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Williams, dressed in bike gear, prepares for the ride with a coaching friend.

Williams participates in 104 mile bike ride

Libby Crawford, Newtonian Reporter September 6, 2019

Debate, forensics and speech teacher David Williams took on a goal he has been training for since July 2019. A 60 mile bike ride that turned into a 104 mile bike ride. Williams showed an interest in biking...

Sophomores Emily Tolbert [right], Miranda Corral [middle] and  Megan Watkins [left] study polymers during their class period of Honors Chemistry I in the school year.

Tolbert Attends Columbia University Camp

Natalie Kuhn, Reporter May 21, 2019

While the most students might spend their summers doing anything from attending a camp to earning money through a job, sophomore Emily Tolbert will attend a one-week summer immersion session in New York...

Office Staff Feature

Kaine Taylor, Guest J1 Videographer May 14, 2019

Senior Dominic Ellis shows off his fur used in Asatru traditions, using it as one way to express his religion. Ellis celebrates many holidays surrounding Asatru religion.

Asatru

Kaeden Thurber, Newtonian Reporter May 13, 2019

While the traditional NHS student might attend church on Sundays, senior Dominic Ellis practices his unique religion of Asatru, also called Heathenism or Contemporary German Paganism. Originally, Ellis’s...

Diane Soguilon and her extended family pose for a group picture before Soguilon, her parents, and her siblings left to move to the U.S.

Philippines to the U.S.

Ellen Garrett, Newtonian Content Editor May 13, 2019

Stepping out into a flurry of snowflakes, senior Mary Diane Soguilon sees her new home for the first time. For months, Soguilon and her family had been planning on making the 8,098 mile move from the Philippines...

Senior Lylia Fernandez stands outside Kiko’s with one of their signature carne asada burritos.

Order Up!

Benton Dreasher, Newtonian Reporter May 13, 2019

Families live together, laugh together and occasionally even fight, although it is not often you find a family that works together. Senior Lylia Fernandez, as well as her younger brother sophomore Santiago...

Practicing his electric guitar, senior Seth Bontrager plays tunes in the jazz room during seminar on Jan. 17. Seth practices anywhere from an hour to two hours a day. Photo Credit Emily Brandt

Taking on Tennessee

Addison Lindenmeyer, Newtonian Managing Editor May 13, 2019

Beginning in the fourth grade after getting a guitar, senior Seth Bontrager’s passion for music unfolded, fueled further by his participation in the school band as a percussion player. With a passion...

2019 Prom

2019 Prom

On April 13, Newton Senior High School hosted their annual  prom. Many attended the dance in their most formal wear. This year the theme was Viva Las Vegas, and had many Vegas themed decorations including...

Dorrell Faces Abdominal Infection, leads to surgery

Dorrell Faces Abdominal Infection, leads to surgery

Kaete Schmidt, Graphic Manager March 27, 2019

On Jan. 28 senior Amanda Dorrell was admitted into the hospital and one day later was under the scalpel in the operation room. What had seemed to be harmless abdominal pain, turned into a life-threatening...

Mr. Railerman Pageant

Marco Aramburu, Natalie Kuhn, and Lorelei Jacobs March 26, 2019

Saturday, March. 22, marked the second annual Mr. Railerman pageant. Two to three contestants from each grade competed head to head to see who would be crowned Mr. Railerman of 2019. Categories of the...

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Blaufuss attends Youth Senate Program

Faye Smith, Editor-in-chief March 7, 2019

As a child, junior Eli Blaufuss was always interested in history. Each Christmas he received multiple books, even an entire retelling of the history of war. Little did he know that his passion for history...

A male Northern Cardinal perches on a tree branch at Kauffman Museum in North Newton, Kansas.

Nature through a lens

March 7, 2019

*Click* sounds the shutter of a camera that is capturing an American Kestrel, a falcon which is most commonly found in North America, with anticipation, the photographer looks down at the screen of his...

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