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Students and faculty enter the Theater Entrance on Thursday, May 17. (Photo by Lilah Gentry)

Students push back against new locked doors policy

Hari Narayanan May 18, 2018

Students petitioned principal Henry Turner last week to repeal the new policy requiring all doors other than the Main Entrance and the Theater Entrance to be open only between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m.. North...

Governor Dukakis to speak on public service and student activism at North

Governor Dukakis to speak on public service and student activism at North

Hari Narayanan May 9, 2018

Former Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis will speak in the auditorium at North during f-block on Tuesday, May 15, according to NNHS Center for Civic Engagement (CCE) co-director Claudia Wu. The CCE,...

Leslie Schick speaks about Syrian Refugee Crisis

Leslie Schick speaks about Syrian Refugee Crisis

Hari Narayanan April 10, 2018

(Photo by Hari Narayanan) “We should all identify with the Syrian refugees because they are us,” said independent social worker Leslie Schick. “If there was a war in Newton, you and I would be out...

North students attend Parkland student forum on gun violence, affecting change

North students attend Parkland student forum on gun violence, affecting change

Hari Narayanan March 29, 2018

North students attended a panel of school shooting survivors from Parkland, Florida who spoke on how they are changing the conversation on gun violence, Tuesday night at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government...

Students walk out of school, protest gun violence

Students walk out of school, protest gun violence

Hari Narayanan March 16, 2018

North students and faculty participated in a walkout Thursday, March 15 at 10 a.m. as part of a growing and student-led national movement protesting gun violence. The rally occurred one day after other...

Students, faculty express concern over suggested campus security improvements

Students, faculty express concern over suggested campus security improvements

Hari Narayanan March 12, 2018

School administrators suggested at a meeting regarding gun safety at this school that they will take several steps to improve security on campus, including locking some main entrances during the school...

(host of Theaterink Trivia Night - insert name here) hosts Theaterinks first trivia night fundraiser

Theater Ink hosts first-ever trivia night fundraiser

Hari Narayanan February 2, 2018

(Photo by Joelle Sugianto) Do you know what that metal band that holds your pencil eraser in place is called? How about the term for a sentence that uses all 26 letters of the alphabet? Theater Ink raised...

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