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NAEP Exam

Kelsey Anspach
News Editor

Today, a selected group of seniors will take the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) Exam. According to Assistant Principal Ari Rothman, the exam is often referred to as “the nation’s report card.”

The exam, run by the U.S. Department of Education, is taken by students aged 9, 13, and 17 in public schools across the country. Each school that is chosen to take the test is given one of multiple subject tests which aim to report on subject-matter achievement, instructional experience, and school environment. This year, seniors here will take a writing assessment…

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Football player by day, budding artist by night

Megan Joyce
Executive Producer of the Ram Review

At NCHS, Senior Blake Garrity is known for his role on the Varsity football team’s offensive line, his laid-back personality, and his trademark red hair.

But for his artistic abilities? Not so much. However, with word of his website starting to get around, all of that may be about to change.

Click on Blake’s website, and you’ll see slideshows of perfectly wooded guitars, multicolored bowls, robots, and much more, all designed by Blake himself. Blake’s interest in creation and invention dates back to his elementary school years. “In fourth grade, one of my friends invited me to participate in a woodworking class, over at ‘The Woodworker’s Club’ in Norwalk, CT,” he said. “I ended up signing up for classes myself, and continued solely with woodworking for a couple of years.”

It wasn’t long, however, before Blake’s interests started to branch out, and other forms of art caught his eye…

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Relieving midterm stress with candles, Starbucks, and Xbox

Lucia Molina
Reporter

Cramming information you learned at the beginning of the semester, drinking coffee to stay awake, and burning candles to alleviate the stress means it’s to take midterm exams. Midterms land in the middle of the school year, always catching the student body by surprise. With so many chapters to reread, math problems to go over, and history to review in such little time…

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Make your own inspiration!

Kelly Saiz

Making an inspiration board is so much fun because you can characterize your individual ideas into something that you can admire everyday. If I have trouble getting dressed, I know that I can always take a look at my style board to get my blood flowing.

An inspiration board doesn’t have to just be about fashion. It could be about music, people, beauty, or the places you’ve been and want to go. That’s what I love about it— you can do whatever you want…

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