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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

GRAPHIC BY NAYERA ABDESSALAM

Teacher shortage sweeps through Omaha Public Schools

Olivia McCrossin, Editor-in-Chief October 16, 2022

Teachers have taken on overwhelming responsibilities due to ongoing staff shortages. According to Laura Sambol, a writer for Omaha WOWT News, Omaha Public Schools (OPS) lost over 700 workers by the end...

The student section at the Omaha North v. Benson football game cheers their team to victory. The banner in front of them was made by Pep Club.
PHOTO BY RACHEL ANASTASIA

Let’s touchdown with the new season of clubs

Liberty Stuart, News writer October 16, 2022

This year two new clubs have been created to help the North High football team. They are the V-Up Viking Football Booster Club and the Pep Club. While the Pep Club is a place for students to build school...

French Club is cooking cuisine in class again

Liberty Stuart, News writer October 16, 2022

Despite being virtual for the past two years, French Club has decided that this year they will go back to holding their meetings in school and cooking in person. Valerie Finch, the French teacher and French...

Plans for a new entrance welcomed by North students and staff

Plans for a new entrance welcomed by North students and staff

Nayera Abdessalam, Managing Editor and Backpage writer June 4, 2022

On Tuesday, May 3, INVISION architects visited North High school to meet with students and staff about plans for an entryway renovation at the school. The main priority for the renovation is to make North’s...

Sheila Connor, an English teacher, packs up her classroom, into her closet in preparation for the next school year. As a tenured teacher, she has acquired a number of classroom supplies that require a great deal of storage space.

Academies bring about room changes

Vivian Landis, Editor in Chief June 4, 2022

Spring cleaning is in full swing at North High. Numerous teachers have begun packing up their rooms in preparation for a new room number.    Come next school year, the building will be organized...

OPS district board modifies 2021-22 school calendar, affects North High teachers

OPS district board modifies 2021-22 school calendar, affects North High teachers

Nayera Abdessalam, Managing Editor and Backpage writer November 30, 2021

On September 9th, OPS board members voted all in favor of changing five student learning days to various forms of teacher planning and development days. This is part of the Academic Acceleration and Recovery efforts...

A protester outside of Planned Parenthood reads bible verses aloud. These protesters have been gathering outside the clinic for two years.

Omaha activists demonstrate outrage after ongoing struggle for power in abortion conversation

Elena Gaines, News Editor November 30, 2021

On Saturday, October 2, approximately 120,000 people gathered nationwide to show their support for maintaining the autonomy of women’s bodies according to news site, Heavy.com.  This surge...

Finch, Fricke fall back into full swing as school returns back to normal

Jonah Backstrom, News Writer November 29, 2021

Going into the new school year, Omaha Public Schools let all of the students back into the schools across the district. They offered a virtual school option for those who are worried about...

OPS implements a lockdown on iPads

OPS implements a lockdown on iPads

Vivian Landis, Editor in Chief November 29, 2021

At the beginning of the school year students slowly discovered that their iPads routinely locked them out of their apps starting at 10 p.m. After speaking out on the occurrence students found...

Student council prepares decorations for homecoming on September 11. Members have been preparing for homecoming since the beginning of the school year.

Student Council is “out of this world”

Liberty Stuart, News writer November 29, 2021

On September 11, 2021 North High Magnet School had Homecoming for the first time since 2019 with the theme out of this world. Unlike recent years where Homecoming took place in early October,...

Spider-Man snaps away Endgame’s trailer record

Jeremiah Booth, Editor-In-Chief September 2, 2021

On Monday, Aug. 23, the teaser trailer for “Spider-Man: No Way Home” set a record for the most global views in the first 24 hours with 355.5 million views, despite leaking on Twitter a day early.  The...

Kendrick plans a comeback

Jeremiah Booth, Editor-In-Chief September 2, 2021

Kendrick Lamar plans on releasing his final solo album with Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) after four years of not dropping any music. In 2018, Lamar anchored the “Marvel’s Black Panther” soundtrack,...

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