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The Northern Light

The student news site of Portage Northern High School

The Northern Light

DECA students waiting at their state championships.
DECA students compete in state championships
Illustration: Annabelle Bartz, Writers: Jackson Barnard, Brie Quick, Abby Hosler, Ella Morofski, Kayla Malaski, Avery Bogemann, Mitchell Barnard, Trevor Anderson, Kennedy Beck, Mariah McCollough, Ash Weller, Ashton Hall, Mitchell Barnard, ChaseVanderwalle • April 7, 2023

Juniors Neajai Lewis and Emerson Gillam-Shaffer walk to protest the violence happening in Gaza.
Students walk out in protest of the Israel-Palestine war
Brie Quick and Ella Morofsky November 15, 2023

  “We are living through history and we can change it now instead of regretting it later,” sophomore Omar Elghawy proclaimed...

Featured students shared their favorite Spring Break photos with the NL staff.
Stories from Spring Break
Illustration: Annabelle Bartz and Writers: Ella Morofsky, Jackson Barnard, Kennedy Beck, Lauren Pernie, Mitchell Barnard, Kayla Malaski, Kayla Miller, Brie Quick, Avery Bogemann April 7, 2023

Whether students stayed home or spent time abroad, there were lots of stories to tell from Spring Break 2023.

Junior Anna Wiltzer braves the wind and rain with her homemade sign to protest gun violence in Wednesdays student walk out.
Students walk out to protest gun violence amid wind and rain
Jackson Barnard, Brie Quick, Abby Hosler, Ella Morofsky, Avery Bogemann, Kayla Malaski, Jenna Abdukhak, Trevor Anderson, Mitchell Barnard, Kennedy Beck, Chase VanderWalle, and Ashton Hall, Mariah McCollough, Kayla Miller, Lauren Pernie, Ash Weller April 6, 2023

Not even thunder, lightning, heavy rain, 55 mph wind gusts and a Tornado Watch could deter students from walking out to protest gun violence...

Michelle at Mount Kilimanjaros summit holding the photo of the group of scouts who were originally supposed to take the trip when it got canceled.
District communications director Michelle Karpinski fulfills dream of climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro
Abby Hosler, Feature Editor • February 17, 2023

Michelle Karpinski, the Community Relations Manager for Portage Public Schools, is an adventurous person. Far more than that led her to the summit...

Critical race theory shown in an illustration. Illustration by Annabelle Bartz.
It's not critical race theory, it's history, and it's important
Maya Abdulhak October 17, 2022

Critical race theory is a major political buzzword and has even become a talking point in this year’s school board election, prompting district...

For most of us, flirting is never a comfortable process, but it is so much harder when you have mental health struggles. Photo by Annabelle Bartz.
Flirting with anxiety
January 14, 2022
Bookish with Avery Bogemann: Daisy Jones and the Six
Bookish with Avery Bogemann: Daisy Jones and the Six
Avery Bogemann, Veteran Staff Writer • June 7, 2023

              Daisy Jones and the Six is a standalone book by Taylor Jenkins Reid,...

Senior Keegan McIntyre runs out of bounds after receiving a pass from QB Braylen Amos in the Huskies matchup against St. Joe on September 29. Portage Northern went on to secure a 48-22 victory.  in the Huskies matchup against St. Joe on September 29. Portage Northern went on to secure a 48-22 victory.
Varsity football defeats St. Joseph high school 48-22
Brie Quick, Ella Morofsky, Abby Hosler, and Ian Eby October 3, 2023

On Friday, September 29th, 2023 the Portage Northern varsity football team brought themselves to a 6-0 record with a 48-22 win over St. Joseph...

We Are Huskies
We Are Huskies
Cameron Myers, News Editor • February 17, 2019

We talk all the time about HUSKIE PRIDE, but what does it really look like in action?

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