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The North Star

The student news site of Omaha North High Magnet School

The North Star

The student news site of Omaha North High Magnet School

The North Star

Lack of subs causes teachers to lose plan period

Dominick Bartels, News Writer April 16, 2019

Omaha Public Schools (OPS) “seems to be” experiencing a shortage in substitute teachers causing regular classroom teachers to have to cover classes during their plan period, Lynne Braddock, assistant...

FDA rekindles tobacco product conversation

Emily Mann, News Editor April 16, 2019

In 2015, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported high school cigarette smoking to be at 10.6 percent, the lowest number seen within two decades prior. Since this, the number of high...

Kayleah Turner, 12, dances during the tribute to former North Counselor, Christopher Wiley, at the Black History Month Program on February 28th. 
Photo by Caitlin Pieters

BSLC program raises funds

Molly Schmeits, Entertainment Editor April 16, 2019

Recently, Black Student Leadership Council hosted their third annual Black History Month Program. The program ran during the last block on Feb. 27 and 28. Each day, teachers signed up their students who...

The speech and debate team poses with the plaque recognizing their membership to the National Speech and Debate Association.
Photo courtesy of Michael Brown

Speech, Debate entries decrease due to snowstorm

Hannah Miller, In-depth Writer April 16, 2019

Currently, Speech and Debate students are preparing for their upcoming national tournaments. Michael Brown, Speech and Debate teacher, said that the NSDA tournaments, National District Speech and Debate...

CRU members gather for a picture after their meeting on Mar. 5, 2019. CRU meets every Tuesday in the library at 5:30 pm.
Photo courtesy of Tim Williams

CRU provides faith-based service opportunities

Denaya Lewis, Opinion Writer April 10, 2019

Campus Crusades for Christ is a national Christian organization, started in 1951 at UCLA. CRU was started at North last year thanks to senior Tim Williams. They are a small club that meets every Tuesday...

This is the Washinton Monument seen bordered by cherry blossom trees. A festival celebrating the blossoms takes place between Mar. 20-Apr. 14.                         
Photo courtesy of the National Cherry Blossom Festival

Winter weather delays trip to D.C.

Emily Mann, News Editor April 10, 2019

Last semester, seniors at Omaha North were presented with the opportunity to visit the country’s capitol, Washington D.C. The annual trip was started four years ago by two of North’s English teachers,...

JROTC practices, prepares for out of state trip

Zach Hansen, Business Manager April 10, 2019

The North High School JROTC program will be looking forward to two events that were supposed to take place in February but have been since moved to March due to weather. A color guard competition was...

SkateDaze announces their closure for the end of the day on Mar. 31 after 73 years of business. This location, 132nd and B St, has been open since 1982 and it has provided a skating rink play center for all ages.
Photo by Paige Anthony

Omaha entertainment centers close doors

Paige Anthony, News Editor April 8, 2019

SkateDaze was originally one of eight local rollerskating rinks owned by the Cernik family. When this location opened in 1982, roller skating was its only attraction. Since then, they’ve added a three...

Graphic by Hannah Miller

Open Door Mission provides assistance for homeless population

Kylie Hughes, Online Editor February 21, 2019

Throughout the Omaha area, 2,000 people are living without a home, according to the Open Door Mission. For some, it started with the loss of a job. For others, it was substance abuse that led to the loss...

Fontenelle teacher put on administrative leave

Tyvon Smith, In-Depth Editor February 14, 2019

During the 2018-2019 school year, Omaha Public Schools has had a staff member be put on administrative leave with a pending investigation on sexually violating children on the job. The Omaha World Herald...

Speech, Debate gain recognition with over 50 degrees

Hannah Miller, In-depth Writer February 14, 2019

In about two months, Speech and Debate has their Nebraska School Activities Association (NSAA) and National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) district tournaments. As a team, Speech and Debate wants...

Graphic by Paige Anthony

Breakdown of the shutdown

Paige Anthony, News Editor February 14, 2019

On Dec. 21, 2018, Congress let funding for roughly 25 percent of the federal government expire. By the midnight deadline, the House and the Senate had not passed a spending bill appropriating money to...

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