Nordic News

Strong ELL program looks to make further improvements

Kaylea Agate, Reporter • May 22, 2018

On the bus ride to a recent field trip, students could be heard laughing, singing and teaching songs to students who didn’t know the lyrics. This may sound like a typical American high school bus ride,...

Band members perform at WMEA State Solo and Ensemble competition

Cami Brix, Co-Editor-in-Chief • May 1, 2018

This past weekend, high school students filled Ellensburg with their music at the annual Solo and Ensemble State Competition. Based on their success at Northlake regional Solo-Ensemble this past February,...

Inglemoor baseball team honors former coach with ceremony and scholarship

Caden Frank, Sports Editor • Apr 26, 2018

Friday, March 16. Players, and coaches from the Inglemoor baseball program watch and listen in the moments leading up to their game. On every one of their black Viking hats, a yellow “JM” is stitched...

CheECO friendly tips

Audri Saulters and Alex Haworth • Apr 24, 2018

Hug all the trees in the Seattle Metropolitan Area. Do a check-in: are they oakay? Remember, this is you consoling the Earth in her final years. Throw your trash off the ends of the Earth because we...

Spring album reviews

Jonah Austin, Webmaster • Apr 24, 2018

Black Panther: The Album Hitting the top of the Billboard 200, Kendrick Lamar’s “Black Panther: The Album” definitely lives up to the movie that shares its name. All of the songs are either inspired...

Day in the Life of a Running Start student

Apr 16, 2018

Junior Andrew Jumanca’s wakes up at 7:30 a.m. instead of the usual 5:30 or 6:00 a.m. that typical high school students get out of bed. Jumanca is enrolled in Running Start, a pre-college program...

Students find their own solutions

Megan Munson, Co-Editor-in-Chief • Apr 13, 2018

For bustling high schoolers, it is often too time-consuming or expensive to commit to growing beefriendly gardens or buying locally-sourced crops. It can feel impossible to live a green lifestyle underneath...

Cafeteria remains dirty despite reminders

Ariane Apigo, Design Editor • Apr 13, 2018

Only half a school year has passed and a new pressing problem has emerged: people don’t clean up after themselves after lunch. We’ve had school announcements, advisory messages and even GMI video features...

Earth Corps asks school to turn a new leaf

Apr 13, 2018

It’s Monday morning, and in Sue Black’s biology classroom, about a dozen students are thinking about trash: How can it be reduced? How could cafeteria-goers be encouraged to dispose of it properly? These...

How to become a Green Ribbon School

Andrew Nguyen, Cheeky Editor • Apr 13, 2018

Dealing with homophobia as a student

Maya Holt, Web Editor-in-Chief • Apr 13, 2018

As both a Latina and a lesbian, senior Andrea Reyes is a minority on two fronts. This makes it so there are more daily barriers for her to confront. "I've had to overcome a lot of things in my life,...

An uneven playing field

Brian Xie and Maya Holt • Apr 13, 2018

Statistically speaking, economic status is one of the most influential factors to a student's success at school. Income level has been directly linked to success in terms of graduation rate and state testing...