The Student News Site of North Polk High School

The Orbit
The Student News Site of North Polk High School

The Orbit
The Student News Site of North Polk High School

The Orbit
Image provided by PBS, depicting some of the banned books in Iowa.

Ban or Fan? North Polk Banned Books

Morgan Eyanson-Renken, Editor
April 10, 2025
The science team uniformly posed in the convention; from left to right is Ms. Bengtson, Mr. Dose, Mr. Groff and Mr. and Mrs. Skillern.

An Opportunity for the Community

Zoe Marquez, Editor
March 27, 2025

Winter Blues

Morgan Eyanson-Renken, Editor
March 25, 2025
Image from the St. Petersburg College News.

2024 FAFSA Aid

Zoe Marquez, Editor
December 6, 2024

What is the Most Beneficial School-Day Schedule?

Lauren Feldmann, Jillian Halupnick, and Alex Mohlke
May 28, 2024
Photo taken from Resilient Educator.

“Standardized Stinks”

Addy Happ, Editor
May 10, 2024
Photo of the home page of the DMACC website where students can find more information on classes.

DMACC Fall Registration

Addy Happ, Editor
March 23, 2024
Image from Range.

Burnout, What Is It?

Zoe Marquez, Editor
December 19, 2023
Screenshot taken from the North Polk High School website. This page provides the Registration Guide for students, as well as registration information for DMACC classes.

New Year, New Opportunities

Zoe Marquez, Editor
February 13, 2023
Infinite Campus page [used by North Polk District] showing the calculation of the weight in Summatives and Formatives.

The Impact of the Grading System

Zoe Marquez, Editor
January 17, 2023

Going Digital

Jack VandeKrol, Intro to Journalism Student
December 21, 2022

History of Journalism at North Polk

Aidan Trier, Intro to Journalism Student
December 21, 2022
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