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

Types of masks and the safest way to wear them

Types of masks and the safest way to wear them

Natalie Grinder, Associate Digital Media Manager June 9, 2020

During the pandemic most stores are requiring or recommending masks to be worn to protect themselves and others from the virus. The three main types of mask are medical masks, single layered masks, and...

Before every game, the team gets together and everyone high fives each other, which we call the “five finger discount.” This picture is from the state championship game, the last Huskie baseball game for both the 5 seniors and 12 juniors on the team.

Saying goodbye to my senior season

Malcolm Gaynor, Editor in Chief April 6, 2020

The effects of being self deprecating

The effects of being self deprecating

Lucy Madelung, Staff Writer March 31, 2020

Humor. It’s used to make people laugh, make people feel better about their day, and most importantly, it attracts people. In a world where big personalities thrive, however, the wit that goes along with...

PN marching ensembles take their talents indoor

PN marching ensembles take their talents indoor

Melissah Morris-Adkins, Staff Writer March 30, 2020

While most people associate the marching band with Fall, many of its members are hard at work in the winter, too. PNHS has three winter ensembles: the Portage Northern Winter Guard, Cyclone Winds and Portage...

Its hard navigating the generation divide- heres what that means

Divided by time: generations reflect on the defining qualities between age groups

Kylie Clifton, Arushi Mithal, and Lucy Madelung March 27, 2020

Laughter pours in at the dinner table at a family reunion. Surrounded by familiar faces,  a breathtaking aroma of food drizzles in. In the midst of all this warmth, iPhones buzz and chime from people’s...

Microscopic view of Coronavirus, a pathogen that attacks the respiratory tract.

Not “Coronacation”: students struggle to fill the void left by school in the wake of cancellation

Brianna Neuhouser, Digital Media Manager March 26, 2020

What Happened? On Thursday, March 12th, Governor Gretchen Whitmer made the monumental decision to close all K-12 schools in Michigan until April 6th as a way to combat the spread of Covid-19. That would...

Lockwood poses in the lake for her senior pictures at Scidmore Park, of Three Rivers. Holding her shoes and looking towards the future.

100% that witch: senior Nina Lockwood explores witchcraft

Kylie Clifton, Feature Editor March 26, 2020

 “I don't worship Satan, I can’t move anything with my mind, or turn anyone into frogs,” senior Nina Lockwood indicates. “I myself like to identify as a witch. It makes it easier than having to...

Isabel Reid (at left) and Hannah Thomas Perez (at right) pose with their mock-diplomas. Photo courtesy of Hannah Thomas Perez.

“Yeah, I’m graduating today”: seniors stand in solidarity during threat of COVID-19

Kylie Clifton, Feature Editor March 16, 2020

The class of 2020 drudged on through the home stretch, battling senioritis and grinding out a year that felt like it would never end. That is, until everything changed at 11:05 on the night of March 12,...

Senior Cory Cunningham prepares to be announced as a member of the starting five.

Senior Cory Cunningham transfers his skills from the football field to the (student-staff) basketball court

Staff February 14, 2020

Senior Cory Cunningham recently accepted an offer to play football for Saginaw Valley State University, but football was the farthest thing from his mind as he ran up and down the basketball court...

Senior photos are more than stressful but it came out more than perfect.

Four years: tragedy and triumph

Brianna Neuhouser, Web Editor February 12, 2020

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