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Kayla-16 An Honors student and member of the Iron Dance Team, Kayla knows just as well as any ballerina that shoes don’t last forever. She’s gone through three pairs of pointe shoes in the past few years, showing her teachers how hard she works—in school and on the dance floor.
Taking a walk in NCHS students’ shoes
Normal Community students and their favorite shoes
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Mackenzie Christian, Senior Reporter
Mackenzie Christian is a senior at Normal Community High School and a fourth-year member of the varsity Iron Dance Team. She worked with the Inkspot as a staff reporter her sophomore year and as a senior reporter her senior year. I am interested in Pursuing Journalism at the University of Missouri next year. My biggest pet peeve When people get way too close to me when they’re talking. My guilty pleasures Watching reality TV and eating hash browns for dinner.