Fallen Viking proudly served our country
Cami Brix, Co-Editor-in-Chief
November 11, 2018
Filed under Feature, Print Stories, Showcase
Patrick Myrick lived and died a Viking. As a 1991 graduate and then as a lieutenant in the United States Navy, Myrick gave back to his family, friends and country. Patrick’s older brother and 1988 graduate, Bryan Myrick, said he remembers Patrick as a very positive person. “He was u...
Calhoun shares his childhood experiences with racial identity
Rachel Lawson, Managing Editor
November 9, 2018
Filed under Feature
At a meeting with the school’s leadership team over the summer, Campus Supervisor shared his childhood experience as a person of color. He struggled to live in both his family home surrounded by people of similar races and the predominantly white high school he went to during the day. “I k...
“I want to survive.”
Aditi Jain, Feature Editor
September 23, 2018
“I kept telling myself, I’m going to beat this,” he said. English and new Drama teacher Kevin Bliss took an 18 foot fall headfirst off of an orchid ladder in July of 2017. He spent two and a half weeks in urgent care and two months in a complacent home. According to him, his doctors s...
Link Day 2018
Shannon Hong, Web Editor-in-Chief
September 5, 2018
Filed under Feature, Showcase, Video
On Sept. 5, incoming freshmen were welcomed to Inglemoor on Link Day, which takes place at the beginning of every school year in order to ease the transition from middle school to high school. Link Crew leaders and staff members guided the Inglemoor newcomers by involving them in activities and taking...
Band prepares to march into a new season
Shannon Hong, Web Editor-in-Chief
August 20, 2018
Whether the event is a spirit assembly or a halftime show at a football game, marching band strives to give a dynamic performance that gets spectators on their feet. However, marching in perfect sync, playing music from memory and performing as a large unit doesn’t come without preparation. Band council...
Faculty farewells
June 8, 2018
Filed under Feature
Kim Hadfield Article by Kaylea Agate Health and physical education teacher Kim Hadfield can often be found in the mat room teaching dance class. Come next fall, however, she plans to be on the receiving end of dance lessons instead. Brushing up on her ballet is just one of many ways Hadfield plans to...
2017-2018 Editor goodbyes
Megan Munson, Surya Hendry, and Maya Holt
June 8, 2018
Filed under Feature
Surya Hendry Unbelievably, at the end of my sophomore year, I considered leaving Nordic. It didn’t feel like the right fit. I felt too nervous conducting interviews, too uncertain writing ledes, too shaky creating graphics. Journalism probably wasn’t for me. Two years later, I am confident that my...
An uneven playing field
April 13, 2018
Filed under Feature
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 scores; the higher the amount of money a student's family earns, on average, the better the student...
New principal promises to motivate students towards success
Cami Brix, News Editor
April 8, 2018
Filed under Feature
Adam Desautels has already taken his first step in building a relationship with the Viking community, and he hasn't even started his first year as principal. On March 29, students, parents and community members received their first correspondence from Desautels. In his email, Desautels said that he i...
A portrait of inequity
April 5, 2018
Let's face it: some of us walk an easier path through life than others. This isn't to say that everyone doesn't have their own personal hardships to face, but the fact is that a person's race, socio-economic status and gender and sexual identity can add to these hardships. Acknowledging the roadblocks...
Going green: We have a ways to go
March 13, 2018
Green. It seems like this word is thrown around all the time these days, whether in regards to climate change, construction or efforts by schools and businesses. Discussions about the environment come up all the time, and yet it seems like there is little action. Nordic saw this and was curious to discover...
Lil’ Viks, bigger spirit
Oliver Hopcroft, Opinion Editor
February 20, 2018
Filed under Feature, Print Stories, Sports
If you’ve been to a football or basketball game, you’ve probably seen a group of passionate elementary school students, cheering on the sidelines with spirit gear and pom-poms. These are the Lil’ Viks. At their cheer camp, held twice a year for one day, boys and girls in pre-K through sixth gr...
November 15, 2018
The 2017 Monitoring the Future survey was conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan and collected data from 43,703 students at 360 public and private high schools...
