Is there a darker side to NHS?

Crowded hallways, bright lights, the squeak of chalk, and the humming of over-heads: all descriptors of NHS by day. But what is the school like after hours, when the corridors are dark and empty, without a student in sight? The third shift custodial staff knows best. Without declaring the existence of spirits or ghosts, every person may have experiences they simply cannot explain, and every building has its haunted history. Now Noblesville High School’s is revealed. According to building supervisor Bruce Games, before the high school building was constructed in 1996, the County Farm occupied... Read more

Teaching takes a step out of the classroom

Whether practicing word wall words and making crafts with first graders, or teaching how to analyze a story for eighth graders, the Cadet Teaching class allows students to get actual experience in a career that may decide your future. For senior Jami Simcox, the class gives her a chance to see how it really feels to help out a fourth grade class. This class is giving her the opportunity to decide if that is the right path for her future. While Simcox helps in her fourth grade class, the teacher helps her  by showing her different teaching techniques and ways of handling that specific age group.... Read more

Boys look for redemption at Lucas Oil

A year filled with disappointments, a new program, a new head coach, and new expectations…add the pressure of playing the first regular season match up against a hated county foe in a brand-new professional stadium, one not even football’s biggest idols have competed in, and it can sometimes prove to just be too much. With these added pressures last season, the varsity football team fell hard to the Fishers Tigers 31-6, a loss that was hard to swallow. “I was happy the game was over, and we could move on and play Brownsburg,” now second-year head football coach Lance Scheib said. The... Read more

Piano lab gets a makeover

Students perform on out-dated keyboards. The keyboards often malfunction, but were recently replaced with new, higher quality Yamaha products. A key thunks down on an out-dated Yamaha keyboard, and the player can’t hear a thing. It’s not because she’s wearing headphones, but because the 13-year-old keyboard has finally fizzled out. But not to worry. For the first time since 1996, new equipment is being installed in the piano lab. Piano teacher Debbie Wittstein is elated. “The whole classroom experience is going to change,” she said. Caught in a land of funding limbo,... Read more