Ellie White is a Advanced Journalism Student, staff reporter, and co-editor for the McNicholas Milestone. She is a part of the improv troupe and thespian troupe. In her free time she likes to write, read, sing, voice act, and spend time with buddies.
By Ellie White Animated cartoons have been part of most students’ childhoods, and it seems nearly impossible to go anywhere without encountering some form of cartoon, from TV shows to the newspaper funny pages to animated videos on YouTube. For such a present art form, cartoons have changed and grown much over time. Cartoons have … More From stick figures to CGI: animation changes over time
By Ellie White After school, many McNicholas students go home to be greeted by their animal companion. Some have dogs, others cats, but a few own pets much less orthodox. McNicholas Junior Kiernan Meakin has a pet that is a little more than unusual: a sulcata tortoise named Murtle. “[Once,] my sulcata tortoise got loose … More McNick students bark about their pets
This spring the McNicholas student body may be expecting to see Jesus Christ Superstar, a rock ballad musical about the passion of Jesus Christ, but will be surprised to find out that instead, McNick theater has decided to perform Urinetown in March. This decision was made primarily by Theater Director, Teresa De Zarn. “We were … More McNick Theater’s spring show changes
It the school year 2015-2016, a book club was created by librarians Anne Jones and Jane Ray. One group of the book club met during lunch A and another one during lunch B. Members met on a monthly basis on the first Wednesday of each month. Even though interest was high in the beginning last … More Readers have spoken; bring back book club
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