March 13, 2008 by Regal Eagle.

Today, 3/4 of the high school is at SCACS.  The weather is absolutely goreous and Spring Break is next week.  Haven’t we had a lot of breaks this year?  The War of Special Forces, Spirit Week, the sports trip to Pensacola, the first time Junior High Tournament, a busy game schedule, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents Day, Elementary SCACS — a day off for high school; this has been a busy and fun year.  It’s been awhile since Easter has been this early!  It will be unusual to have two full months of school left after Easter break.  Long, hard, and boring—no, not likely, with all the end of the school year events and teachers making every day count in order to finish strong. 

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February 13, 2008 by Regal Eagle.

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October 15, 2007 by Regal Eagle.

   Want to know about our mascot, the bald eagle?  Our nation’s symbol?  Check out the American Eagle Foundation for eagle facts and lots more. (Click the AEF Logo to go to the site)

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October 15, 2007 by Regal Eagle.

   The 2007-2008 school year is going well.  A week away from the end of the first marking period and spirits are good among the students.  Uniforms look great, and the variety of shirts and accessories still allows for some individuality.  Pep Rallies are met with enthusiasm since competitions for points have been added this year.  The junior high is really working hard for the spirit sticks; the high school has done well with the competitions.  The robotic season is about to begin on October 18 with the introduction night; hoping to see more Northsiders involved this year.  The first concert is just a week away.  A new menu item recieved record orders the other day:  chick-fila and the kitchen added waffle fries; a winning combination.  Soccer and Volleyball teams are in the heat of the battle for first place on the east coast and hopefully champions for the state.  The soccer field is the best it’s ever been in anticipation of the state tournament hosted this year by Northside.   The soccer team will be sporting cool new jackets in a few days. Today is the 39th day of school. 

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July 25, 2007 by Amanda Woodward.

Preparation for the trip

Recently the Northside youth group went on a missions trip to Mexico. It was a tough decision on whether to go or not. In my mind I had several reasons why I shouldn’t go such as; It cost a lot of money and senior year was already really expensive, once summer came I would no longer be part of the youth group so it might be awkward and the fact that it was something completely new and different than anything I had ever done before. During missions conference this past year the Lord had gotten a hold of my heart and I realized that my reasons were stupid and selfish. Of course the closer we got to the trip the more nervous I got, especially about going somewhere where they spoke a different language and didn’t know English.

What we did there

We went to Mexico to hold a Cola war, it was kind of like the War of the Special forces only it was Coke versus Pepsi. The age group was 10-20 and we had at least 160 kids come one night. It was originally only going to be 3 nights but we ended up starting it on Sat. Throughout the 4 days 89 kids got saved. You could tell the were genuine about it too. The were willing to stand up in front of a large group of people and say that they got saved and wanted to live whole heartedly for Christ. While we were down there we got the opportunity to fix up the church a little. We painted both the inside and the outside, and were able to buy paint for the pastors house so that he could fix it up when he got the chance.

How God worked in my life

God taught me so many things while I was there. On Sunday that pastor preached a sermon on how you can tell that someone is a Godly man or woman. The sermon was amazing. The first thing he mentioned was that they didn’t love money. My mind was going everywhere. It was crazy to think that in a country where they have so little that the first thing mentioned was money. We all had more spending money than what they had normally. The teens in the youth group there were so willing to step up and do anything. The teens pretty much ran the church other than the preaching. It was amazing to see how willing they were to serve. When the other kids at the war were going back to get saved it wasn’t adults who were going with them, it was the teens. They had such a love for God that they would just jump out of their seat and rush over to the person just over flowing with joy that they got to share the love of their Saviour with someone.

Leaving

The hardest thing to do was leave. If I could have I would have just stayed there. The truth is I didn’t miss my family back home. Everything else was not important. It was heart breaking to see them all cry the night before we had to leave. My heart is definately still with them in Mexico and I’m just waiting for a chance to go back. Northside’s youth group will be going back in 2 years but at that time I will be unable to go with them so I am praying that the Lord will give me the opportunity to go back there sometime soon.

Please pray for all those who are going on missions trips because when you do you have just as big of a part in it as the people who went. Nothing could be done without other Christians praying for their brothers and sisters in Christ.

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July 22, 2007 by bps15.

hey everyone. Me and my youth group just came back from Columbia, Tennessee, from our mission trip this year. This was one of the best mission trips i’ve been on in a while, now that i’ve had time to think about it. For this trip, our group was split into three groups. VBS, Lawn Mowing, and Warehouse. Each of these groups had a specific ministry that we accomplished. I’ll speak about the warehouse first, since that was the main focus. There was a man named David Graves, who had started a food and clothing ministry there, and had started a church called Servants Heart. We went there to prepare for a HUGE giveaway, which they have twice a year. (I am happy to say that 1200 people showed up, and they were able to share the gospel with them) Hundreds and hundreds of boxes had to be taken out of trailors, and sorted. Sidenote: have you ever wondered what Wal-Mart and stores like them do with the clothes people return? They burn them. If all the Wal-Marts gave away those clothes, and food, we could put a serious dent in nationwide hunger, and poverty. Now, i’ll go to the second team, lawn mowing. This is the team i was on, and it benefited me alot. Just to see the conditions that these people lived in, it was eye opening to say the least. I mean, how many of us complain about how much we have, or don’t have? These people were ecstatic to get a decent meal. One of the major differences we saw between the people in columbia was the cultural difference. David drove us past the richest man in columbia’s house, and they had a horse stable that we would consider a mansion, if that puts it into perspective. People were so happy when we told them that we weren’t charging anything, it was funny to see how quickly their perspective changed. One man came out of his house and yelled at us saying “I’m not going to pay for that!” but when we told him it was for free, his whole expression changed and he said “Oh! Well then let me move my truck for you!” Lastly, i’ll go to the VBS team. This group had without a doubt the best oppurtunity to witness to people throughout the week. Friendships were formed, and when we had to leave at the end of the week, they were crying because they loved these kids so much. I definately saw a different side of people over this trip. Sides of people that they didn’t even know was there. Guys who said that they absolutely would not get attached with anyone, bawling on the ride home. But our youth group grew closer together through this trip. Some of us that had nothing in common, now have something we can share. It definately gave each of us a sense of purpose, that when we got back here, about what we can do to reach out to the people that we never took notice of before. We only had a small sense of what God could use us to do to expand His ministry. This was definately a trip i would trade for nothing. I would love nothing more than for God to use me to start a ministry back here in South Carolina. But whatever God calls me to do, I now have a stronger feel of what God wants for us to do when he called us to the Great Commission. To go wherever He calls us, whether it’s what we planned for ourselves or not.

