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Once upon a time, a very short time ago, in a very mysterious place called school, three hairy heroes roamed Willis Hall. One of them was a great, very ferocious and untamed Cavapoo: Agent Moose. Another, the master of disguise and the thief of all socks, Moose’s right-hand-dog: Detective Jackson. And finally, knight of all knights, retriever of all retrievers, the king of breaking through wires, there was Sergeant Finley.
“Ahhhhhhh,” screamed Mrs. Wenk, Dr. Andrews, and Mrs. Kier simultaneously. “Where has the honor pledge gone???” Andrews rung with fear. “I don’t know, it was hanging right here just yesterday,” Kier said shakily. “Who would do such a thing?” Wenk questioned. “Something must be done!” Dr. Andrews demanded. “Without the pledge, the students will go savage!” Kier said. Not to worry, the trio of dogtectives is on the way. "Whenever there’s a problem ‘round Willis Hall, Moose and his team of pups will come and save the day. No Finley is too big, no Moose is too small, dogtectives, we’re on a roll!" The trio of dogtectives jammed to their awesome theme song as they raced down the halls to aid the situation. Luckily the trio had something the administrators did not, SUPER- NOSES! They used their super noses to trace the scent of the missing honor pledge. Meanwhile, the students in Willis Hall were going berserk. Without the honor pledge, what rules do they have to live by, how do they maintain the core values of NCS? The students were cheating, lying, and stealing like there’s no tomorrow. The dogtectives knew they had to work fast, or else the untamed students could tear the schools to ruins. The pups dashed down the halls following the scent of the missing pledge. They followed the scent until they came to the senior lounge. “What do we do now boss, you know you can only go in there if you’re a senior?” Sergeant Finley rebarked. “I got this guys,” Detective Moose barksplained. “No one will see me if I slip in and hide under the furniture.” Detective Moose slipped into the senior lounge and stealthily made his way around the room searching for the honor pledge. “Sadly, it’s nowhere to be found,” Detective Moose announced. “On the bright side, I did find what seems to be a week-old ham sandwich and a meatball under some of the furniture, both of which are quite tasty. I even found a sweaty sock.” Detective Moose was happy to have such a delicious meatball. “Boss don’t you remember we’re on a mission,” Finely barkmmented. “Yeah, if we find this pledge, Mommy Holley might give me some extra scratches before bed tonight,” Jackson barksplained. “All right, let’s get back to work. I’ll just store this meatball in my sweaty sock for later,” Moose pupgreed. The trio was just about out of clues, when they saw Mrs. Mountcastle, Dr. Koss, and Mrs. Dabney sneaking into the computer room. The trio tiptoed to the room and peaked under the door. “What do you see, Finley?” Jackson begged for the details. “Well not much, but I think they’re…wait, they’re… ON THEIR PHONES!!!” Finley barksclaimed. “What?!” Moose burst through the door with the other pups following right behind him. It was true the teachers were on their phones. “This is inconceivable!” Finely barkrated them. “How could teachers do such a thing?” Jackson yelped in disbelief. “What are you people doing?!” Moose barkmanded an answer. “Well, the teachers replied. If the students don’t have to follow the pledge, why must we?” “We have got to find this pledge, the teachers are going nuts!” Finley barkclared. “Ooh, I love peanut butter!” Moose barksclaimed. The dogtectives were almost out of ideas, but they had one last clue. “Perhaps those naughty little chicks in Ellis Hall stole the pledge!” The trio agreed, those are some mighty cute, but tricky chicks. The dogtectives raced to the coop, where they found….. “The PLEDGE!!” Jackson barknounced. “Why did you sneaky chicks steal the pledge?” Moose barkrated them. “Well, we just wanted some attention, everybody is always giving you guys so much attention, when do we get our belly scratches?” The chicks cluckplied. The dogtectives understood, after all, how could any body live without belly scratches? They made an agreement, from then on the pups would make sure they came by every Friday to give the chicks some scratches, as long as they promised to stop stealing. In the end the chicks got their belly scratches, the dogtectives were heroes and got lots of bacon as compensation, and the teachers stopped playing on their phones. As Finley, Moose and Jackson were enjoying their belly scratches from Ms. Cocowitch, Mr. Belderes, and Ms. Holley, they agreed; Why would anyone misbehave, as long as there are belly scratches and bacon involved, everyone’s a good boy.
