North Forsyth Students Compete at World Language Expo
Cassidee Jackson, Features Editor
November 18, 2019
North Forsyth students in Russian, Spanish, French and Latin classes competed at the World Language Expo at Denmark High School on Thursday, Nov. 7. Impersonation of notable figures, dramatic interpretation of a monologue, short film, 3x3x3 skit and creative redesign of a famous piece of artwork we...
Lady Raider Varsity Softball Team Tackles Their Sweet Sixteen
Cynda Allen, Opinion Editor
October 22, 2019
On Wednesday, Oct. 16, Lady Raider Varsity Softball team completed their Sweet Sixteen at the Raider Valley against Hillgrove’s Hawks. The two teams played two games within a four hour time period. For the first game, North’s Raiders lost 7-5 but pulled it together for the second game and demolis...
NFHS Drumline Travels to Ohio for World Finals
Cynda Allen, Staff Writer
April 29, 2019
On April 9, 2019, North Forsyth High School’s Drumline traveled to Dayton, Ohio, for the WGI Percussion World Championships. They left the high school at 3 p.m. that afternoon to embark on an eight-hour bus ride. Drumline students shared bittersweet ‘nervous-but-excited’ emotions, but were overall pump...
NFHS Implements New Schedule for 2019-2020
Ramya Raja, News Editor
April 9, 2019
Starting next school year, North Forsyth High School will be implementing a new schedule in order to increase productivity and overall student and staff wellness. Two new programs called Raider Time and Wellness Wednesday will be implemented beginning the 2019-2020 school year. Raider Time will be a 37 ...
North Forsyth DECA Takes On the 2019 State CDC
Bella Angell, Editor-in-Chief
March 18, 2019
On Feb. 14-16, the NFHS DECA chapter departed for Atlanta where they attended the State Career Development Conference (CDC) for 2019. With 29 attendees, the chapter registered for almost 20 categories, and 13 students (39 percent) qualified to attend the International Career Development Conference (...
Mrs. Dykes, NFHS Finalist For District TOTY
February 26, 2019
Teacher of the Year (TOTY) is an award given school-wide and district-wide between several schools. For the 2018-2019 school year, the staff at NFHS has voted for Mrs. Amy Dykes to be the NFHS teacher of the year, and she has even been chosen to represent North as one of the seven finalists for Dist...
Hard Work Paid Off in the Long Run for North’s Track and Field Team
Carena Ravenel, Staff Writer
February 26, 2019
On Feb. 13, all Forsyth County track and field teams, including North’s, traveled to Lambert High School to run in Forsyth County’s first track meet of the season. Coach Shively and North’s Track and Field Team were proud of the outcome of their first meet. One of the many highlights of the meet was w...
NFHS Wrestling Team Persisted in Team Duals Tournament
Carena Ravenel, Staff Writer
January 26, 2019
On Saturday, Jan. 12, the North Forsyth High School wrestling team placed fourth for the regionals for team duels when they traveled to Forsyth Central High School to participate in a tournament. This was the first time in 10 years that North did not make it into state. Even though the team did not qu...
NFHS Booming Agricultural Program
Ramya Raja, News Editor
December 6, 2018
North Forsyth High School has several pathways, many of which focus on the agricultural industry. The agricultural program at North continues to grow and change as the years progress. For example, North’s farming program has a new animal breeding program. Other changes, such as greenhouse improvements...
The Issue With Language Learning in America
Cassidee Jackson, Staff Writer
December 4, 2018
Modern day high school students across America are required to take a foreign language once in their four years. Most four-year universities, however, require applicants to take a world language for two years whilst more prestigious universities and colleges such as Stanford or Harvard recommend three t...
Forsyth County School Systems Claim the Title of “Highest SAT Scores” in Georgia
Cynda Allen, Staff Writer
November 30, 2018
This year, students in the Forsyth County School System scored an average of 1167 on the SAT, which is above the state and national average. A total of 2,206 students took the SAT, scoring an average of 589 in the reading/writing section and 578 in the math section. Forsyth’s mean score improved by 21 points...
Raiders Basketball Battle Against Osborne Cardinals, Win 56-43
Marvin Cruz, Staff Writer
November 29, 2018
On Saturday, Nov. 17, the NFHS varsity boys’ basketball team played against the team from Osborne High School. The tournament took place at the Raider Arena with the game lasting from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. It started off very slowly until No. 40 on the Raiders’ team managed to score the first basket of th...
Melody Scott, Staff Writer
February 19, 2020
Former professional basketball player Kobe Bryant passed away in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California on his way to his daughter’s, Gianna Bryant, AAU basketball...
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