In the fall of 2022, NorthmenNews staff chose to add a Literary Magazine section to the NorthmenNews.com website.
Students, any student, may scan a QR code and submit creative efforts like poetry, art,...
Kamila McCall, Journalism 1 reporter
• November 21, 2022
Come as you are. Levels, shoes, clothes – just run.
“Cross country is a sport for vulnerability levels, there are no cuts,” said coach Matthew Sulzen.
Cross country is an accepting sport....
The recent school shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School, in St. Louis, is a great example of how desensitized Americans have become to gun violence.
Monday, Oct. 24, a graduate...
Maxwell Frost, the Democratic candidate in Florida’s 10th Congressional District, became the first member of generation Z to be elected to Congress. At 25 years old, Frost brings age diversity to a Congress...
Tucked away near the art rooms, there's a painting no one ever seems to discuss.
The painting is quite large, roughly six feet high, and depicts a bloodied boy laying across a rocky shore, with a gigantic...
After a two-year hiatus, Oak Park brought back Norman's Nickels, a reward system that can be used to buy snacks at lunches. Only 2023 seniors will be able to remember the last time they were used here...
The mens soccer team started strong this season with a record of 5-2 (3-1 in conference) as of Tuesday, Sept. 27. With a roster of 14 upperclassmen, five sophomores, and no freshmen on varsity the Northmen...
Oak Park alumnus Ochai Agbaji was traded from the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Utah Jazz as part of a blockbusting trade in which Cleveland received three-time all-star Donovan Mitchell in exchange for three...
Rachel Prate, writer/photographer
• September 26, 2022
Love all! But love means nothing, and tennis means everything.
On Saturday, Sept. 24, the varsity girls tennis team took on multiple different schools in their home tournament.
Some players said...
This fall, the school district gave its female athletes the opportunity some had been waiting for since their childhood.
“I’ve always wanted to play football and being given the first opportunity...
The laughs echoed through Oak Grove as the Kickback continued last Friday night.
BSU hosted a Kickback event at 5 p.m., Friday, Sept 16, at Oak Grove Park. BSU is a branch of the Diversity Club. Most...
Lily House, writer/photographer
• September 16, 2022
While most kids spend their Saturday morning sleeping in, others woke up to pick-up trash off the roads of their community. Students met outside of the Gladstone City Hall and from there, dispersed...
