The National “Miss America” beauty pageant was held on Sunday, September 14 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The winner was Miss New York, Kira Kazantsev. Kazantsev is New York’s third-straight winner for the annual contest. The Miss America program has been running in the United States since 1921. It is not the same thing as the Miss USA pageant, though the two are often confused … Continue reading Miss America: good or bad?
Childbirth is a necessary process in the cycle of life. The safest place to give birth to a child is in a hospital. However, many expecting parents do not think about the extensive hospital bills that come with childbirth. According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, the average hospital delivery costs $3,500. This does not even factor in … Continue reading Baby Blues
Rape is a growing problem in the United States, and the statistics to prove it are unacceptable. According to a survey done by the One In Four USA Organization, one in four college women report surviving rape or attempted rape at some point in their life. In the United States alone, 1,270,000 women experience a rape. First, it is important to understand what rape really … Continue reading Rape: Who is to blame?
By Zephyr Strosnider Staff Writer In order to help out North Springs, all you have to do is Smile. Friends of North Springs, an organization formed to align and fund needed support for our school’s building, staff, and student body, is now involved with the AmazonSmile organization. AmazonSmile is a way to raise money for the school just by shopping online. All that is needed … Continue reading FONS Invites You to Smile
By Zephyr Strosnider Staff Writer North Springs High School will be adopting the Fulton County charter system, instead of our current conversion charter, at the end of the 2014-15 school year. A conversion charter, which is what North Springs is as of right now, means a group of administrators, faculty, and parents of an existing public school got together and wrote a detailed explanation of … Continue reading Charter change at North Springs
By Zephyr Strosnider Staff Writer This year has brought many changes to North Springs Charter High School. One major change is the addition of two new coaches to the Spartan volleyball team. The two new head coaches are Brittany Gregory for head Junior Varsity coach and Kimberly Daniel for head Varsity coach. This is Coach Gregory’s first time coaching volleyball here at North Springs, but … Continue reading New volleyball coaches join North Springs
By Zephyr Strosnider Features Editor North Springs will be offering a new elective next year, the school year of 2014-2015, called AVID. AVID is an acronym for Advancement Via Individual Determination. The elective will be offered to ninth and tenth graders. The purpose of AVID is to teach participating students study skills, Cornell note taking and other various academic note taking strategies, time management, organization … Continue reading AVID comes to North Springs
By Zephyr Strosnider Features Editor Atlanta’s Major League Baseball team, the Braves, had its opening day March 31st, 2014, with a loss to the Milwaukee Brewers with a score of 2-0. The Braves previously played the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park. They lost the first game on March 31st 0-2, The Braves then won thesecond game of the season on April 1st with a score of 5-2 … Continue reading Braves season off to mixed start, great victory over Phillies
By Zephyr Strosnider Features Editor The Scottish electronic trio, CHVRCHES released their debut album, The Bones of What You Believe, in September of 2013. The band is made up of vocalist Lauren Mayberry, guitarist Lain Cook, and synthesizer and vocal loop user Martin Doherty. The album received fantastic reviews from countless music blogs and magazines. The twelve song album is full of upbeat dance music … Continue reading The Bones of What You Believe: CHVRCHES Album Review
By Zephyr Strosnider Features Editor 21st Century Leaders is one of the many clubs at North Springs that works on promoting leadership skills to all student members. According to club president Evan Rosenthal, “We just want to get the students involved in the community both in and outside of school. They recently entered a marketing competition called Goizueta Youth Leadership Summit and were awarded … Continue reading 21st Century Leaders excel
