Jazz Band Headed to New York City
After years of hard work, the seniors and other members of the North High Jazz Band have finally reached their goal—to perform in the Essentially Ellington Competition in New York City. The competition is very prestigious, only taking fifteen high school jazz bands from the entire country. It has even been called “the Cadillac of high school jazz...
North High Teacher Deborah Tackmann inducted into Hall of Fame
Hannah Graves, Editor
Deborah Tackmann, North High School health teacher, was inducted into the National Teacher’s Hall of Fame on Thursday March 15, 2012. Only five teachers are honored each year and Ms. Tackmann was the first ever to represent Wisconsin since the program started in 1992. The ceremony was held in the Doghouse in front of all of North High School, many...
$20,000 Tuition—what does that really mean?
Hannah Graves, Editor
Most seniors at North High have been accepted to a university and are figuring out how they’re going to pay the hefty price tag that comes along with going to college. Take seniors Jesse Holman, Cortney Sears and Vince Meyer for example. Both are doing different things to prepare for two different colleges. Meyer is attending CVTC, Sears is attending...
Joseph Kony 2012
Hannah Graves, Editor
Who is Joseph Kony? It would be a safe bet that before the Invisible Children’s presentation hardly any North students would have known. Now it’s completely the opposite—everyone knows who about the man who kidnaps Ugandan children and forces little girls into sex slaves, or the little boys into child soldiers. ...
Accepted, but where do they go?
Hannah Graves, Editor
It’s March, and some North High seniors are anticipating that anxious moment when they open the mailbox and see that there’s a letter from their college of choice. For most, the moment has already passed—and their decision is all that needs to be made. Take senior valedictorian Katie Cable, for example. She applied to four colleges and is now...
