McNicholas raises awareness for Healthy Relationships Month

February 20, 2018

By Maggie Deller February is Healthy Relationships Month, and McNicholas High School took steps to bring awareness to it. Director of Counseling and College Readiness Alaina Way taught students on how to differentiate between a healthy relationship and an unhealthy relationship during advisory homeroom on Feb. 7 and 15. Characteristics of a healthy relationship include, … More McNicholas raises awareness for Healthy Relationships Month

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Protecting children from murder should be common sense

February 20, 2018

First-grader Ava Olsen walked onto her school’s playground on a late September afternoon. Her best friend was Jacob Hall, the shortest student in their Townville Elementary School class and the boy Olsen had decided to marry after they grew up. Townville, South Carolina has a population of just under 4000. As Olsen walked outside, a … More Protecting children from murder should be common sense

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Local author shares story of escaped slave

February 20, 2018

By Isabella Daley On Tuesday, Feb. 13, local author Kareem Simpson came to McNicholas to share the story of Margaret Garner, a Kentucky slave who escaped to Cincinnati across the Ohio River. Simpson first learned about Garner’s life and escape by watching a movie based on Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved, and he found that Garner’s … More Local author shares story of escaped slave

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