Beginning this year, the SAT will now be the primary standardized test to measure students’ learning abilities, replacing ISTEP. Statewide standardized testing is in place to obtain a measure of students...
Since the beginning of the school year, there has been a series of false fire alarms. These fire alarms have disrupted learning and caused the whole school to evacuate multiple times.
So what is causing...
On September 10, approximately 75 to 100 students gathered in the lower student center to participate in a sit-in protest about issues within the school. In the beginning, protesters peacefully sat on...
North Central's annual Homecoming dance did not happen in 2020 due to COVID-19. Students were disappointed, and expected the dance to be back to normal this year.
However, with the COVID-19 delta...
The introduction of Chromebooks for students causes a significant risk to learning when these devices become a distraction. With these distractions in mind, the school district installed a new program...
After two years of a long war against the Coronavirus, another blow to the return of a “pre COVID” normal was struck. The Washington Township Board of Education changed the guidelines so that all students...
Over the past few years, several incidents have taken place with stolen items and break-ins at the stadium locker rooms. Additionally, over the moratorium this summer, multiple items were stolen from different...
On April 15, a gunman, Brandon Hole, killed eight people and injured seven at a Fedex Ground facility in Indianapolis, Indiana. After the shooting, the gunman turned the gun on himself, bringing the death...
The “25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” is a comical musical about the annual Putnam spelling bee. This is only the second theater production for the 2020-2021 school year due to COVID-19.
The...
On March 31, 2021 Governor Eric Holcomb opened up the COVID vaccine sign ups for teenagers who are 16 years old or older. The Pfizer vaccine is the only approved vaccine of the three that is...
As of March 31, people aged 16 years and older will be eligible to be vaccinated. The Pfizer vaccine is the only vaccine approved thus far for ages 16 and 17. The Johnson and Johnson and Moderna vaccines...
Starting March 23 students have the option to return to in-person learning four days a week or students can remain all virtual. CDC guidelines have changed social distancing guidelines from six feet to...
