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Each day, directly after the pledge, students will be given a period of 15 seconds for a moment of reflection. Four years ago, both the Illinois Senate and House of Representatives vetoed the moment of silence act resulting in public schools statewide dropping the period of reflection from the curriculum. Just about mid year, [...]
For the class of 2014 and many years after, driver’s education will now be offered as an elective at Neuqua’s Gold Campus. This addition to the course selection at the gold building gives Freshman students the chance to take the class in school, instead of taking it in their own time after school, on the [...]
The world today is far different than it was centuries ago. The modern world is reliant on fossil fuels, which emit dangerous amounts of carbon dioxide into our atmosphere. We are experiencing a self-induced climate change due to these hazardous habits. Many companies are seeking to “go green” to help reduce the effects of global [...]
When you spend a night in the scenic national forest, you can hear to whitewater roar and you know you’re at the Outdoor Club’s annual whitewater rafting trip. The Outdoor Club holds informational seminars both on and off campus regarding outdoor activities. For their spring trip, the outdoor club is planning their annual [...]
Senior Veronica Picchi is off to space camp. She is heading to Alabama as one of the chosen individuals to attend the Honeywell Leadership Challenge Academy. “The academy’s purpose is to promote [the use of] scientific and mathematical concepts to real life situations in order to figure out solutions for global dilemmas,” said Picchi. [...]
The time has come that we, the consumers in this intensely capitalistic society wake up and realize the cast sums of untapped power which we possess. For generations we have gone along griping and complaining about big business and the huge corporations which wipe out not only small businesses, but the ecosystems and species [...]
During the course of Spirit Week, Willie the Wildcat was a popular figure. Students lined up to take pictures in option periods and were enthusiastic about watching the “Willie MAD” videos that came out on occasion. Willie did his job in encouraging students to take pride in their school. Since then, Willie has disappeared, [...]
Other than the yellow Echo racks in Neuqua’s halls, similar orange racks are also sprinkled throughout the school. These racks belong to the Chicago Tribune’s high school publication, The Mash. The Mash is run and distributed by the Tribune, but its stories are reported by high school students from the Chicagoland area. Working closely [...]
As many students have already discovered, Neuqua has recently installed Wi-Fi throughout the school. After six weeks of installation, internet access was activated last Monday in areas such as the library, Commons, Forum room, and other places where the need was greatest. With the exception of the stairwells and back hallways, service should be [...]
Neuqua Valley’s Business Professionals of America, BPA, is a club dedicated to enhancing student skills to promote business education for the future leaders of tomorrow. Every year, the BPA chapter of Neuqua Valley sends two members from the executive board to the state leadership conference in the winter for a chance to get elected [...]
