The 16th annual pig roast for the Fine Arts Booster Club is scheduled for Friday in the NHS commons from 5-10 p.m. The pig roast is the biggest fundraiser the Fine Arts Booster Club does all year.
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The 16th annual pig roast for the Fine Arts Booster Club is scheduled for Friday in the NHS commons from 5-10 p.m. The pig roast is the biggest fundraiser the Fine Arts Booster Club does all year.
State legislature should decide sometime this spring whether to cut up to 10 percent from education funding, which is estimated to mean a little more than $1 million in lost funding for Newton public schools.
Boasting more than 40 clubs to choose from, NHS has gained it’s fair share of acronyms over the years. Some club names are self explanatory, while it may take a while to realize HOSA means Health Occupation Student Association. Some not so easily deciphered acronyms follow. Tri-M The meaning of the club name is...
Anna Voth: Mrs. Nickel’s classroom Major: Math Education Why: I enjoy being with kids and I like math and it was really just a kind of obvious combination for me. What are you most nervous about: Communicating with the students. I don’t want them to be lost, and I want them to understand what...
On Jan. 26, students may have noticed that English teacher Janel Harms and Math teacher Eunice Nickel were not dressed in their usual school attire. Harms and Nickel are both sponsors of the Interact Club, a part of the larger Rotary club in Newton.The club’s most recent project was to raise money for kids...

Recently, there have been some conflicts at NHS with the Keep A Breast Foundation (KAB)’s “I love boobies” breast cancer awareness campaign. Although KAB’s focus is to support breast cancer by donating money for each item sold and increase awareness among young people, the slogan has been causing some controversy. Students have been confronted...
National Honors Society’s service project “Ethiopia Reads” is in full swing. The goal of the high school’s branch of the organization is to obtain five children’s books from every student in the high school, as well as a donation of $1,500 to help ship the books. According to librarian Ronda Limon, the organization’s sponsor,...
Mid-Kansas Symphony Orchestra rehearsals will be Friday from 7-10 p.m. and Saturday from 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. The Mid-Kansas Symphony Orchestra performance will be at 4 p.m. on Sunday. 2nd clubs will be during seminar on Jan. 25. The induction ceremony for Spanish Honor Society will be in the NHS auditorium on Jan. 29 at 2:30...
The Newton USD 373 Board of Education had identified three finalists for the position of District Superintendent. However, the board has now decided to extend the process and is accepting applications until Feb. 13. According to board president Renee Erickson, this decision was made in order to take full advantage of the time available....