Issue 5 Briefs

Scholarships

By Anna Witters

1. Elnora Hartman Stickley Scholarship

2. Knights of Pythias Educational Assistance Scholarship

3. Nancy Jaynes Memorial Scholarship 

4. Taco Bell Live Mas Scholarship

5. The Helena Acre Home Grown Scholarship 

6. Beta Sigma Psi Scholarship for Men

7. Hazel dell Neff Smelser Scholarship 

8. Michiana Two Cylinder Club Scholarship 

9. National Elks Club Foundation Vocational Training Grant

10. PAF Chapter Scholarship 

11. Rolling Prairie Alumni Association Scholarship 

12. Rolling Prairie Business Community Association Scholarship 

13. The Scholarship Foundation of St. Joseph County

14. 2020 Newday Scholarship 

15. Indiana Sheriff’s Association Scholarship 

16. Indiana Sheriff’s Association Scholarship 

17. Jerry Karstens’ Athletic Scholarship 

18. Marianna Woolsey Memorial Scholarship 

19. Rolling Prairie Lions Club Inc. Scholarship 

20. Saugany Lake Conservation Club Scholarship 

How long do you keep your Christmas decorations up?

By Olivia Witters

Christmas lights drawn by Olivia Witters.

Do you like to stay in the holiday spirit all through January? Or do you prefer to take everything down as soon as possible? In a poll conducted of New Prairie staff and students, the majority of people took theirs down the last week of break before school started up again. Some people took them down as early as the day after Christmas, and some people still have theirs up.

ACT brief 

By Carli Tharp 

Attention all upperclassmen: the deadline to register for your ACT is February 8th!

Indiana famous on TikTok

By Makayla Karnes

Indiana has recently became popular on the app Tik Tok. Most videos talk about different schools in Indiana, the weather here, or things to do here. There are 149.1 million views under the hashtag Indiana. 

Robotics

By Cade Smith

The robotics team received its competition a challenge a few weeks ago and has been working on their robot since. The challenge they were given is to score 9 points to go through the first level, score 20 points for the second, and 20 more points for the third level totaling to 49 points. The teams score points by launching a ball through holes with different shapes and sizes to earn different amounts of points. The first round of the challenge is March 13 at Penn High school. The second round of the challenge is March 26-28 at Perry Meridian High School in Indianapolis.