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State mandate enacts new changes for upcoming seniors

Adriana Kladis, News Editor

May 18, 2017

Due to the state mandate of Illinois, all upcoming seniors will be required to choose between off-campus lunch and early or late arrival. The state mandate requires that students have 300 minutes of school time each day. This equals five hours a day. These 300 minutes can include study hall. The current...

State mandate enacts new changes for upcoming seniors
Eight D. 202 juniors get Horizon Grants to explore their futures

Tom Hernandez, Director of Community Relations

May 18, 2017

Justin Evans(left) and Sarah Trusk(right) standing beside Principal Ross Draper(middle) after receiving the Horizon Grant. Plainfield – Eight District 202 high school juniors will get a glimpse of their future with a little help from the Plainfield Foundation for Excellence. The Foundation awarded H...

Eight D. 202 juniors get Horizon Grants to explore their futures

News

Philosophy Club gets new leaders

Starting this year, seniors Chandler Clark and Justin Barry are the official leaders of Philosophy Club, taking the place of graduates James Lang and PJ Wilken who led the club for two years. Clark and Barry will preside...

October 4, 2016 • No Comments

Students participate in Day of Silence for GSA

Ryan Newell, Graphics

Students will partake in the National Day of Silence, vowing to not speak to address the problem of LGBT harassment on April 15. In 1996, students at the University of Virginia organized the first Day of Silence. The Day...

April 20, 2016 • No Comments

Early morning lockdown drill scheduled for Thursday morning

Mark Reiter, Online Editor

North will host the first early morning lockdown drill on Thursday, April 7 in conjunction with the Plainfield Police Department to prepare students and staff for potential threats. This is the first drill of its kind for the ...

April 6, 2016 • No Comments

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Sports

Winners and losers of the weekend draft

Zack Trapp, News Editor

It’s time to say farewell to a draft that involved Mike Mayock basically making a pick for the Vikings, too much Jerry Jones, a gask mask, and yet another Gronkowski entering the league. For all of the talk about how t...

May 10, 2016 • No Comments

Girls’ Soccer faces adversity, high expectations to start season April 20, 2016

Girls Softball beats South April 6, 2016
Varsity Baseball top the Minooka Indians during their first conference match April 6, 2016
Girls’ Track starts season strong March 15, 2016

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Features

Santa’s friend that America forgot

Nathaniel Martinez, Online Editor

Lots of today’s most popular stories have very grim origins. Instead of living happily every after, many characters from fairy tales and folklore died in their original incarnations. Little Red Riding...

February 3, 2017 • No Comments