“I honestly felt like I owed a debt to North Penn because they did such a beautiful job with my children,” Mrs. Mccourt-Makaron explained.  She started working at North Penn as a substitute teacher when the effects of Covid-19 left schools understaffed. After working in the Philadelphia school...

TOWAMENCIN - The North Penn boys’ soccer team finished the regular season Wednesday night with an exhilarating Senior Knight win, coming from behind to beat Central Bucks East 2-1. The victory caps off an impressive second half of the season for the Knights, who are looking to ride the momentum into...

The BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham is a place of worship for many people and it has drawn thousands of visitors due to its magnificent architecture and the sanatan Hindu Dharma. The temple is a unique representation of ancient Hindu architecture built in the traditional architectural style of Northwest...

Many young athletes have one dream in mind. Make it to a US National Team and compete at the Olympics. With the crowd roaring and the adrenaline pumping, the feeling is unmatched. Unfortunately, only 1 in every 500,000 youth athletes get to experience this. At 16, North Penn Sophomore, Tessa Wieloch...

Years after making his mark on the baseball field as a standout player, Chris McLean is back where it all began, but this time, he is gaining a new perspective from the dugout. Jpining the Knights fall baseball program as an assistant coach of his former high school team, he’s come full circle, bringing...

TOWAMENCIN - For teachers, communicating with teenagers can be tough. For North Penn’s  Mrs. SallyAnn Emilius, it takes a whole different level of communication to connect with her students. She is a deaf ASL (American Sign Language) teacher, who is simultaneously communicating and teaching a language...

The buzz of a cellphone in a pocket pulls not only one’s hand to it but also one’s attention. Thai battle for the full present attention of students at North Penn High School’s, like many schools across the country, has resulted in a new cell phone policy that cracks down on the outlines time and...

This week, the Phillies lost in their final game of the season against the New York Mets in an uncompetitive 4-1 contest. With this loss, the Phillies lose the NLDS series 3-1 to the Mets. With this heartbreaking defeat, the question must be asked, what went wrong?   THE OFFENSE First,...

  College application season is here. People say that senior year is the best year of high school…until seniors have to start those dreaded, yet door opening, college applications. Students may not know a good essay topic to write about or what colleges they want to apply to yet, but the main...

TOWAMENCIN: The year was 1944. Turbulent times were coming to a close as the Second World War was looming towards its end, but with an imminent closure comes a new beginning, as this was the year when North Penn cafeteria worker, Mrs. Kathleen Perry was born. After a short stint in the 80s here at the...

Roughly one million years ago, the control of fire allowed archaic humans to socialize around flame and exchange their stories. Not too different from these ancestors, in the Golden Age of Radio, families of the 1930s and ‘40s gathered around a radio to listen in to music and shows. Now, the modern...

  Success is the name of the game. We want the best score, and often, it doesn’t matter how it is achieved, as long as the grade comes back with a satisfactory number. But are those chances hurt because standardized tests are being switched to virtual?   Everything in general seems...