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J-Day Overview

courtesy of a press release April 1, 2017

Students attended the Missouri Interscholastic Press Association’s Journalism Day last week at the MU School of Journalism in Columbia, Mo. They competed in the state contest and attended many educational...

Emergency Lesson for Preschoolers and Their Student Teachers

Dakota Ake, Log Editor-in-Chief March 28, 2017

Monday morning students were returning back to school for the first time since spring break. Classes were picking up as normal and work was continuing to be done. Second block, however, there was an unexpected...

Response team at Staley High School containing the students.

Credible ‘bomb’ and ‘shooting’ threat at Oak Park

Northmen News staff March 28, 2017

Students were just starting their 2A classes. It was the day after spring break ended and students and teachers alike were just getting back into the swing of things. Unexpectedly a "lock and teach" was...

SO heads to State for first time in 5 years

SO heads to State for first time in 5 years

Staff March 8, 2017

Science Olympiad team competed at the Science Olympiad Regional Tournament, facing teams from a six-county area.  First, the team qualified for State as a team for the first time in five years.  According...

One Acts

Brett Felten February 27, 2017

Do you enjoy watching plays and skits? How about seeing some written, directed, and acted out by your fellow Northmen? The One Act Festival crew has been announced and will be held April 6th, 7th, and...

Fighting Can Earn a Felony

Dominique Bailey, J1 Writer February 2, 2017

Recently there has been a “new” law making punishment for fighting and bullying in school more severe. Severe as in imprisonment. Assistant principal Chad Valdez said he feels as if Oak Park deals...

HMD Asks Us to Pause

Safia Mohamed, J1 Writer January 27, 2017

Holocaust Memorial Day is a day to pause and remember the millions of people who were murdered during the Holocaust in WW2. A gathering and remembrance. It is also the anniversary of the liberation of...

What The Bot?

What The Bot?

Katherine Reyes and Skylar December 21, 2016

Robotics has a new task for their club, a 3D printer arrived last year, it cost $600 a year for materials. How does this machine work? Steps: A network cable connects to a school computer. A software...

Go For Gold

Mina Buchholz December 16, 2016

Recently, Gold Medallion students presented the research projects they have worked on long and hard. Students who presented in November and December had been working on the project since the beginning...

Gladstone Sonic Reopens

Orlando Quintana, Axe staffer December 12, 2016

The Sonic in Gladstone is officially back in business. It was recently shut down for remodeling beginning on Sept. 5 and is back with a plethora of new upgrades. These upgrades include a completely...

A crowd of people viewing different booths.

Get Crafty at the Fair

Sarah White, Log Photo Editor November 22, 2016

Every November, Oak Park Booster Club/PTSA hosts a craft fair where visitors can purchase anything that catches their eye. This year was the 24th year and was a lot more crowded than past years. There...

Mawada Eskander and Mason Mayer

Science Olympiad places 15th

Staff November 21, 2016

The Oak Park Science Olympiad Team competed Saturday at the O-town Throw Down hosted by Olathe North High School.  With 25 teams, including top 10 teams from Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas; OPSO placed...

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