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Full time cook Elaine Ackaret (left) and substitute cook Caroline Pittsford (right) prepare and serve trays of orange chicken and rice. “Mostly it’s filling empty spots as people are on leave, vacation, sick, but I think probably every school has an empty spot that needs to be filled,” Pittsford said. Photo by Crayson Mavrinac

Food and Nutrition program sustains itself

Crayson Mavrinac (he/him), Cheeky Editor, Co-Director of Fun Nov 15, 2024

  I get in the kitchen at 5:30 a.m. and turn on all the ovens and the lights and start getting our barrels of water, and emptying the old water, setting up a la carte, getting the cash registers...

A student checks their grades on StudentVue, NSD’s grade management platform of choice.

Teachers seek to reduce grade inflation

The trend of “grade inflation” — the distribution of grades that don’t align with the student’s mastery of taught material — has prompted debate over the degree to which grading alone should...

Alumni across the country chase their dreams

Alumni across the country chase their dreams

Jada Ambers (she/her), Reporter Nov 12, 2024

Recent Inglemoor alumni are working hard to pursue their dreams, living all over the country. As they chase new experiences, they’ve given intriguing stories and advice for current high schoolers. Class...

In the above AI-generated photo, a teacher grades a student’s essay. The prompt given to AI was “a perplexed teacher sitting in a classroom grading
an essay submitted electronically, trying to determine if the assignment was written using AI.” Photo generated with Adobe Firefly by Weiju Wang.

Educators grapple with ethical AI use

New innovations in artificial intelligence have changed education significantly as tools such as ChatGPT have become popular. Many students have started using AI to complete their assignments, and educators...

Misinformation polarizes presidential election

Misinformation polarizes presidential election

Former president Donald Trump will exit the presidential race, citing non-specific personal reasons. This social media announcement comes just less than a month before the presidential election on Nov....

Kamitsuna distributes Kanji worksheets, Japanese characters, to her IB Japanese 300 class.

New teachers sail into Viking Waters

Rishi Gala (he/him), Co-Design Editor Oct 25, 2024

Emiko Kamitsuna:  Japanese teacher Emiko Kamitsuna (she/her) is one of the newest members on staff. After 26 years of teaching, Kamitsuna is eager to see what teaching IB Japanese entails. “I’m...

Masculine expectations erode mental health

Masculine expectations erode mental health

Stigmas and suicide rates This article contains discussion of suicide. If you are uncomfortable reading about this topic, we advise that you skip this section.

Seniors weigh uncertainties about the future

Seniors weigh uncertainties about the future

In a recent Nordic news survey of 34 seniors, 27 said they felt prepared for college, and 22 said they felt moderately or highly confident they would be able to find a job after being educated for their...

Students of the University of Washington had an encampment calling upon the college to divest their funding in corporations that work with Israel. It lasted three weeks from its start in late April.

College campus protests prove a divisive issue

Growing up around the federal legalization of gay marriage in response to massive protest in 2015 and widespread Black Lives Matter demonstrations in 2020, this generation of youth has learned an effective...

Teachers retire to explore new kingdoms

Teachers retire to explore new kingdoms

Cheers to Chemistry After 40 years of teaching (24 of which were at Inglemoor) general and IB chemistry teacher Mark Emery (he/him) is retiring alongside his wife, a teacher in a different school district....

Seniors pursue higher education overseas

Seniors pursue higher education overseas

Zoë Meyer For graduating senior Zoë Meyer (she/her), college means traveling more than 7,000 miles to Wellington, New Zealand, to study interior architecture at Victoria University of Wellington. “In...

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