The Inkspot, Community's student news publication, has been recognized as one of 10 schools nationwide to receive the George H. Gallup Award from the Quill and Scroll International Honorary Society for High School Journalists. The award, part of the 2024 Quill and Scroll News Media Evaluations, was announced...

The Inkspot, Community’s journalism program, was awarded a $1,490 grant on Sept. 9 through the Illinois Press Foundation’s High School Journalism Grants Program. Sponsored by the Illinois Farm Bureau, the program awarded over $22,000 in total grants to 16 high schools across the state. The grant...

Community’s 2024 Homecoming festivities will feature several notable changes to boost school spirit and student involvement. Those changes include adding a parade, reformatting the annual assembly and organizing new activities during Sept. 9’s week-long celebration. The modifications result...

The Freshman Mentoring Program hosted its annual activities fair on Aug. 27. Over 35 student organizations and clubs were on-hand to showcase the school’s wide range of extracurriculars during lunch hours in the multi-purpose room. The event, FMP coordinator, Mrs. Tara Pendleton said, aims to help...

The foreign language and math departments welcome new leadership for the 2024-25 school year after the retirement of department chairs Mrs. Mary Esther Baldwin and Mrs. Amy Feeney.  Seventeen-year French and German teacher Ms. Mirjam Schnabel replaces Baldwin, who has served as foreign language department...

The Unit 5 Art Show will showcase an array of artwork from students across the district on April 30 at Normal Community from 6 p.m. to 8. The event features student work from all four middle schools and both high schools in a range of mediums, including ceramics, sculpture, graphic design, photography,...

FBLA secured 17 first-place finishes and qualified 55 members for Nationals across 37 events at the State Leadership Conference April 5–6: the chapter’s best finish in history. Aswini Kake (’25), who will represent Illinois FBLA’s Central Area as one of seven State Vice Presidents next year,...

The NCHS Ironmen athletics app launched in February, allowing Community sports fans to access Ironmen athletics information on mobile devices.  The app is a new feature from Snap! Mobile Inc., the company the athletic department uses to manage it's website, Athletic Director Mr. Nic Kearfott...

A nearly $10,000 donation from Rivian and Halo Solar funded Unit 5’s purchase of solar glasses, allowing the district’s students to view the near-total solar eclipse on April 8 safely. After 2017’s eclipse left the district “scrambling” to provide students with solar glasses and get permission...

For nearly a century, students have tackled the SAT armed with a pencil., taking the college entrance exam on paper.  On April 17, Community's juniors take the SAT digitally for the first time.  The College Board began piloting the digital SAT last spring before fully implementing the digital...

Five Inkspot staff members are headed to the IHSA State Journalism Finals on April 26 at Heartland Community College. Abby Ruebush, Bella Green, Ben Kerber, Charlie Faulkner and BJ Dumas posted top-three finishes at April 5's Sectional competition, qualifying for the State Final. At the competition,...

After hosting last year’s inaugural Holi Moli celebration in downtown Bloomington, this year’s event will be held in Normal’s Uptown Circle on Saturday, April 13.  2023’s Holi celebration, sponsored by Community’s South Asian Performing Arts organization, drew several hundred attendees....

The Community mock trial team saw its most successful season in history this year, placing among steep Chicagoland competition at every tournament but a 50-team state contest. At half of the eight tournaments attended, Community placed in the top five of about 20 teams—unprecedented group success—as...

From California to New Jersey, Florida to Arizona, the game of “Assassin” is causing controversy.  While the game’s rules are simple–teams of high school seniors compete to eliminate their fellow participants, typically by shooting them with water or Nerf guns, until one four-person...

Two Community students received minor injuries after the school bus returning the students from a field trip in Chicago collided with a semi-truck on March 15 on Interstate 80. One student suffered a concussion, and another reported a back injury as a result of the bus rear-ending a semi when the...