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How the horrific real-life story of one man inspired countess tales of fictional terror. Art and podcast by Sarah Meiselman Continue reading From the NSHS Podcast Room: The Notorious Murders of the Butcher of Plainfield
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By Sarah Meiselman North Springs students and teachers alike are well aware of the Social Emotional Learning (SEL) lessons displayed in homeroom/crew/SSS every week. What is not as well known, however, is how these lessons came to be, their purpose, what work behind the scenes allows for them to be shown to students, or how students rate the success of the lessons in their personal … Continue reading Social Emotional Learning: Why It Pays to Pay Attention
By Sarah Meiselman The new Fulton County grading policy has changed the way the semester averages are calculated for students. As the end of the semester draws nearer, students and teachers can see that it has also changed the way North Springs High School closes off the year. As seen in the schedule above, Monday December 5th will be a regular B Day. Tuesday December … Continue reading North Springs Experiments with End of Fall Semester Schedule
By Sarah Meiselman A few weekends ago, I saw the movie “Don’t Worry Darling” in theaters, directed by Olivia Wilde. It stars Florence Pugh as Alice and Harry Styles as Jack and portrays them as a happy couple living in a utopia known as Victory. Victory is a town of identical homes surrounded by a desert, and in the desert is the office where to … Continue reading “Don’t Worry Darling” Movie Review
By Sarah Meiselman Fulton County has issued a new grading policy for the 2022-2023 school year, but as a student, I wanted to know if it really fixed anything. Its goal is to make academic grades across schools in the county express the same amount of mastery of material if the percentage the students earned is the same. In other words, a student with an … Continue reading Fulton County’s New Grading Policy: Is this the right step?
by: Sarah Meiselman Futon County has a decent number of Jewish students, yet the handling of the Jewish religious holidays, as well as holidays of other religions, is not always as smooth as it may seem. Especially in the months early in the school year, the Jewish holidays fall during the school week because these holidays follow the lunar calendar. The lunar cycle is also … Continue reading Opinion: The Unintended Stress of Taking off for the Jewish Holidays