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June 28, 2007 by Regal Eagle.

 Today, the bald eagle is taken off of the endangered species list.  There were a few more than 400 mating pairs in 1963, but today there are nearly 10,000.  Our nation’s symbol is thriving and will still be protected from killing, selling, or harming in any way.  See the rest of the story at kare11.com/news out of Minnesota. The photo is by Tim Knight, biologist and photographer.  See more of his photos of eagles plus a very thorough fact sheet at the WildlifeWeb. Visit the Eagle Forum for a discussion about eagles.

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June 22, 2007 by Regal Eagle.

9 firemen gave their lives Monday night, June 18, in fighting the fire at the Sofa Super Store in West Ashley.  All of Charleston has been united in a spirit of honor and gratitude to these 9 heroes and their families.  May we never take for granted the men and women who stand in harms way, everyday, as they courageously work to keep our community safe.  God bless them.

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May 30, 2007 by bps15.

Hey. If you’ve gone to church long enough, chances are that you have been on a mission trip. If so, you have probably been touched or moved in some way. I’m just going to tell you about one of my own personal experiences.

Last year, my church went to Mississippi for a mission trip after all the damage that had been done there. When we got there, even though it had been almost two years after Katrina, you would not believe how bad the damage was. There were still houses that had been demolished by the storm still laying in wrecks. We saw one house where a huge tree in the person’s back yard had actually fallen into the middle of their house. It was unnerving! And when we got to our destination, it wasn’t much better. But throughout the week, we went to work repairing the house of a couple. But that’s not what I’m going to focus this on. On the Sunday that we were there, after church, we went house to house inviting people to come eat lunch with us at the church. I was assigned a house and when i got there, I got to do much more than invite them to lunch. There was another couple living there, and they had seen what my church was doing down the street. They invited me in and I had an amazing talk with them. They came to lunch with me and me and my youth pastor spoke to them and got to share some Scripture with them. And at the end of the week, a few hours before we left to go home, I was given the chance to lead them to Christ. And I have to tell you, it was the greatest moment of my life. Better than winning trophies, or getting a good grade on a test, more than anything. So I encourage you, if you ever have the chance to go on a mission trip, go. Because it can change your life; but it can also give you the chance to change someone elses’s.

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May 4, 2007 by Joy Beth.

Flarp.

I am here to tell you about the amazing story that is Flarp! One day all of the seniors are sitting around the bake sale table, as we do every Friday, and it happened to be a game day. You know what that means- SECRET CHEERLEADER GIFTS! Now, usually this is just an impending threat of another lame gift that you’re never going to use, if you’re lucky. However, a certain Cory Siedler happened to be given quite a treat.

In his locker on that memorable Friday morning he found a curious container filled with “Flarp bags- inflate in five seconds and the stench will blow you away!” Cory felt as if he had won the lottery. But, honestly, what are the odds that the small bag would produce anything more than a whiff of something mildly unpleasant? But with such a promise, who could resist a test drive of this amazing product.

So at bake sale, Cory decided here, in this densely populated foyer, to put his gift to the ultimate test. With a little snap of the bag, he quickly disposed of it in the trash can… that was sitting right beside the bake sale table. And we waited… and waited. Just when we were giving up hope of anything exciting happening, we see Mr. Woodhall’s door begin to creep open and then BOOM! The bag had exploded! And as soon as all of this computed, the foulest stench one could ever imagine began to singe all of our nose hairs. It was as if the smell of fifty dump trucks, 20 rotting fish, 13 public restrooms, and several strands of burnt hair had somehow been captured in ONE small bag. (How is that possible? The inventors of this product are GENUISES.) Hysteria ensued as the entire class began to laugh, covering our faces, and running to the nearest hallway. Everyone found the incident quite hilarious- everyone except Mr. Woodhall. Standing there, hands on hips. In a manner that is enough to make grown men cry, Mr. Woodhall glared at Cory. He called our class clown into his office. You know in the card game “Uno” where you can trade hands with somebody after you get a certain card… if Cory had wanted to trade hands at that moment, I would have just quit the game.

Though he received one severe tongue lashing, no physical damage was done, to us. However, I have left out one important detail. When the Flarp exploded, next to its wretched smell, it also emitted a kind of liquid that landed on several plates of food on the bake sale table. Realizing that we are only teenagers and do occasionally have severe lapses of judgment, I’m afraid to admit that several of you could have easily ingested what we lovingly refer to as “Flarp Food.” The moral of the story, kids, is that whenever you smell something fishy, don’t you dare eat the cookies.

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