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The Prowler

The student news site of Plainfield North High School

The Prowler

The student news site of Plainfield North High School

The Prowler

Cancel culture: streaming's crackdown on popular shows

Cancel culture: streaming’s crackdown on popular shows

Lily Allen, Online Editor December 11, 2024

It feels like far too often that we open social media, see a post from a media update account, and open it to discover the cancellation of yet another beloved TV show or to see the removal of a show from...

Seasonal Effective Disorder

Seasonal Effective Disorder

Jojo Koldoff, Graphic Editor December 11, 2024

Dark mornings, chilly weather, and endless gray skies: the winter season is a time of change, but for some, it also marks the arrival of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). This form of depression, triggered...

Haunted by their ghost

Sue Ellen Damato, Editor-in-Chief October 29, 2024

Twelve years are spent in the school system with four of those twelve years made up of being in high school. We spend those four years deciding who is a true friend and who has no remorse in becoming a...

Filipino American history month

Hilde Trinidad, News Editor October 29, 2024

October’s Filipino American History Month honors the first Filipinos who arrived in the United States in 1587.  The annual celebration provides stability that serves as a platform for Filipino Americans,...

Endless battles to fight cancer

Brianna Gonzalez, Sports Editor October 29, 2024

Before Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” or even Nancy Reagan’s “Just Say No to Drugs” campaign, First Lady Betty Ford helped begin Breast Cancer Awareness month after being diagnosed in 1985. October...

Adjusting to new locked door policy

Julia Wild, Feature Editor September 26, 2024

Within the past year there have been many changes to the Plainfield School District 202 as a way to help make the schools safer. There have been many new safety policies implemented into the schools, showing...

Overcrowding leads to school expansion

Hilde Trinidad, News Editor September 26, 2024

Hallways are more packed than ever, lunch lines stretch across the cafeteria and classrooms that were meant for 25 students are now filled with 30 or more. As Plainfield's population grows, so do its schools,...

NHS Induction

Katrina Nalle, News Editor May 8, 2024

153 juniors and seniors were inducted into North’s chapter of the National Honor Society (NHS) on April 15 in the auditorium.   The ceremony included introductions from sponsors Kelly Zack...

‘Angelic’ treble group honored

Dylan Budd, Editor-in-Chief May 8, 2024

North’s treble a cappella group, the Angelics, proved it is one of the best high school a cappella groups in the country.  The singers traveled to Buffalo Grove and took first place in the International...

Fairytales form ‘into the Woods’

Katrina Nalle, News Editor April 2, 2024

Venture “Into the Woods” with North’s theater department for this year’s spring musical on Mar. 15-17.   James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim’s classic musical “Into the Woods” tells...

Culture fair debuts

Sue Ellen Damato, Sports Editor April 2, 2024

North hosted the  first annual “World Culture Fair” in the gym during all periods on Feb. 16.  Nine countries from around the world were displayed with the purpose of bringing together different...

AP award

Katrina Nalle, News Editor February 8, 2024

  The College Board formally named North an AP (Advanced Placement) Honor Roll school on Nov. 7 by honoring it with its Bronze Award distinction.   Out of 15,150 eligible schools in...

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