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Norse Notes

The Student News Site of Oakmont High School

Norse Notes

Combating anti-asian hate

Aubrey Smith, Staff Writer May 4, 2021

Some might consider an increase in anti-Asian hate crimes as an unforeseeable consequence of the Coronavirus pandemic, but that is a naive take on the social-political climate of the country. This rise...

Benefits of lifeguarding as a summer job

Benefits of lifeguarding as a summer job

Megan Hales, Staff Writer May 3, 2021

There are many different jobs that students take to earn money, and many decide to work during the summer because they are not busy with school.  The most reliable way to keep a job for only the summer...

A WWE logo is shown on a screen before a news conference October 11.

WrestleMania XXXVII Review

Isabel Henderson, Staff Writer April 12, 2021

It’s almost humorous how the first WWE event with a crowd in a year was delayed an hour because of rain in Tampa, Florida. WrestleMania is a wrestling fan’s Super Bowl. Like last year, WWE’s WrestleMania...

People should be rushing to play these new games coming out this Spring and Summer!

Spring-ing into Video Games

Ciaran Henderson, Editor-in-Chief & Staff Writer February 22, 2021

This Spring is packed tight with big video game releases, probably contributing to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the needence to stay home. Regardless, these are some of the games that have caught...

One of the variants of eco-friendly floss that you can purchase.

Eco friendly tip of the week: Flossing

Emmery Schuetz, Staff Writer February 22, 2021

Dental floss is usually kept in a plastic container and these plastic containers litter our environment due to most of them not being recyclable.  They can litter areas for upwards of 500 years, and...

The album cover for Zayn Malik's third solo album. It has its moments, but overall fell short.

“Nobody is Listening”, For Real

Aubrey Smith, Staff Writer February 22, 2021

Artist Zayn Malik released his newest album, “Nobody is Listening” this past January and it is outrageously British. This is obviously not a good way to review something as it holds no value or discernible...

Some people who take gap years might feel like they have the world in their hands.

Destigmatizing gap years

Aubrey Smith, Staff Writer January 26, 2021

High school seniors are faced with possibly the single biggest decision in their lives before many of them can even vote. While so many Americans are quick to judge students for taking a year off between...

High school experiences are ruined form the start because of the way that the media portrays high school.

The High School Experience

Jacob Garcia, Staff Writer December 18, 2020

Due to popular films, television, as well as media, high school is seen as a cultural milestone for so many of us. Generation after generation, with films like Grease, any John Hughes movie, Clueless,...

In her weekly column, Kaitlyn’s School of Thought, Norse Notes’ Kaitlyn Edwards shares her opinions surrounding all topics about being a high school student and academic issues.

Kaitlyn’s School of Thought: Goodbyes always come too soon

Kaitlyn Edwards, Editor-in-Chief December 18, 2020

To the publication that I will always remember, When I chose my freshman year classes, I never thought that when I chose journalism as one of my classes, I would come out of it with a family. From being...

Learning sign language can help promote awareness for the deaf and hard of hearing communities.

Teaching Sign Language

Unique Hartke, Staff Writer December 15, 2020

In high school, students are required to take a foreign language course because most colleges require these classes among their core requirements. However, many high schools don’t offer American Sign...

Real trees let people smell Christmastime smells the entire time.

Christmas Trees: Real vs. Fake

Adam Davies, Staff Writer December 15, 2020

A Christmas tree is the icon for Christmas, and as the season to be jolly is closing in, I have studied whether artificial or real trees are best for the holidays. The artificial plastic trees have...

Overwhelmed students with complicated mindset are often misunderstood because of the generational differences with their parents.

We Understand What They Do Not

Naomi Mitten-Voget, Staff Writer December 14, 2020

As teenagers, we realize that our parents compare us to themselves a lot.  Most adults have been in our spots before, but what they do not understand is that they were in our spots in a different era.  The...

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