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Seven Green Room essentials: A look at the Green Room

NCHS is home to many classrooms that students may not have the opportunity to step into during their four years here. The Green Room is just one.

Aaron Knoll, Staff Reporter
Feb 12, 2018

What Makes a Lunch?

Katie Fata walks you through the lunch line and lays out the options.

Katie Fata, Staff Reporter
Feb 9, 2018

Shedding light on the Dark Room

NCHS is home to many classrooms that students may not have the opportunity to step into during their four years here. The Dark Room is just one.

Taylor Kern, Staff Reporter
Feb 8, 2018

All Around the World: NCHS teachers travel far from Normal

Evie Snoeyink, Editor in Chief
Jan 31, 2018

Quiz: Test your prom dress knowledge

Kenzie Kraft, Staff Reporter
Jan 29, 2018

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300 Words: Escape

Julia Oostman, Staff Reporter
Jan 27, 2018

He made sacrifices for his children and later for their children. He survived so they could be happy. He wanted a better life. He was trapped and wanted out. He escaped North Korea. When he was 16 he lived in North Korea with his parents and siblings in the year 1950 during the Korean War. He...

300 Words: The game of chill-seekers

Taylor Kern, Staff Reporter
Jan 23, 2018

Finding time to relax during finals amidst the constant last-minute cramming and studying of subjects is difficult. Every student has or will experience some version of this struggle with stress at some point during their four years of high school - whether they like to admit it or not. The pleasure...

Painting by Numbers: Explaining the hallway mural

Principal Dave Bollmann, before his retirement, commissioned art teacher Mrs. Jennifer Kelly to begin beautifying the walls of Normal Community High School. This piece was completed by former Normal art students. The other hallway murals have been completed by Art Club and members of the National Art Honor Society. Read below to find out about the pieces featured.

Katie Fata, Staff Reporter
Jan 22, 2018

300 Words: An average student

Aidan Smiser, Staff Reporter
Jan 17, 2018

It was Youtube that inspired her to learn English so that she wouldn't have to read the subtitles for her favorite British YouTubers. Learn English, or continue to read Russian subtitles. The choice was easy. But Olya Zherebkina didn't imagine the opportunities and experiences she would gain as...

NCHS students find a focus

Student photographers at NCHS

Katie Fata, Staff Reporter
Jan 12, 2018

She walks down the streets of Downtown Bloomington, camera dutifully strapped around her neck. It’s a quiet day- but she never misses the opportunity for a picture. Eventually, she stumbles across what just might be the perfect shot. A street musician sits across from her, quietly strumming his ukulele...

Behind the game

A look at the athletic trainers at NCHS

Evie Snoeyink, Editor in Chief
Jan 12, 2018

She wipes the sweat off her face and then dusts off her shoes. The burning sensation in her lungs reminds her it's the fourth quarter and she is exhausted, but her ankle is strong. Her legs are worn out, they could cave under her weight at any moment now, but her ankle is strong. She is deaf...

Local Instagram leaders gain traction

Ellie Sauder, Social Media Editor
Jan 12, 2018

Capture. Filter. Caption. Post. Watch the likes roll in. 76. 132. 348. 348 Instagram likes on a single post is a lot for the average high school student. Their followers are made up of friends, teammates, their mom. But for a select group of NCHS students, 348 likes is only the beginning....

10 Things That All NCHS Seniors Should Miss After They Graduate

A look at some of NCHS's greatest hits as the Class of 2018 prepares to leave.

Ashleigh Brady, Managing Editor
Jan 11, 2018

#1: Most of the teachers As hard as it is to admit, we’ve all been blessed with the faculty at NCHS. No matter what subject, there are teachers who go above and beyond to connect with their students. Senior Megan Moore appreciates that “Miss Scott used to bring food in AP Lang. She’s...

300 Words: A figure skater

Nate Brown, Staff Reporter
Dec 28, 2017

The whisper of skates on ice, the feeling of flying, the momentum, the adrenaline rush. The spotlight is on Sandra as she weaves her own history into the ice, back and forth, left and right, leaping and landing. Sandra Yordy (10) cannot see the fans in the bleachers but she knows the fluidity of...

9 things to do over winter break

Inkspot Staff
Dec 26, 2017

It is December 27 and you've done it all... made the trip to Peoria for the Festival of Lights, saw The Miracle on 34th Street at the Normal Theater, binge-watched so much Netflix that you are muttering theme songs in your sleep. So what now? With just a little bit of holiday money left - you have...