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The student news site of North Forsyth High School

The Raider Wire

A beautiful snowy day in January

Newts and Winter Pastimes

Mylaina Earnhardt, Staff Writer January 31, 2025

Juicing lime, And adding flour, Nina Newt sets the time Until the next half hour. And outside there lies Ridges of white powder, Ice crystals, gray skies. Eight pastries lay on the...

The leaf that reminded me of her eyes.

Her Eyes

Reagan Hudgin, Staff Writer January 24, 2025

Her eyes are the shade of an autumnal Leaf Every time I catch a glimpse, I feel like a thief She completes me like a key to a lock I carry her on my back as I walk She’s too tired to go on So...

Quiet Snow Day

Winter is the Worst Season

Bella Miranda, Staff Writer January 22, 2025

Gloomy weather, loneliness, mysterious illnesses and academic pressures. How could someone enjoy this time of year? Back-to-back hardships are what make winter the most inferior season.    I...

Easy view of the spirit week!

A Way to get Festive during Midterm Week!

Kinley Waltman, Editor-in-Chief December 18, 2024

As winter break approaches, North Forsyth High School is gearing up to celebrate the holiday season in style with a week of festive spirit and fun. This year’s Winter Spirit Week promises to be a fantastic...

The lighted path of fresh blanketed snow, “what a wonderful slight,” she thought. (Photo By: Artist Network)

Winter Is Here

Maddie Lewis, Staff Writer December 13, 2022

Winter is here  Snow blankets across the naked trees,  The sun smiles but hides between the thick wispy clouds Wind rushed by her, Catching her by surprise    Winter is here Her...

I sink into the earth The killer of innocence. Photo from Akupara Games, from the short film DAMIEN

The Killer Of Innocence

Jen Vincent, Literature Editor February 26, 2021

Upon a field of flowers, I stand The smell of pine fills my nose. I am nothing but a wasteland I turned my head. To see the flowers wilting.   Now it is winter,  The field is bathed...

Photo by Reader’s Digest.

Christmas Cheer

Cynda Allen, Opinion/Features Editor December 15, 2020

Mistletoe was hung up high While snow fell down from the sky The snow hit the ground without a sound It spread Christmas cheer all around   Stockings dangled above the fireplace Kids...

Greedy children tell Santa what they want for Christmas without care for Santa. They only care about the gifts.

Santa’s Seasonal Depression

Sarah Treusch, Sports/News Editor December 12, 2020

Every year millions of eager children visit their local mall, anxious to sit on Santa’s lap so that they can tell him what their Christmas list entails that year. The kids who don’t go see Santa at...

Varsity swimmer Julia Wickman practices her fly in the warm up pool with other freshman Lauren Fields. They each take turns swimming a lap before they swim their next event, the 500 freestyle.

Boys and Girls Swim both take home Third Place last Saturday

Sarah Treusch, Staff Writer January 16, 2020

At the Aquatic Center, the Swim Team placed third for both boys and girls against seven other schools on Jan. 11 beating out Denmark and Lambert. The swimmers have been working diligently for upcoming...

Winter brings the Icy blue, along with the chilling cold and the powdery snow. Photo by Google.

Icy Blue

Emma Simmons, Staff Writer December 13, 2019

Icy Blue, like your eyes Snow drifts Down       Down             Down Until it kisses the Earth Melting in the remnant heat Of a Summer trapped Frozen in the roots...

This year, Saint Nicholas announced that he will no longer be traveling around the world to hand out presents. He claimed that everyone is so ungrateful nowadays and that people need to do more giving rather than receiving.

Santa Quits Christmas This Year

Cynda Allen, Staff Writer December 22, 2018

On Monday, Dec. 17, 2018, Saint Nicholas--commonly known as Santa Claus--stated that he would be quitting Christmas. At 2 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, Nicholas stood in front of his home at the North Pole,...

During the brief period of time between summer and winter, when the sun began to fade and the first flurries of snow fell from the clouds, I stepped through the threshold of some mysterious place.

Warmth

Morgan Champion, Poetry Editor March 7, 2017

During the brief period of time between summer and winter, when the sun began to fade, and the first flurries of snow fell from the clouds, I stepped through the threshold of some mysterious place.   I...

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