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This is a new newspaper and journalism program this year housed at Schellenberg and it is covering all district high schools news. The three high school’s newspapers, The Shield, The Kingspage and The Milwaukian, are now combining into one North Clackamas School District newspaper online.

Visit the newest site at http://www.thecompassncsd.com/
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Clackamas Volleyball 6A 5th State
Milwaukie Girls Cross Country making it to State
Clackamas Football for making playoffs

News

Budget cuts hit hard

NCSD12 is faced with its fourth year of reduced state revenue and for the 2011-2012 school year, multiple changes have been made throughout the district to decrease financial pressures.
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Student population down,
class size up

Although student populations are down, class size increase in North Clackamas School District’s NCSD high schools is taking its toll on the 2011-2012 school year.
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A gift to broadcasting

Many class funds have been drastically cut in the last several years and  teachers are looking for extra money through district funding, donations or grants. SSC Broadcasting classes can continue projects thanks to a grant from the City of Milwaukie of $11,000.
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District time change 10 minutes earlier

This year, high school classes now start at 8:35 A.M., instead of 8:45, which had been the bell for more than 10 years. The change began as a proposal last spring, and was approved by the North Clackamas School District (NCSD) during the summer.
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Lip-sync disqualifications
mar 'best' MHS Homecoming

This year, MHS celebrated what Mark Pinder, principal, described as “the best homecoming I’ve seen.” But Milwaukie’s Homecoming wasn’t without controversy.
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New monitors replace CHS
daily announcements

The new monitor’s at CHS have replaced last year’s intercom announcements have students questioning the priorities towards the school and whether they are effective or not. Students wonder where they came from, how they were funded and why they are there?
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Sports

Kingmen win Homecoming

The Kingsmen crushed the Milwaukie Mustangs 57-8 in RPHS's Homecoming game on Oct. 8 2011.
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Cavaliers fall at Homecoming

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The Cavaliers played the #14 ranked Oregon City Pioneers for their homecoming football game this year losing 45-33.

Features

‘Time Warp’ hits Putnam

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This years RPHS homecoming theme at was ”Time Warp.” Each class was assigned a decade from the 20th Century and performed a lip sync at the Homecoming assembly.
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Parades show of Homecoming floats

MHS’s Decade and CHS’s Planet Earth themed floats were unveiled for display on Sept. 30 and Oct. 7.
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Homecoming dances

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CHS dance sold out while RPHS and MHS had lower turnouts.
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Lip-syncs become district-wide homecoming tradition

The classic school tradition of Homecoming for the NCSD12 high schools is to perform a lip-sync for each class, based on the classes’ individual theme.
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Editorials

Activities fee is necessary, fair

Being artistic comes with a price, but a necessary one. A newly implemented activity $25 fee is now part of NCSD12 for every separate activity a student is involved in. It applies to speech, drama, choir, band and orchestra. With imposing budget cuts, the district is no longer able to pick up the stipend paid to teachers and advisors who work overtime.
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Large class sizes need reduction

Of all of the problems facing the educational system, one is particularly vexing to students and teachers: dramatically rising class sizes. Although this has been a subtle, constant climb year after year, has added up considerably.
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CHS's new announcement monitors

Despite such a large student body, CHS has to be able to convey messages in a way everyone will hear them. In past years this was done with the announcement system, but this year administrators decided to change things up with the idea of increased communication. Now instead of 8-inch room speakers there are 47-inch flat screen TV’s around the school, constantly flashing daily updates.
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Opinions

Lib dubs reach Putnam Homecoming

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Many people would agree, students hardly ever participate in high school activities or events. Some of the students simply claim it is a “waste of time,” although RPHS have recently started a tradition designed to influence the whole school to become more involved: lip dub.
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New online district-wide high school newspaper

This is a new newspaper and journalism program this year housed at Schellenberg and it is covering all district high schools news. The three high school’s newspapers, The Shield, The Kingspage and The Milwaukian, are now combining into one North Clackamas School District newspaper online. The newspaper staff would like to take the opinions of all staff and students into consideration. Please complete the survey at right of the page to help ensure everyone voice is heard and represented.

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We are looking for writers and photographers. All students are welcome to join with instructor's consent or a passing journalism or photography grade.
Meetings @ Schellenberg Day 2 Period 4
E-mail us at student-news@nclack.k12.or.us