Leaving everything she had once known behind, German foreign exchange student Laura Strack made the long journey to the United States to get a taste of the American experience for herself. With a penchant...

As a foreign exchange student from Kutaisi, Georgia, Tea Tsnobiladze expands outside of her comfort zone on a journey studying abroad in the Americas at NHS.  With a preference to be called Tika,...

A student, a guidance counselor and a teacher. These are roles some Neenah students think Mrs. Sae Yang inhabits. None of them are correct.  Yang clarifies: “I'm the new associate principal, and...

For many years, Walmart ran a grant program with which they gave Neenah High School a grant of $1,000 every year, in order to help students whose families were in urgent financial need. In 2008, however,...

Owen Blenker, a senior at NHS, is the original founder of the brand Evil Zebra. Evil Zebra is a blossoming brand that holds social events for peers and releases clothing items in person and online. According...

Mrs. Loriann Harmon:  a daughter, mother and teacher. During a college study abroad experience, Harmon comes across an orphanage in Mexico. Her experiences of working with the children who lost...

Finding one's place, adjusting to the weather, and discovering a sense of community are all normal problems that an exchange student may have to overcome. Will the students swim and adapt to the changes,...

“What’s two words you should never say in an airport? Hi-Jack.” This is the most recent dad joke from Kert Dietrich, a U.S. history teacher who fully embraces his dad-teacher role. Dietrich...

In the April 2022 mayoral election, first-time Neenah High School voters saw a familiar name on the ballot. Brian Borchardt, a teacher at Neenah High School, ran his campaign alongside his wife as they...

When you ask a teacher why they teach, it's not uncommon to hear some variation of it's my calling. This much is true for Jesse Schettle, a biology teacher at Neenah High School. From early on,...

Throughout the years it feels like a rare day when Mr. Chris Rundquist doesn't get cussed out by a student or a parent. At the end of it all, he still loves his job. His role is: caring educator. At...

When Wendy Ni starts kindergarten she cannot speak English.  Months prior, she moves from China to America. Her parents speak only Chinese fluently; therefore, Wendy knows very little English. Throughout...