If you are a rising senior or a really gifted rising junior, See Mr. Clites in room 202 to get a signature. You probably can join The Patriot Press. Show them you are a great communicator by joining the staff of our nationally award-winning student newspaper, The Patriot Press. Newspaper class create a full-size newspaper every month that is distributed in our school, around the county, and is mailed to over 200 subscribers across the nation. In addition, their work is showcased on our popular World Wide Web site, The Patriot Press Online .
Students are in charge of the school newspaper.
Every month, the students editors get together to choose the stories that will be covered in the next issue. Assignments in hand, the staff goes out to research and report on the stories for that month. News and sports stories, surveys, editorials, movie and CD reviews, everything that goes into a real newspaper is created by Northern's student reporters. Once stories are researched, they're typed into our newsroom computer lab. Photos are shot digitally and art is created to go with them.