On Monday, the administrators announced a major schedule change for the 2026-27 school year: a four-day school week. New Schedule The new schedule would eliminate Mondays, giving the students a three-day weekend every week. As for the other four days of the week, an extra 15 minutes would be added to the school day to make up for lost time. This means we would get out at 3:30 rather than 3:15. Adding the 15 minutes onto the school day would really only create a minor inconve

Last year’s phone restrictions were put in place so that every school district had to put a phone restriction in their schools. But now, Kim Reynolds doesn’t think that it was strict enough. So she is working on a law where no phones will be allowed in schools or kept in the front office. So what would this entail? Unless someone needs their phone for a medical reason, kids cannot have their phones during the school day. If they were caught with their phone, it will be confis

Starting next August, in the 2026-2027 school year, students will be able to have emotional support animals of their choosing provided by the school. Animals such as cats, fish, snakes, and hamsters will be allowed at all hours of the day to comfort students who need extra support during the day. By having this unique change, the school is hoping to improve students' well-being by allowing them to be with animals that make them feel the most supported and comforted. School o

First, they tried to take our phones, and now they are taking our NeeDohs—what’s next, breathing? NeeDohs have overtaken North Scott High School, disrupting the learning environment, according to North Scott Admin. The admin team values what they believe is best for our school. After weeks of deliberation, they have officially announced a building-wide NeeDoh ban. Teachers have been quietly observing students over the past few weeks. Their findings were concerning. It was f

Assignments trump assassin, end of story. Sorry, seniors, no fun for you. If you were planning on winning this year's senior assassin game, think again. The school administration is saying no to this year's senior assassin game. Seniors, when they learn they can't sit outside their target's house for hours anymore. Senior Assassin is a game that high school students across the country participate in every year. Classmates work to get each other out using water guns. All the

In 1987, the state of Iowa declared that in every school's graduation requirements, every senior must take at least one semester of an astronomy class as part of their history courses. Astronomy is an important class that works towards the furthering of young minds on the topic of space and what is beyond what we know to be true. Requiring this class also helps us provide a continuous number of generations to NASA as they continue to lose astronauts in space and continue to s

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