DECA Raises $1,126 for Make a Wish with Letters to Santa
Ashlyn Jacobs, Editor in Chief
December 17, 2019
NHS DECA raised $1,126 for Make a Wish Foundation through a letters to Santa fundraiser this month. Students and staff participated to make this possible, DECA adviser Amanda Devries said. She feels "so fortunate to work with an amazing group of people," Devries via an e-mail.
A Feast in the Castle: NHS Madrigal Dinner 2019
Logan Laabs, Student of Journalsim
December 6, 2019
The Madrigal Dinner holds a feast in NHS cafeteria on Saturday, Dec. 7, to celebrate the joy and heart of the renaissance, junior Nickolaus Temayo says. NHS’s music program will be holding its 21st annual Madrigal Dinner on the first weekend of December. This limited seating event has two shows;...
Touch of Class Goes to Scotland
Jeriah Paulson, Student of Journalism
December 3, 2019
Touch of Class members have the opportunity to tour Scotland in the coming 2020 summer and perform at the Sterling Bridge music festival. Touch of Class (TOC) is a string ensemble group at NHS that focuses on alternative, upbeat music and instrumental choreography. July 2020 the group intends to tr...
Rockets Start VEX Robotics Season
Ty Cianciolo, Student of Journalism
December 3, 2019
The first VEX Robotics competition for many of the teams from NHS took place Nov. 21, in the STEM building at the UW-Oshkosh Fox Cities Campus. “Robotics is a good stress reliever, a good place I can go and forget about everything else, and It’s fun to incorporate ideas into the final design,” se...
Wrestling Managers and Team Promote Beanie Fund-raiser
Paola Beltran, Student of Journalism
November 30, 2019
Beanies are being sold to help pediatric cancer, and NHS wrestlers and managers have been spreading the word to maximize sales from Nov. 1 to Dec. 20. Pediatric Cancer is found in children typically ages 0-14 but also common in teenagers 15 - 19. “The fundraiser is going toward pediatric cancer...
Neenah Debate Sends Members to State
Jacob Schwartz, Student of Journalism
November 30, 2019
The Neenah Debate team is on track to send over 80 percent of its members to the state competition in West Bend this January. “These kids have worked very hard to compete at the level necessary to participate in the state competition,” assistant coach Kaija Snyder said. Neenah will have teams represent...
Students Hard Work to Shine on Stage: Opener 2019
Kya Meunier, Student of Journalism
November 26, 2019
NHS's extracurricular music groups are performing various styles of music once again on Nov. 26 at 7:30 p.m. in Pickard Auditorium. The free event can be found on the NJSD website activity calendar. The itinerary for Opener includes performances by iJazz, aJazz, TOC, Vintage and Act II. Preparation pr...
Students Aim to Take the Cake in Upcoming Culinary Competition
Nikki Messick, Student of Journalism
November 24, 2019
The sixth annual culinary competition hosted by Fox Valley Technical College will be held on Dec. 6 with Neenah students intending to compete. Culinary teacher Mrs. Debra Garbe confirmed that three teams from Neenah will be competing this year. As reported ...
AFS Club Hosts Exchange Student Meet and Greet
Ashlyn Jacobs, Editor in Chief
September 12, 2019
An exchange student meet and greet held by AFS club will take place Sept. 18 in the cafeteria with ice breakers and snacks for attendees. Anyone wanting to meet this year's five exchange students and/or the NHS students who studied abroad last year are welcome to attend, Mrs. Felicia Torres, counselor...
Introducing the Rocket Players Production of Failure: A Love Story
Sophia Tesch, Student of Journalism
April 11, 2019
Preparations for the NHS spring show, Failure: A Love Story, are underway and the Neenah Rocket Players are excited to share that they will be performing the show in Pickard Auditorium at the end of April. Failure: A Love Story is a show that takes place in the city of Chicago through the 1920s. The story tells...
Writers Club Offers Spoken Poetry and Art Event for Students
Ashlyn Jacobs, Staff Writer
April 9, 2019
Update: The event will now be combined with an annual poetry contest, the Proces Poetry Prize, hosted by the Neenah Public Library. The awards ceremony and pending poetry reading is planned for September 2019; students can find more information at this link. A poetry and art showcase event for students in grades K-12, hosted by the NHS Writer’s Club, will tak...
State Bound: First-Year Visual Arts Classic Team Dominates Regional Competition
Vanessa Underhill, Student of Journalism
April 7, 2019
Dominating the competition at regionals in its first time competing, the NHS Visual Arts Classic team secures a position to advance to state on Friday. “We didn’t expect to win," senior Kaley Waters said. "We were just doing it to learn more about the program and have fun while doing it because...
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