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 By Kaitlyn Perkins
Coming in at lighting speed Spencer Britton ‘27 ran a time of 16:29 at this year’s Knights Crossing meet, setting an NCS 5k record for that race. Shortly after breaking this record, he went on to set a new personal and school record on the Allegheny course, clocking in at 16:03. Despite it being Spencer’s first season on the Raider’s Cross Country team, he has already contributed so much, helping the varsity boys place 3rd out of 27 teams at Knights Crossing. “Spencer just brings a good positive energy to the running environment that we are always happy to have,” teammate Harry Anderson ‘25 said, “and it's good to have someone to push with.” “He's helping us do what we're going to do all season,” teammate Josh Miao ‘25 remarked, “and he’s just a great guy to run with.” As far as training goes, he certainly pushes his teammates to be their best, although no one can keep up with him. Coach Ed Dickenson had more than a few complimentary words about the team’s newest recruit. “Spencer Britton has been a fantastic addition to our varsity XC team. Last year, he ran 16:48 for the 5k and recorded a 4:32 mile during the track season, and even before he joined our team, I could see he possessed enormous potential and drive. He fully embraces the training process, and I love his enthusiasm and friendly nature. After only training with our cross country runners for a few practices, he seemed to almost immediately become a wonderful part of the fabric of our program, as if he had been with us for years. He has already put in a major performance this fall, finishing second at Knights Crossing and setting a new school record of 16:29. It will be incredibly exciting to watch his progression as he moves through the rest of the season.” This season, the Cross Country team is striving for a win at States, and with Britton in the top five, there's certainly a chance. At the previous Knights Crossing meet, he helped boys varsity place 3rd overall and came in 2nd individually out of 220 other varsity boys. At the Bengal’s Clash meet, Britton helped the boys varsity place 2nd overall and most recently he contributed to a 4th place and 5th place finish respectively at the Clash of the Titans and Alleghany meets. Spencer got into Cross Country because of his dad, Coach Jeff Britton, who’s now an assistant coach on the team, and who also ran in high school. When asked who his greatest role model is he said his dad. Coach Britton is a big part of Spencer’s training, he coaches Spencer and gives him weekly training programs to maximize his speed and endurance. Now Spencer is carrying on Coach Britton’s running legacy as he takes to the hills at lightning speed. Spencer transferred from Glenver to North Cross this year for academics and athletics. He noted that the teachers at North Cross really care about the students and that’s one of his favorite things about our school. Spencer mentioned that his English teacher, Emily Mountcastle has been an especially good teacher. “Spencer has improved the class by his thoughtful contributions to class discussions.” Mouncastle told me. “He is smart and provides great insights.” Spencer is looking forward to participating in indoor and outdoor track. He aspires to be a professional runner in the future and would love to be featured in the 1500m at the Olympics. His current 1600m time is 4:32. He also hopes to beat his dad’s PR in the 1600m race by running a time of 4:05. Currently, Spencer is working on getting a PR of a sub-16 minute 5k. Spencer can be spotted hanging around campus with his teammates, Finn Chaney ‘28, Justus Horner ‘28 and Peter Anderson ‘28. You might spot him in the cafeteria on mac and cheese day, as that is his favorite food. You may see him running around campus, just make sure not to blink, or you might miss him. If you do get the opportunity to say hi to him, you should because his friends and teammates Finn and Jacob have nothing but good things to say about him. “Just meeting with him was an instant connection, there wasn't any problems trying to get with cool him,” notes teammate Jacob Johnson ‘25. “He is always straight up and is always cool about everything. He’s just been a great teammate, a great support system, and a great person to face off with.” Finn Chaney ‘27 sums Spencer’s character up nicely. “He's a lot of fun and he's really dedicated to the sport.” If you don’t have a chance to meet him he’s got TikTok, SpencerRuns.
Learning Our Nation's Values:
North Cross School strives to incorporate the values our founding fathers instilled in our country through the Constitution. This photo shows the Preamble of our nation’s Constitution, and demonstrates what the NCS students are taught in advisory. On Sept. 19 in advisory, students in the Upper School learned what it means to be a perfect union; having justice, tranquility, a common defense, welfare, liberty and posterity. Each advisory class read over the preamble of the Constitution together and then played a constitution themed Kahoot. “We the people [in order to form a more perfect union . . . ]of the United States,” science teacher Mrs. Dickinson’s ninth grade advisory class sang harmoniously, reciting the Preamble of the Constitution. One of the main reasons NCS implements advisory once a week is to teach students about how we can improve our school by honoring school values including integrity, courage and honor. By carrying out our nation's values in school, we can ensure that all students feel equal, trust each other, and experience happiness and fulfillment at NCS.
Exploring Hobbiton: These photos highlight some of my favorite parts of the Hobbiton set that my family visited in the past year while we were in New Zealand. My sister, Devon, and my brother, Braden, are featured in these photos as well. We are very close and enjoy going on adventures together. Our trip to New Zealand was our biggest adventure yet. “Aaaahhh,” we all screamed as we placed our hands on the hot coals on the stove in Hobbiton’s mini welding shop. JK Don’t worry it’s just a prop! Those coals aren’t real, but they make for a fun picture. My favorite photo is the one of my brother in the bathtub made for hobbits. He’s the only one in our family who could fit in the tub, as he is the only one who is at “Hobbit Height.” The Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movies are some of my family's favorites. We enjoyed visiting the set where some of the most iconic scenes from these movies took place. However, we had to remind each other, “Watch your head,” as we entered the tiny hobbit homes. Our family is a bit too tall for those tiny hobbit-sized doorways. “Ouch,” my mom said as she hit her head in the doorway, again!
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Hi, I am KaitlynIt is my first year at North Cross. I really enjoy running Cross Country and playing with my dog Nera. I'm also into reading and I like to read The Reader's Digest. My dream places to travel are France and Japan. ArchivesCategories |
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