The student news site of Portage Northern High School

The Northern Light

The student news site of Portage Northern High School

The Northern Light

The student news site of Portage Northern High School

The Northern Light

New school, new me

New school, new me

Trinity Woodruff, Journalism 1 Staff Writer November 21, 2017

“I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of stars makes me dream” -Vincent van Gogh. I spent probably the entire month of August just re-reading that quote everyday because it was the...

Horses and hospitals

Horses and hospitals

Taryn Ortiz, Journalism 1 Staff Writer November 21, 2017

It was 11 am, and I a 9 year old, was next door at my neighbor's barn playing around with my horse Montana who was a brown and white paint. With one eye blue and the other brown, she stood 15 hands high....

This picture of Harrys glasses was taken in London, England at the Warner Brothers Studio

Apparating into my dreams

Sarah Maniscalco, Journalism 1 Staff Writer November 21, 2017

Many children have fantasized of soaring over the city on a broomstick or fixing their problems with the wave of a wand. I was one of those children who would’ve loved to be part of the wizarding world,...

Nearly losing an eye...but being kind of glad about it

Nearly losing an eye…but being kind of glad about it

Zach Lewis, Journalism 1 Staff Writer November 21, 2017

Crack! The sound of a stick breaking over a tree. The same stick that gave me 7 stitches and left a piece of bark stuck in my forehead. It was a summer evening in early July just after my preschool year....

My sister and cousins at my eldest cousins engagement party (2015).

Across the seven seas

Snigda Narisetty, Journalism 1 Staff Writer November 21, 2017

“Please Dad! Can we please go!” I said as I pleaded to go to India again as a hopeful 7 year old. Almost my entire family lives in India, yet we only go every couple years and I take every chance to...

No longer living in fear: freedom through Taekwondo

No longer living in fear: freedom through Taekwondo

Arushi Mithal, Journalism 1 Staff Writer November 21, 2017

The shimmer of the sun on the surface drew me in, and before I knew it, I was out on the frozen lake. Seconds felt like minutes. I walked step by step, doing everything exactly how I thought I was supposed...

Taking my dad to the hospital: a very scary day

Taking my dad to the hospital: a very scary day

Claire Pelak, Journalism 1 Staff Writer November 20, 2017

Beep, beep, beep goes my dad’s heart monitor. His hospital room is cold and kind of dark. A nurse walks in and turns off the heart monitor, but I stay sitting, thinking about everything that had led...

My family and I went white water rafting in Colorado.

Destined for adventure

Hannah Thomas Perez, Journalism 1 Staff Writer November 20, 2017

“You have your mom's blood,” my dad tells me. He does not mean in my looks, though, he means in my adventure spirit. His comment is encouraging, especially considering it's replacing his usual response...

Tyler Simon, business owner

Tyler Simon, business owner

Tyler Simon, Journalism 1 Staff Writer November 20, 2017

When you hear the title of “Sole Proprietor or Business owner,” people don’t usually associate it with a self-employed middle school student, but that was me. I didn’t earn that title all at...

From Kyle with Style to Kylie: escaping masculinity and fashion stereotypes

From “Kyle with Style” to Kylie: escaping masculinity and fashion stereotypes

Kylie Clifton, Journalism 1 Staff Writer November 20, 2017

Filth is what was hanging from my hangers. From the time that I was 6 years old, I knew that  the apparel that adorned my closet was wrong. The wretched things that were my boy clothes had to go. Every...

Moving not just across town, but around the world

Moving not just across town, but around the world

Margaux Gendre, Journalism 1 Staff Writer November 20, 2017

As I wake up from my slumber, I panic a little at first. The only thought running through my head at that precise moment was “ Where on earth am I?” I sat up in my bed, confused out of my mind, until...

Load More Stories
Translate »

Comments (0)

All The Northern Light Picks Reader Picks Sort: Newest