

Mr. Dave Feeney’s 3rd hour AP Literature and Composition students performed the school song on Friday, October 5. This tradition has occurred for the past 15 years in all of Feeney’s English classes as a way to get his students to display school spirit on the final day of Homecoming week. That...

STEM stuck in bloom

High school STEM classes face a shortage in female students

Evie Snoeyink, Editor in Chief
Oct 5, 2018

All the students knew was these boxy new machines that monopolized desk space. They knew the pixelated green text that would appear on the black screen. They knew the hum of the machine as it worked to read programs from floppy disks. If they even really knew anything about computers at all. They...

2018-19 Back to school assembly

Will Dowell and Evie Snoeyink
Aug 23, 2018

Normal Community students were welcomed to the 2018-2019 school year with an all-school assembly on the first day of classes.

NCHS After Prom – Mapped Out

"Bright Lights Big City" is this year's After Prom theme, presented by the Junior Class Board. It takes place at NCHS from 11:30 p.m. Saturday, April 28 to 4:00 a.m. Sunday, April 29. A ticket costs $12.50, sold outside the cafeteria during lunch hours from April 18th - 19th and 23rd - 25th. Get informed on the whats and wheres of After Prom.

Emily Schlueter, Staff Reporter
Apr 17, 2018

Q&A: Tuxes or suits – Ironing out the details

Aaron Knoll, Staff Reporter
Apr 9, 2018

Prom is rapidly approaching, your date has had her dresses for months and you still have no clue what you are wearing. The Inkspot is here to help you iron out your choice.

Crash: Slapshot snapshot

Melissa Schill, Editor in Chief
Mar 21, 2018

Unlike most humans, Sarah Kowalczyk’s (10) feet function better on ice than on grass. Though Sarah learned how to skate at the age of three, she gave it up in favor of soccer. After a few years of soccer, however, she quickly discovered that hockey was where she belonged. That’s not to say that...