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– By Sage Davis – In the past decade, dropout rates have been higher than the graduation rates of high school students in the state of Washington. On average throughout the nation, about 1.3 million high school students become dropouts each year. Parents continually pound into children’s minds how important education is going to be [...]
– By Carlie Dawn – In the state of Washington, every high school student is required to take the HSPE test only during their sophomore year, unless they are retaking it a later year. The initials HSPE stand for High School Preference Exam. This exam is supposed to test students on how well they know [...]
– By Courtny Roderick – Ok, so the first day of high school, we’ve all been there. It seems only a week ago you were soaking up the last rays of the summer heat. Now with the glow of summer you find yourself anew with confidence, “What will the new year bring?” Now, fast-forward 3 [...]
– By Rene Peters – High school is the one place to get serious before going off to college. At Newport High School, there are only about 300 students. There aren’t a lot of options to choose from when it comes to classes. It would be nice to have a wider variety of subjects and [...]
– By Sage Davis – Last month, all students were required to lead their own Parent-Teacher Conference in order to tell their parents how well they were performing in school. Students seemed to panic more and more as the days got closer to the conference. Now that they’re over, how well do students of Newport [...]
– By Anna Ratcliff – Would you rather have a project or a portfolio as a graduation requirement for your senior year? As a graduation requirement for any high school, students must either complete a Senior Project or a Senior Portfolio before their graduation ceremonies at the end of their senior year. State law requires [...]
– By Zerrin Frankel – Are you a musician? If you are, do you ever feel like it would be a good experience to be judged by a professional? If so, than the Solo and Ensemble contests are for you. It’s pretty basic: just ask your local high school band teacher to help you enter, [...]
– By Sage Davis – Fighting fires, treating animals’ sicknesses, baking a delicious cake in a bakery, studying the bones of ancient sea creatures; the possibilities are endless when you’re a young child. Perhaps some of us still hope to obtain those jobs even when we’re older. Or have our dreams changed now that we’re [...]
– By Coltin Worley – The Distributive Education Clubs of America, or DECA, sponsors an annual national event. It’s been around for over sixty years. DECA has to do with marketing, finance, hospitality, and management in high schools and colleges around the globe. DECA provides competitions for being in a typical marketing setting. There are [...]
– By Courtny Roderick – “We all live under the same sky, but we don’t all have the same horizon.”- Konrad Adenauer When you walk down the crowded halls of Newport High School you see them everywhere, the artistic viewer, the excellent athlete, the achieving scholar. You see leaders, seniors. What you can’t see with [...]
