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The 300 word series is inspired by Brady Dennis's St. Petersburg Times column.

300 Words: Mackenzie Kraft’s passion for raising her own livestock

Jessica Dougall, Staff Reporter
Feb 19, 2019

When most students go home to take care of their dogs and cats, Mackenzie Kraft goes home to take care of her goats and chickens, her horse and cow. For the senior, this is just her everyday life. Six years ago, Kraft discovered her passion for raising livestock. After proving herself responsible...

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Mrs. Cathe Carter reviews a problem on the SmartBoard in her 3rd hour Honors Geometry class during her last semester teaching at NCHS.

Negative times negative = positive

Despite personal setbacks, retiring math teacher known for positive attitude
Evie Snoeyink and James Broach
Feb 1, 2019

The teacher stands in front of the class. The students in their desks. The teacher explains a proof on the similarities of triangles. It’s a typical Monday morning. The walls of the classroom are decorated with student tessellation projects and PI day tissue boxes. Most math classes at NCHS are the...

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Mrs. Cheryl Koth of the Foreign Language department teaches a French class the grammatical rules of the language. Koth’s time in front of the classroom is winding down as she is set to retire from a 22 year teaching career at the end of the semester.

Language of life

The journey of a teacher from foreign borders to retirement
Evie Snoeyink, Editor in Chief
Feb 1, 2019

As she strolled through the streets of Paris, she could feel her time there growing shorter, coming to an end. The months changing to weeks, weeks changing to days. The sounds of a foreign language, its soft syllables, filled her ears. The view of the Eiffel Tower captivated her eyes. Now, the...

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The 300 word series is inspired by Brady Dennis's St. Petersburg Times column.

300 Words: ‘Na wè pita’

Chloe Burcham, Staff Reporter
Jan 8, 2019

Sweat streams down her face. The humidity so extreme that the only outfit she owns is glued to her body. She cringes as she steps with bare feet on a sharp rock. She stands in front of a stick hut that looks as if it would collapse at the slightest breeze. Her son grasps her hand; holding on for dear...

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Pictured here are exhibition dancers, Mr. and Mrs. Lawerence.

FBLA returns with ‘Dancing with the Staff’ event

Dec 14, 2018

After being canceled last year, the Future Business Leaders of America returned to hosting its annual Dancing with the Staff event on Thursday, November 14, to raise money for their national business partner, the March of Dimes. The Dancing with the Staff event is based on the popular television...

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The 300 word series is inspired by Brady Dennis's St. Petersburg Times column.

300 Words: Car keys

Sydney Franklin, Staff Reporter
Dec 12, 2018

Anna leaves Community just like every other student hurrying to get home. She jumps into her teal Chevy Aveo racing to get out of the student parking lot and start her 17-minute drive home to begin the rest of her day. The only difference between her and her classmates are her thoughts on the drive home: One...

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Senior Allison Enchelmayer pumps her fist in celebration after completing a putt during a rainy day at the State competition.

Tees to success: Enchelmayer more than a golfer

Nov 28, 2018

While sports and sound are often linked: players listening to their headphones to get "in the zone", music blasting out of speakers at athletic events, the crowd cheering wildly... Golf and sound are not. Golf is a sport that literally asks for quiet. But for senior Allison Enchelmayer, golf and...

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Dr. Walker helps guide his students as they go through a lab.

A traveling journey

NCHS and NCWHS Teacher’s journey from Jamaica extends to the States
Evie Snoeyink, Editor in Chief
Nov 20, 2018

For Dr. Valentine Walker life has been a journey. The journey started when he “met a beautiful peace corp volunteer” and moved from his homeland in Jamaica to the United States where he became a dual credit Environmental Earth teacher at NCHS and NCWHS. Walker grew up along the countryside...

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The first locker to be "meme-morialized" is in the junior hallway and dedicated to the actor of 'National Treasure' fame.

Meme-morialized

Empty lockers become repurposed for shrines
Abby Kimball, Staff Reporter
Nov 10, 2018

The quantity of empty lockers around NCHS has resulted in students using them to make mock shrines of actors who are not dead. Prior to the start of each school year, the school administration surveys the students regarding their preference for a locker. This has since resulted in a numerous amount...

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A shot from the halls outside of a classroom during passing periods.

Larger population as positive for students?

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...

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Unsung Homecoming tradition

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...

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Mr. Matt Emberson's Material Applications and Processes class learns how to do a Concrete Lab.

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...

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The NCHS school mascot, Iron Ike, welcomes students into the 2018-19 school year.

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.

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NCHS After Prom - Mapped Out

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

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

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. 

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