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BOE announced Smith as next Oak Park principal

BOE announced Smith as next Oak Park principal

Kayleonah Trumble, writer February 18, 2022

On Tuesday, Feb. 15, the North Kansas City School board approved assistant principal Molly Smith as the next principal at Oak Park High School.  Congratulations were extended by students, staff and...

Mask Mandates: On again off again: What’s going on with masks and what students think

Mask Mandates: On again off again: What’s going on with masks and what students think

Katie Klepper, photographer January 29, 2022

Masks have been required since the beginning of the 2020 school year. Some students said they are tired of wearing a mask to school and think they aren’t necessary, while others still think they are...

Sutton signs, first D1 football since 2008

Sutton signs, first D1 football since 2008

Haydenn Gallagher, writer December 16, 2021

Senior Jett Sutton signed with North Dakota football on Wednesday. You can watch the live stream of the event at: https://gonorthmen.org/watch/?Archive=178&type=Archive According to athletic...

Wrestlers enter the gym.

Winter sports and faculty-student basketball fill gym

Haydenn Gallagher, writer December 15, 2021

Student Council and N2 Sports Marketing paired up for another all-school assembly; this time featuring winter sports.  

Jackson Murray, silver in bowling

Murray takes silver in bowling

December 6, 2021

On Saturday, Dec. 4, senior Jackson Murray traveled to St. Louis to compete in the Special Olympics State Bowling Championships.  Jackson brought home a SILVER medal.      

Five lunches try to alleviate overcrowding, wandering

Anissa Mohamed, Journalism 1 reporter October 29, 2021

This year, administrators added another lunch shift, which makes five lunch shifts, so there were smaller crowds in the lunch lines and in the cafeteria. “The cafeteria seems to be more relaxed and...

New tech rolls its way into classrooms

Brynlee Tucker, photographer October 29, 2021

On Thursday, Sept. 23, most teachers around the school were abruptly interrupted by the new 75-inch LG TV being rolled into their classrooms. Many teachers were left with no instruction on how to use it...

Students Voice Their Viewpoint Over the COVID-19 Vaccine

Lily House, Journalism 1 reporter October 25, 2021

COVID-19. What started out as one unidentifiable case brought a deadly world-wide pandemic, resulting in the announcement of public mandates and the development of new vaccines. As a new idea to all, the...

Standards change grading systems

Jacob Eischen, Journalism 1 reporter October 22, 2021

Oak Park instated a new form of grading in the last school year to promote learning among students rather than point stacking. Oak Park was a year ahead of the other three high schools in the district;...

On September 13th, senior Mackenzie Bilski works on her OSHA training. The mask mandate is important to my family, Bilski says. NCC continues to have a strict policy regarding the mask mandate.

North Kansas City School District being sued for Enforcing Mask Mandate

Lilly Goss, writer October 4, 2021

While the mask mandate in place is meant to protect students, staff, and faculty members, there are some who believe the mandate is unnecessary. On Sunday, Aug. 29, a group representing concerned parents...

Paying to park returns to the student lot

Paying to park returns to the student lot

NorthmenNews staff October 1, 2021

This fall, students once again need to purchase a parking pass for their vehicle in order to use the student parking lot. After a school year with no passes necessary, due to COVID-19, the increased number...

Interim principal Chris McCann, Ed.D., joined Oak Park for the 2021-2022 school year

New principal jumped from sixth grade to high school in a matter of months

Brynlee Tucker and Katie Klepper September 23, 2021

Over the summer, Chris McCann, Ed.D., went from being the principal at the sixth-grade center Eastgate to the principal at Oak Park, this brings a mass difference in the energy and behavior of the students. “I...

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