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SFA works to improve North’s learning environment

Makenna Kelley, News Editor • January 30, 2025

Projects for the Student-Faculty Administration (SFA) have begun to ramp up after months of planning, welcoming new members, and forming subcommittees. “This is the best year we have had in terms...

Freshmen vote for student council

Izzy Chapman, News Editor • October 31, 2024

Freshman elections kicked off Friday, Oct. 11, with 29 candidates from the Class of 2028 delivering speeches and running for a place in the student council. Students had a difficult decision to make with...

Freshmen elect student council representatives

Isabella Lecona • October 24, 2018

Freshmen voted to decide their student council representatives on Oct. 4, electing Rebecca Yao as president, and Inez Baxter, Sophie Fredberg, Elis Kristo, and Ethan Situ were voted in as vice presidents....

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...

Main Street now open to students after lunch

The Newtonite • April 10, 2018

by Sophie Murthy and Hari Narayanan Main Street and the corridor on Tiger Drive opened to North students during the last two blocks of the day, starting on April 2 after years of discussion within the...

SFA pilots open Main Street for third lunch

Samantha Fredberg • November 15, 2017

Due to an overcrowding cafeteria, the Student Faculty Administration (SFA) passed a bill allowing food and providing cafeteria tables on Main Street for third lunch. Senior Ian Reid, an SFA member, proposed...

SFA plans to open up furnished Main Street space with rules

Samantha Fredberg • October 3, 2017

The Student Faculty Administration (SFA) will begin a trial run of a student space on Main Street in late fall, providing students with space outside of the cafeteria to socialize, according to administration...

School plans to implement new gender neutral bathrooms

The Newtonite • May 27, 2016

by Jacob Sims Speyer More gender neutral bathrooms will be created at North, possibly as soon as next September, as part of a recent effort by the Gender-Sexuality Alliance (GSA), Student Faculty Administration...

Student Faculty Administration to focus on No Homework weekend, recycling

The Newtonite • November 2, 2015

by Cate Waters This year, the Student Faculty Administration (SFA) hopes to brainstorm ideas to promote recycling in this building, continue to serve the school community, and evaluate the No Homework...

No Homework and Grading-Free Bill to be piloted this weekend

Emily Moss • November 6, 2014

by Emily Moss In efforts to slightly reduce student stress levels, the Student Faculty Administration (SFA) has voted to pilot the No Homework and Grading-Free Bill—a new policy which prevents students...

Column: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish vs. Blue Fish

The Newtonite • October 8, 2013

Ten percent. Ten. Think about it. No, that’s not your most recent grade on a physics test, nor is it the percentage of bingo players who are less than 35 years old (30 percent!). Sadly, that’s Congress’ current approval rating according to a new Quinnipiac poll. Yeah, it’s that bad.

Students pass field trips and excused absences proposal

The Newtonite • February 13, 2013

In the past three weeks, the Student Faculty Administration (SFA) has been hard at work crafting and debating bills. The faculty-student government group also passed a bill, the second of the legislative year, pertaining to field trips and absences.

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