Lessons I learned from The Daily Show
Here’s the lesson Jon Stewart has taught me about the world: just because you can laugh at something doesn’t mean you don’t care about it; quite the opposite, in fact. […]
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 […]
A conversation about the year in movies
—By Liam Knox & David Yaffe-Bellany— The drama of last December—the unlikely involvement of a Hollywood farce in a long-running geopolitical standoff, the surreal spectacle of President Obama calling on Sony […]
The best of Boyce and the girls’ basketball team
—By Michael Bamford & Vansh Bansal— The girls’ basketball team entered last Friday’s rivalry game against South at 8-6, ready to take on a robust Pirates squad. The game, which had […]
Practicing with the basketball team
Knightly News Opinion Editor Liam Knox worked out with the basketball team. Maybe he shouldn’t go for the three-point shots as often.
Nosy seniors ruin juniors’ prom, lives
—By Julia Bannon and Elise Gorberg— Prom: the pinnacle of the high school experience, what separates the strong from the weak, the boys from the men, and the stylish from […]
How Superintendent Aderhold decides whether to call a snow day
The bright red text on the ww-p.org homepage is the text of triumph, of relief, of salvation, of snow days. It appears during grueling weeks of school, or after long […]
Working out with the fencing team
Knightly News Opinion Editor Liam Knox joined the fencing team for a pre-season workout. He survived. Barely.
The King of Swing: A day at North’s annual swing dance competition
Physical Education teacher Beth Serughetti congratulates first place winners Liam Knox and Sam Sun in the senior swing dance competition. —Bushra Hasan The swing dance competition took place on Friday, January […]
The staff debates No Homework Nights
It’s no secret that the competitive nature of WW-P leads to a hefty workload. That’s why district administration recently scheduled four “No Homework Nights” in an attempt to alleviate student […]
School board approves controversial Option ii restrictions
WW-P Board of Education President Anthony Fleres (second from right) speaks at the board’s December 9 meeting. The board voted 6 to 2 to approve a series of changes to […]
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 […]
North’s sports teams endure lengthy pre-season training
As the bitter weather consumes the football turfs, soccer pitches, and field hockey fields, the sports world turns its attention to winter sports. The three-month winter season kicked off as […]
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 […]
Busting the myth of the Stanford University blacklist
—Wikipedia It’s a story West Windsor-Plainsboro high school students have told each other for almost a decade: Stanford University, now the nation’s most selective college, has blacklisted WW-P applicants, only […]
Temperamental HVAC frustrates students and teachers
A chilly chemistry classroom highlights some of the HVAC problems the school has faced. —Bushra Hasan —by Michael Bamford & Hannah Mitlak— “One minute you’re in a classroom with a […]
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