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Ms. Poole works on her laptop during fifth hour on Tuesday, April 16th. Poole saw the eclipse as a learning opportunity for her class, and took her students outside to see it.
Norwalk Students Watch the Eclipse
April 17, 2024
Norwalk High School Prom and After Prom
Norwalk High School Prom and After Prom
April 5, 2024
Gage Smith (left) and Parker Wood work at the fry station. At the Warrior Cafe, students work at actual restaurant stations, such as the fry station, management station, grill station, and saute station.
Norwalk Warrior Cafe Experience
March 25, 2024
Senior Roberto Fortin (left) and sophomore Ryley Six work on Wednesday, Sept. 29, in the study room. The students said they were studying for speech and biology classes.
Norwalk’s New Proficiency Standard
March 6, 2024
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Norwalk student posts a photo of a weapon on social media
February 8, 2024
Abdi Ahmed poses with a football during PE class on Tuesday, Feb. 27, at the Norwalk football field. Ahmed said he shows his enjoyment of football during PE class.
Norwalk High School Fitness PE
March 4, 2024
Rylee Campbell (left) and Emma Brenizer hold a conversation while working on projects for painting class on Tuesday, Dec. 19 in the art room. Campbell was working on a watercolor scene while Brenizer was working on an acrylic portrait painting.
Art at NHS
February 7, 2024
Halftime Show with Coach Patterson
Halftime Show with Coach Patterson
September 22, 2023
Ms. Garrison (left) helps students as they wait in the counseling center during third period on Friday, Aug. 25. These students are awaiting meetings with one of the high schools three counselors.
Norwalk students are back in action
September 5, 2023
Lakewood fourth-grader Lilly Rattray rests after her race at the Hershey Track Meet on Monday, May 22. Many students sign up for multiple races throughout the event.
Lakewood Hershey Track Meet – 5/22
May 25, 2023
Sophomore Cael Bemis does a hang clean while at after-school lifting. Bemis is a member of the football and wrestling teams.
Norwalk After-School Lifting Program
March 7, 2024
Senior Vincent Martin participates at a swim meet against Marshalltown on November 21. Martin was one of six athletes who partook in one of the signing days.
Signing Day Features Norwalk Athletes
March 1, 2024
Senior Kyle Erickson watches hockey on his phone on Tuesday, Feb. 28, in journalism class. Erickson said Hockey is one of his favorite sports.
Lights, Tape, Puck, and Action
February 28, 2024
Tyler Harper wins the boys state championship for Class 3A for the 113-pound weight class on Saturday, Feb. 17, at Wells Fargo Arena. This year, Norwalk had seven qualifiers for boys state wrestling.
Tyler Harper becomes State Champion
February 19, 2024
Coach Brown (right) watches as one of his players wrestles at a home meet on Dec. 12, 2023, in the NPECC. The district wrestling team wrestled this past Saturday, Feb. 10.
The History of Norwalk Wrestling
February 15, 2024
Norwalk students gather with senior Jayden Overton attending prom virtually on Saturday, April 6, at the Science Center of Iowa. Friends of Overton made it possible for him to attend his senior Prom despite being unable to make it.
Prom 2024
April 16, 2024
Freshman Lhotse Samuelson sits in the counseling office during third period on Friday, Mar. 1. Samuelson said she was completing a math CFU she had missed the day prior due to jazz band. She said the counseling office is a safe space, and she goes to the counseling office anytime she feels like she has a problem.
Norwalk works to eliminate bullying
April 4, 2024
Athena Overturf (left) poses for a photo as Evelyn Hoffman, and Sophie Lowe count money at their cookie booth, while in the background Bree Sammons holds a sign to draw in customers. The cookie booth was on Sunday, Feb. 11, outside of Dollar General. The scouts are trying to earn money for their troop to go camping in the summer.
Girl Scout Cookie Sales
March 28, 2024
Anya Kallenback and Natalie Spencer as Ariel and Flounder in Part of Your World.
Norwalk Students to Perform in Musical
March 21, 2024
Norwalk journalism and yearbook students attend the Iowa High School Press Associations fall conference on Oct. 19, 2023, at the University of Iowa. This conference gave high school students an opportunity to visit the University of Iowa and their campus.
Following the Four Years
February 22, 2024

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Riley Samuelson, Staff Writer

Riley Samuelson is a senior at Norwalk High School and second semester journalism student. Samuelson likes to write news briefs, features, and create photo stories. In school, Samuelson is involved in jazz band, National Honor Society, marching band, swimming, show choir combo, and student council. This past summer, Samuelson traveled overseas on a five-country European trip. In the future, Samuelson plans to attend UNI to major in business and communications.

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Norwalk High Schools JV show choir, Sound Adrenaline, warms up at the 2023 Norwalk Nexus show choir event on Sat. Feb. 4 at Norwalk High School. The group will perform again this year along with the varsity and middle school show choirs.

Norwalk Nexus

Riley Samuelson, Staff Writer
February 2, 2024
Band director Mr. Heltman directs one of the 6th grade band at the band concert on May 9th. This is the last concert he will direct before his retirement.

Middle School Band Director Retires

Riley Samuelson
May 25, 2023
Lakewood fourth-grader Lilly Rattray rests after her race at the Hershey Track Meet on Monday, May 22. Many students sign up for multiple races throughout the event.

Lakewood Hershey Track Meet – 5/22

Taylor Stanley and Riley Samuelson
May 25, 2023
Jenny and Chris Thomas pose for a picture during their rehearsal dinner at Spaghetti Works on October 17, 2008. Jenny Thomas said she will miss the restaurant deeply.

No More Spaghetti

Riley Samuelson, Staff Writer
April 26, 2023
Norwalk Students Take the ACT

Norwalk Students Take the ACT

Riley Samuelson, Staff Writer
March 7, 2023
The Norwalk High School varsity show choir, Sound Revolution, rehearses together after school on Jan. 26. The show choirs will perform next Saturday Feb. 23 at Southeast Polk.

Norwalk Sound Revolution Practice 1/26

Taylor Stanley and Riley Samuelson
February 23, 2023
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