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National Junior Honor Society
Friday, October 31, 2008 (38 reads)

National Junior Honor Society

By Candice Nero

Many of the students might ask what National Junior Honor Society is. It’s basically a leadership club for eighth grade students. They volunteer in the community and the school.

Book Blasters
Friday, October 31, 2008 (22 reads)

Book Blasters

By Arin Pennington

Book Blasters is a club for people who especially like to read books. This club is sponsored by Ms. Arbuckle, the librarian, and Mrs. Smith, language arts teacher. A couple of the books they’ll be reading in Book Blasters includes: The Uglies, Flush, Storm Breakers, Star Girl, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Code Orange. Members in this club meet about a once month.

Math Competition
Friday, October 31, 2008 (29 reads)

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By Jarel Allen

The Math Competition team is run by Ms. Colton, math teacher. The Math team is a fairly easy class to do. Students in the class actually like that class. Everyone including the teacher loves math. This is why they do Math Competition.

Lead The Way Project
Friday, October 31, 2008 (25 reads)

Lead The Way Project

by Carrei Watts

The Engineering Club went to North High School with Mr. Mayberger teacher. They went to North to get a look at the Engineering program, and went attended the ground breaking ceremony, for the Engineering Building. Four North High School students designed the building using skills they learned in the program.

All School Fundraiser
Friday, October 31, 2008 (25 reads)

All School Fundraiser

By Shelby Petrini

The school is fundraising through Cherry Dale Farms. The school has been fundraising through them for a long time. They give prizes to work for.

Lion's Pride
Friday, October 24, 2008 (44 reads)

Lion's Pride

By James Lindsay

Lion’s Pride is an after school project that mixes learning with fun. Mr. Bartee, one of the staff members, said many students enjoy being in Lion’s Pride. This program has many different activities for students, such as open gym, Fantasy Football, video games (Xbox360, Playstation 3, and Wii), design club, and nail art.

Pre-CAT
Friday, October 24, 2008 (33 reads)

Pre-CAT

By Caitlyn Baker

The students can’t wait for the California Achievement test . Even though the Pre-California Achievement Test prepares the students for the CAT test some students don’t agree. They will take the CAT test in the spring.

The 2008-09 Scince Competition
Thursday, October 23, 2008 (42 reads)

Science Competition

By Tyra Toney

The Science Competition takes place in February and March. The students that are involved in this competition are in honors science classes. Activities that they do take place in the classroom. One of the activities that they do is called Write it Do it. In this activity one partner writes out a list of instructions to build a Lego structure. Then after they are done writing it the other partner has to read it then build it.

Scholars
Thursday, October 23, 2008 (29 reads)

Scholars

By Rob Phillips

The Scholars are a group set on making a difference in their test scores. This group of minority students focuses on setting goals, challenging themselves, and operating cooperatively. However students are not selected for this group by grades or age, rather by teacher nomination.

Bridge
Thursday, October 23, 2008 (37 reads)

Bridge

by Taylor Nickell

What is bridge? Well it’s a card game that requires four people to play. Of the four people there are two partners sitting across from each other. One of partners is called the dummy which means his partner plays his hand.

The N.I.C.E Group and their fieldtrip
Thursday, October 23, 2008 (30 reads)

The N.I.C.E Group and their fieldtrip

by Leslie Vargas

The N.I.C.E group meets once a month and they mostly go on fieldtrip. The N.I.C.E group stands for Native Indian Centered Education. To be a member of the N.I.C.E group a student must be registered to a Native Indian Tribe.

The Art of Chess has Arrived!
Thursday, October 23, 2008 (41 reads)

The art of chess has arrived!

By Tara Larson

The art of chess has arrived! Chess Team started late October in room 271. The meetings go from 2:40 until 4:00.


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School Rules
Saturday, November 01, 2008 (44 reads)

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.

New snacks at lunch needed Nd Improved Prices!
Saturday, November 01, 2008 (47 reads)

New Snacks Needed

By Justin DeLaRosa

Should there be different choices at lunch that teens would like? For me I think that we need new snack items like pop, energy drinks, and maybe some candy bars. Candy bars I’d like offered would be Snickers, Milky Ways, Babe Ruths, Kit Kats, Hershey’s chocolate (also cookies and cream) bars, Butter Fingers, Twix, M&Ms, Hershey’s Kisses, Dove.

