Math Club

By: Camara Kumm

Math Club is one of the things that is an after school activity. This is basically where people who like math go and compete against other schools. Many of the students here have gone into Ms. Coltons room for one reason or another.

          Ms. Bernstein Story

By: Tyler Cook

          Ms. Berstein is one of the new teachers. She teaches science. She wanted to be a science teacher because she loves science and the way things work.

Hope Skate

By Rachel Kent

Hope Skate opened its doors to the public in January 2005.  As the only roller rink in North Omaha, Hope Skate is an outreach program of the HOPECenter for Kids, After School Program. 

 The Use of Slang in Emails

By Darrien Howard

   In McMillan Magnet Center they don’t allow the use of slang in our e-mails. Why not I mean what’s wrong with it that’s the way you are supposed to talk in personal e-mail. That’s the way I talk in my everyday life.

Think Tank

By Kayla Rhoten

Think Tank is one of the many after school activities offered to students. Mrs. Figueroa, gifted teacher, is in charge of it. “It took a lot of hard work and practice,” said Lindi Walter.

Recycling Program

By: Katelyn O'Brian

Recycling has been a common practice throughout history.  It saves energy and creates jobs.  It means to treat or process used or waste materials so as to make suitable for reuse.

Magnet Ambassadors

By Elizabeth Arnason

All-City Music Festival

By Kassandra Jordan

   All-City is a program for sixth through twelfth graders that are selected to attend based their on talent. 

    “All-City is great for these talented students because they have worked hard to get to this point and should have a place to go where they can show that talent,” said Mrs. Erickson. Mrs. Simpson has an Honors Chorus where she will pick 15 students to attend All-City.

Students Of The Month

By: Hanna Venclauskas

It's not even that hard to do, just do work and try hard. Then the reward will to become student of the month. PTO holds Star Student of the Month, one for each of the 11 departments.

Teachers Celebrate Christmas

 By Alex Christensen

It's that time of year again when everyone is getting ready for their perfect Christmas. Teachers do various different things. Some celebrate Christmas Eve with family and then Christmas day with another family.

New Student Teacher

By Shelby Hodge

Art got a helping hand as, Ms. Stark helped Ms. Sherman. She said her experience with the students was very positive. “Everything here just seems to fall into place,”said Stark.

The New Staff

By Mik'Asia Strickland

Ms. Wallman a new teacher to the building grew up on a farm south from Lincoln. She attended Norris High School in Firth, Nebraska. In High School Wallman was an average student, but she was very well involved. Her favorite subject in High School was family and Consumer and also science.

Inspirations within Teachers

By Austin Jackson

        The definition of inspiration is a thing or someone who inspires. The definition of inspires is to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence. In short an inspiration gives a person the momentum to do something. The school has many inspiring teachers.

Why should we have it

by Clintasha Westbrook 

   Why are kids always saying, “She’s/ he’s rude, she/he has no manners, she/he don’t know me with his/her negative attitude.” Well you have to give respect to get respect. It it’s not hard, so why do some people make it?

 Cold School busses

By: Cooper Loth

If you ride a school bus then you know that when it’s cold, it’s not cool. When I get on a bus I would like to be able to take my coat off and not be cold. It’s not cool that I’m sitting there shivering on the bus. It should be warming me up, not making me freeze.

School Rules

By McKenzie Nienaber

There are many school rules I'm not used to. Lunch is very different, you can't get up to throw away your trash, you have to wait till a teacher comes and takes it to put it in a garbage can. Also, when you sit down at lunch you have to sit with the people in the same class as you.

GO Team GO!!

By Precious Gaspard

Under the direction of Mrs.Harckleroad, the reading teacher, cheer squad is joined together. Forty-seven girls tried out only twenty-three made the squad. Harckleroad said that when she was younger she cheered as well. That inspired her to take the time and teach them all of the cheers and help come up with dances.

 Girls Volleyball

by Kaitlyn Faurot

Boys Football Season

by Jessa Royer

 Football season started the first week of school, many guys tried out and only 53 made it all the way through. Tristin Taylor, 8, said that there are many responsibilities that come along with playing football, but overall it’s a good sport. He plays outside of school for the Omaha Bobcats.

I Can Transform Ya

by David Knight 

Chris Brown has done it again releasing another hit song in I Can Transform Ya. Featuring Lil Wayne and Swizz Beats. The song is kind of going toward the transformer robot side probably from all the success of the current transformer movies.

A Christmas Carol

by Hannah Ramsgard

A Christmas Carol  is a classic story with the Scrooge and the three spirits. I think they did a good job of actually going along with the story and not adding in their own extra features like other movies from books or stage shows have done. I see too many good books and plays becoming something they’re not on a screen.

A Gift of a Friend

By Danielle Young

A person with musical talent wrote and sang this heart-swelling song, Demi Lovato. And the song she wrote is titled Gift of a Friend. I've gotta tell you it's a great song.

 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

By Lucas Hinton

Have you ever stepped outside during a cloudy day and saw a huge 15ft hot dog plummeting down at you with a very high velocity? If not I suggest seeing the latest 3D movie, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. This is based on the children's book with the same title.