New textbooks? Check. New notebooks? Check. Pencils and highlighters? Check. New principal? Check. Kelly Cooper, a school vice principal for the past three years, was named Northgate High School’s new principal in August. She takes the place of Michael McAlister, who announced his departure at the...

Of all of the subjects in school, perhaps those hardest hit by the novel coronavirus is the performing arts.  Students can still do their math from home, but they can’t play the saxophone in sync with bandmates or choreograph to 8-count rhythms over Zoom. It’s also awfully hard to act out a part...

For the past few months there has been one topic that every American citizen has thought about daily: the Nov. 3 United States presidential election.  This will determine whether incumbent President Donald Trump, a business developer well known for the decade before his presidency as the star of...

Few will disagree that the world is full of hardship during this unprecedented time. With a pandemic that appears to have no end in sight, rampant west coast fires that have taken dozens of lives and destroyed thousands of homes and buildings, nationwide unrest over racism and equity issues, and people...

Northgate’s class of 2020 faced a challenging end to their kindergarten through senior year educational experience after school closed March 13. What was expected to be a two-week closure in response to the expanding worldwide pandemic caused by the Coronavirus eventually led to all students finishing...