Meet the Cast of Shrek
—By Katherine Chen and Michelle Xu— Jonathan Gelb, Grade 12- Lord Farquaad Lord Farquaad is the main antagonist of Shrek who just so happens to be extremely short in stature. […]
Complex new grading system transforms AP European History
—By Zehra Madhavan & Hannah Mitlak— There’s something a little different happening up in room 205. In his AP European History class, Christopher Bond has redesigned his gradebook in order […]
Cleaning, Spanish, and little bit of salsa
—By Lei Lei Wu— Carmen Castellano is a familiar face to everyone at High School North. She brightens up the hallways and classrooms each day, literally and figuratively. As one […]
Healthy bodies, HAP-py lives
Students from Human Anatomy & Physiology (HAP) hosted the Healthy Body, HAPpy Life Museum here in North’s main hallway and library on Wednesday, January 14, presenting information in the form […]
“ISP is love. ISP is life.”
You may have noticed quite a few people wearing a gray shirt showing a single finger pointing toward the moon. The shirt bears the letters “ISP.” One question you might […]
The Explainer: North surpasses South
—By Liam Knox & Hannah Mitlak— EXTRA, EXTRA, READ ALL ABOUT IT! NORTH TO SURPASS SOUTH IN THIS YEAR’S U.S. NEWS STATE HIGH SCHOOL RANKINGS! Wow! No way! That’s incredible! […]
20 Questions with Vice Principal Peter B. James
—By Michael Bamford & Liam Knox— Opinion Editor Liam Knox and Copy Editor Michael Bamford met with new vice principal Peter James to discuss math, soccer, scuba diving, and Royster’s […]
Spero brings a new approach to advanced physics
“I ask them to take physics/ and hold it up to the light/ like a color slide…but all they want to do/ is tie physics to a chair with rope/ […]
North teachers Spero and Patel launch mobile classrooms project
For the better part of five months, Tovi Spero’s ToPhy classes have been crunching numbers on their advanced graphing calculators, learning to solve some of nature’s more challenging physics problems. During that same time, Nishan Patel’s art classes have used school resources to delve into the techniques that make modern art beautiful, down to each and every stroke of the […]
Is early decision worth it?
Early action, early decision, regular decision—the list goes on and on. High school seniors tend to submit more than one type of application each semester. Some students apply regular decision, […]
Outside the Classroom: A conversation with North’s new security guards
This is the first installment in a new Knightly News series about the men and women who work behind the scenes at North: the janitors, security guards, secretaries, mechanics and […]
“Spoke Bros” bring unconventional sport to North
The extracurricular sports offered at North are not the only ones students here like to play—just consider pickleball and gatorball. One other sport recently introduced to North is spikeball. Spikeball […]
North’s stage crew: The kids behind the curtain
They can be hard to notice: clad in all-black and flitting back and forth across the stage between scenes, flickering like cue marks in an old film. In the months […]
Vice Principal Doug Eadie to retire after 17 years at North
Then and Now: (Left) Principal Michael Zapicchi, Vice Principal Doug Eadie and Vice Principal Melissa Levine at the 2002 senior prom. (Right) Levine, Zapicchi and Eadie earlier this year. Eadie will […]
Lots and lots (and lots) of noise: Allen and Boyce keep math interesting
Teachers Bob Boyce and Ardie Allen have developed some funny lines during their time teaching. —Bushra Hasan —by Michael Bamford & Vansh Bansal— “Sometimes you’re gonna do what you want […]
Sundar Solai: Michelangelo 2.0
Senior Sundar Solai is pictured wearing his scarlet drum major outfit. —Danielle Han Picture Michelangelo sculpting the historic, six-foot Pietà for French cardinal Jean Bilhères de Lagraulas’ tomb. Picture Michelangelo […]
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