Good Talk: Mr. Smith
Cassidy Kufner, Reporter
November 13, 2018
Filed under Good Talk
Has working at North Allegheny differed from other school districts? Last year, I was at a very small private high school. The year before that I was at Mt. Lebanon High School, which is a bit more of a similar environment. What’s different here from most schools I’ve been at is that the par...
Good Talk: Mrs. Winters
Megan Wilson, Reporter
November 12, 2018
Filed under Good Talk
Did you always want to be a gym teacher? Yes, I did. Did you play any sports in high school? I did softball and cheerleading. Was gym your favorite class in school? Yes, it was my favorite class. How many years have you been teaching? Have you always been teaching at NA? 21 years teachi...
Major League
Samantha Solenday, Assignments Editor
November 12, 2018
Filed under Features, Focus of Attention
Before last Friday's playoff football game, NA Marching Band Drum Majors, Jack Lopuszynski, Ellie Rapp, and Becca Wickett, reflected on their last four years with in the Band. How long have you been in NA’s Marching Band, and what instruments do you play? Jack: We’ve all been in Band for four years. You ...
Loud and Proud
Valerie Davis, Co-Editor-in-Chief
November 9, 2018
Filed under Features, Focus of Attention
When did you start cheerleading? I feel like cheer has always been apart of my life ever since I was a little girl and my sister was a cheerleader. I officially started cheering for the school going into seventh grade. Who influenced you to become a cheerleader? I would say my sister. She made som...
Star Pitcher
Samantha Solenday, Assignments Editor
November 7, 2018
Filed under Focus of Attention, Sports
Melissa Metzger, starting pitcher for the Girls' Varsity Slow-Pitch Softball Team, relives her final season on the team before heading off to college. Why did you decide to first play softball? Before I could play recreational with IFPAA (Ingomar Franklin Park Athletic Association), I would play w...
No Excuses
Rin Swann, Reporter
November 2, 2018
Filed under Carousel, Features
We get it: sometimes life is rough and homework is impossible. Maybe you forgot, maybe you didn’t want to do it, or maybe the temptation of the next season of Grey’s Anatomy was just too good to pass up. But with every missed assignment comes that “look” on your teacher’s face as they ask yo...
The Weekender: Wood Street Galleries
Katelyn Steigerwald, Features Editor
November 2, 2018
Filed under Carousel, Culture, Features
Located just above the Wood Street T-Station Downtown, the Wood Street Galleries showcase an ever-changing array of exhibitions created by artists from all around the world. With a newfound, growing interest in diverse media concepts, these talented and unique works of art can be found all over, e...
Hit Woman
Carli Leonard, Reporter
October 30, 2018
Filed under Focus of Attention, Sports
Middle Hitter Anna Sprys, a member of the undefeated Girls' Volleyball team, hopes to have another successful high school season before she embarks on her next four years in the classroom and on the court at Binghamton University. How young were you when you first started playing volleyball? What...
In a school 1300+ kids, gossip travels fast. How often have you found yourself in this situation? Person 1: I have a huge secret and I wanna tell someone, but I don’t...
Over the past couple of weeks, the CW, a popular television network, has released multiple season and series premieres. Many students at NASH are excited about new episodes...
Stress: we all suffer because of it. From school to work to everything in between, high school students are too often victims affected by stress in some way. Stress and...
TOMORROW is National Children’s Grief Awareness Day. Wear BLUE to show your support for grieving children, and be sure to stop by Room 223 on Thursday. ****** The...
Plastic Surgery at the Swipe of a Finger
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