Hard At Work: Senior and Founder of HSU, Sophia Mendez carefully cuts out poster decorations for a Hispanic heritage project in a school classroom on Sept. 23. “ Being a part of the HSU does bring me closer to my culture. It opened the door for me to know more about my culture,” says Mendez.

Groaning as Mr. Kevin Smith, guidance counselor, purposely stalls in announcing the name of the Homecoming queen,seniors Juliette Ortiz, Naomi Quiroz, and Aleni Vasquez grow eager to see who is crowned at the BNI Homecoming game against Lake Station on Sept. 16.“We were growing impatient during the excitement of waiting for Mr. Smith to announce the Homecoming Queen,” Vazquez said.

King of the Hill. After hearing Mr. Kevin Smith announce his last day at Bishop Noll, assistant principal Jaime Cavazos spends his last hours at Bishop Noll at the homecoming football game on Sept.16, 2022. Cavazos helped crown the king and queen at the crowning ceremony during half time of the football game for the very last time. “My last day was very memorable and fun, it’s always super exciting to see the reactions of the winners for homecoming king and queen,” Cavazos said.

Mr. and Mrs. adfadfasdfad cook out at the BNI picnic on Sept. 13, 2019.

Mr. Ed Watrobka, sophomore English teacher, instructs in front of one of the new air conditioning units. All classrooms will be outfitted with air conditioning by the beginning of the next school year.

Ms. Skurka (third row center) is surrounded by the class of ‘22’ after their last Mass on Tuesday, May 17. They were honored to be the last class Skurka taught before she retired.

Mr. Ed Watrobka, English teacher, hosted a park cleanup for Bishop Noll alumni on May 14 at Nichols Park in Gary, IN.

BNI students lead the way to summer camp Senior Eric Copeland helps lead fun activities during the STEM camp at Bishop Noll. Eric was in charge of summer camp in 2019, where he helped kids with many fun activities.

Mrs. Wilson poses as the new athletic director at Bishop Noll.