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Julia Oostman

Julia Oostman, Staff Reporter

Julia Oostman is a senior at Normal Community High School and a four-year member of the Varsity NCHS Swim Team. This is her first year working with the Inkspot as a staff reporter. I am most comfortable when I am in my backyard swimming in the lake. My all-time dream is to swim in college on a scholarship.

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Spot the difference: Big 12 Conference swimming & diving

Spot the difference: Big 12 Conference swimming & diving

Julia Oostman, Staff Reporter Apr 16, 2018

Can you find the 5 differences?                   Answers here

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Spot the difference- Big 12 Conference swimming & diving key

Julia Oostman, Staff Reporter Apr 12, 2018

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The 300 word series is inspired by Brady Denniss St. Petersburg Times column.

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...

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NCHS athletes who signed on Nov. 9 (from left to right): Ashley Klinzing - softball, Parkland. Mackenzie Leonard - softball, Illinois State Univ. Grace Ariola - swimming, Texas. Julia Oostman - swimming, Illinois State Univ. Claire Koh - swimming, St. Louis Univ.  Makenna Barnhart - volleyball, U of Indianapolis. Peyton Kelley - volleyball, Belmont.   Grace Cleveland -  volleyball, Purdue.

Signing Day: Athletes commit to college athletics

Julia Oostman, Staff Reporter Nov 10, 2017

Student athletes across the country ended the recruiting process and took the first step toward officially becoming a collegiate athlete: signing their NCAA Letter of Intent on November 9. The date marks the first day that high school athletes in certain athletic programs can commit to Division I and...

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Principal stresses teacher communication

Principal stresses teacher communication

New principal, Mr. Trevor Chapman, has made some changes to the communication process between staff and administration at Normal Community. Chapman has implemented changes in communication between teachers and administration with the creation of a staff-only Google Classroom and through the use of...

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