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SAT set to go digital, students share concerns and hopes

SAT set to go digital, students share concerns and hopes

Hannah Zizlsperger, News editor November 12, 2023

SAT tests will take on a new digital format in the spring, raising student concern and excitement surrounding the adjustment. “Paper feels more like a standardized test. If it goes digital, I feel...

NewMo service unavailable to students following withdrawal of funding

NewMo service unavailable to students following withdrawal of funding

Maddie Ngo, News editor November 12, 2023

Popular public transportation program, Newton in Motion (NewMo), is no longer available to students or the general public as of Sep. 30 due to a lack of sustainable funding.   “We have not given...

Orange tables put back on Tiger Drive after removal last year due to student misuse

Orange tables put back on Tiger Drive after removal last year due to student misuse

Arya Anekal, News editor October 6, 2023

After administration reconsideration, the orange tables near the Tiger Drive entrance have made a comeback this year after being removed in early January. At the start-of-school assembly, Principal...

Educators and student advocates line the Education Center hallways Wednesday, Sep. 27.

Pamphlets encourage student advocacy amid teacher negotiations

Shira Lobron, Arya Anekal, and Noah Kesselman September 28, 2023

Students entered the building Tuesday to find many orange pamphlets in the hallways voicing students’ concerns about the effects of teacher contract negotiations. Students for Teachers (SFT)—an...

Graphic by Jai Khurana

Disability education program cut at schools, valuable resource lost

Aaron Spetter-Goldstein, Features/opinions editor September 14, 2023

Education in the United States is under attack. In Florida, the Parental Rights in Education Act, commonly called the “Don’t Say Gay” bill has barred discussion on sexual orientation in early education....

AI prompts change to academic violation policy

AI prompts change to academic violation policy

Kerri Huang, Features editor September 8, 2023

Essays can now be written in seconds. Poems, songs, and playscripts can be produced after entering a few keywords. Lesson plans and articles can be generated on a whim. ChatGPT’s seemingly endless capabilities...

Peer Tutoring program offers students unique opportunity to learn, gain experience

Peer Tutoring program offers students unique opportunity to learn, gain experience

Charlotte Boudreau, Features editor June 20, 2023

Sounds of enthusiasm buzz in the library every WIN block from the Peer Tutoring program. As a way for students to help students, the Peer Tutoring initiative exists for students to give and receive...

STAMP exams assess world language proficiency levels of students

Evie Mace, News editor June 20, 2023

World language students took the Standards-Based Measurement of Proficiency (STAMP) examinations for the first time this spring, allowing the World Language department to collect information about language...

Performers gathered on stage to take bows after all acts concluded Saturday, May 6.

AACN features variety of Asian countries’ traditions

Eric Lam, News editor June 20, 2023

Asian American Culture Night highlighted diverse cultures from all across Asia, organized by the Asian American Culture Club (AACC) Saturday, May 6 in the Lasker Auditorium. The night opened with a cover...

Protesters opposing Norths upcoming drag show rally in Newton Centre Thursday, April 13.

North enveloped in national spotlight

Aaron Spetter-Goldstein, Opinions editor June 20, 2023

This April, it was North’s ToBeGLAD Day drag event. Prior to that, it was the rejected Academic Principles Advisory Committee. Before that was the multi-month saga over alleged anti-white discrimination...

ToBeGLAD Day combats hate with celebration

ToBeGLAD Day combats hate with celebration

Maddie Ngo, News editor May 10, 2023

The Gender Sexuality Alliance (GSA) Club hosted an informative series of panels to celebrate LGBTQ+ culture amid controversy during North’s annual ToBeGLAD Day Friday, April 14. Events during c-block,...

Parental rights as they relate to North in proposed Bill

Parental rights as they relate to North in proposed Bill

Maddie Ngo, News editor May 10, 2023

It is no secret that North has been, and is expected to continue to be, affected by laws relating to “parental rights”, though another level of its extremity is presented by the freshly proposed H.R.5....

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