We Need Drinks!
Saturday, November 01, 2008 (40 reads)

We Need Drinks!

by Loren Ransome

Are you thirsty? I know I am. I am sick and tired of milk! Get us some soda and vitamin water. I’m tired of picturing a cow every time I go to lunch.

Violence needs to come to an END!
Monday, May 26, 2008 (104 reads)

Violence needs to come to an END!

By Kibra Watts

Violence in Omaha, is getting worse by the minute. We had 5 weekend shootings not too long ago. Now, that in my opinion is just too much! The first weekend shooting was near 24^th and Lake Streets. A 24 year old man was shot in his car in a parking lot of a convenience store at 2 A.M. The second shooting was Sunday at 2:30 A.M. on 30^th and Ames Ave. A 21- year old man was shot by an off-duty police officer.

Hugs are the drugs
Thursday, April 10, 2008 (199 reads)

Hugs are the drugs

By Samee Callahan

Getting a hug from a good friend in the morning can brighten any ones day, I know it does mine. I probably get around 40 hugs a day, and each one of those hugs makes me feel even more loved. It shows how much my friends really care about me.


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Cross Counrty
Saturday, November 01, 2008 (47 reads)

Cross Counrty

by Emanuel Acosta

The Cross Country team has been running like crazy! They have just finished their running season at Tranquility park. This was Mr. Benak is third year couching after the old gym teacher retired.

Volleyball
Saturday, November 01, 2008 (46 reads)

Volleyball

By Cooper Loth

The volleyball A-team had a total of 15 games and won 8 of them. The B-team had a total of 13 games and won 7 of them. Kallie Jones,7, said Mrs. Preston, and Mrs. Price were really good.

lightweight football team
Saturday, November 01, 2008 (49 reads)

Lightweight Football Team

by Ayoma Watts

Coach O’Donnell led the football lightweight team. The lightweight football team were 120 pounds and under. In practice the lightweight football team did drills and scrimmaged each other. There were 25 people on a team. Team member Charles Jackson, 8, said they won 2 games and lost two games.

The Spirit Squad
Saturday, November 01, 2008 (42 reads)

The Spirit Squad

By Jessica Corona

The Spirit Squad has been seen at numerous games cheering on the team members. They are under the direction of Ms. Harkleroad, reading teacher. Many of the girls said they like to be in the spirit squad because they like cheering and dancing.

Track Meet
Monday, May 26, 2008 (146 reads)

Track Meet

By: Keisha Witcher

There were a lot of students on the schools track team. Mr. Dillon, the boys’ gym teacher; Ms. Premer, a math teacher; and Mr. Meyer, a math teacher, said they enjoy working with the students on the track team.


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Will Smith movies
Saturday, November 01, 2008 (36 reads)

Hancock and I Am Legend

By LeShelle Berry

Will Smith is my favorite actor; I love all the movies he stars in. He has a funny side, a serious side, and an in between side in his movies. One of my favorite movies with Will Smith in it as the main character is Hancock.

Rock Band
Saturday, November 01, 2008 (37 reads)

Rock Band

By Liz Kinney

Rock Band is a game that a lot want and have played I’ve played and to me it’s boring. Rock Band is fun the first time but it gets boring after that. If you haven’t played it, I wouldn’t. If you have played and you love it then keep doing what you’re doing.

I Cant Believe It
Saturday, November 01, 2008 (39 reads)

I Cant Believe It

By Kywana Mumphrey

The hottest cd right now is I Can’t Believe It. The artists of this song are T-Pain featuring Lil Wayne. This song is on the top one-hundred charts because of its artist.

Thank God It's Friday's!
Saturday, November 01, 2008 (44 reads)

Thank God It's Friday's!

By Azure Rain

I don’t know about you, but I love TGI Friday’s restaurant. It has to be one of my favorites! Just the other day, I went there with the family and a friend to sit down and eat.

Twilight Book Review
Saturday, November 01, 2008 (37 reads)

Twilight

By Briana Brown

What do you think when you hear Twilight? If it's the book, you'll be dazed by the first page, and it will draw you in and mesmerize you until you're done. Stephenie Meyers, author, formats her books in an intriguing way.