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  • April 19Click here for today's announcements!
  • April 19Lunch - Pacifico Specialty Pizza, Sweet Potato Fries, Romaine Salad and Choice of Fruit and Milk!
  • April 18Tater Tot Casserole w/Roll, Steamed Broccoli and Choice of Fruit and Milk!
  • April 18Mini-Thon! Eighth grade tickets will be sold Thursday, April 18 during sixth period and Friday, April 19 during fourth period.
  • April 17Click here for today's announcements!
  • April 17Lunch- Turkey, Bacon, Swiss croissant sandwich with french fries and a choice of fruit and milk!
  • April 16Mini-Thon for seventh grade! The cost is $10 and tickets will be sold Wednesday, April 17 and Thursday, April 18 in room 212.
  • April 16Lunch - Wild Walking Taco, Steamed Corn and Choice of Fruit and Milk!
  • April 15Lunch - Rodeo Burger, Baked Beans and Choice of Fruit and Milk!
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Family Relationships arent Always the Most Important

Family Relationships aren’t Always the Most Important

Bryana Ayala, Reporter June 8, 2021

I’ve always heard people say that family is the greatest bond somebody could have, but I often question if that is really true.  When it comes down to it, I believe that family isn’t important...

Runners, ready, go! Cross country runners start to kickoff their season by beginning scheduled practices at Logan Elementary. This picture offers a somewhat glimpse into what the courses look like for this sport.

Cross Country: A sport with no off-season

Brandon R. Lyle, Reporter June 2, 2021

There are many different sports that have an offseason. Football, basketball, soccer, or baseball for example all have an off-season, but there's no such thing as an off season for cross country athletes....

Testing on animals!

Testing on animals!

Allison Little, Reporter May 12, 2021

Many well known makeup and cleaning companies test products on beloved, innocent animals.    Everyone knows the phrase, “The end justifies the means,” but that 19th century quote is outdated....

Zoom! Netflix is going from satisfactory to dreadful. After just taking off Mirror Mirror Netflix is taking off another extraordinary movie called Soul Surfer.

Netflix going downhill

Megan Giles, Reporter May 12, 2021

My family has had a subscription to Netflix for many years now, and I feel that the shows and movies keep getting worse.  Netflix, a subscription based streaming service that allows subscribers to watch...

Denied! The school district banned Google Hangouts, a communication feature once avalible for students and teachers to use on school devices. Students and teachers now rely on the unreliable and ignored email, a downfall from their previous messaging application, Google Hangouts.

Google Hangouts Banned from School Devices

Andrea Slusser, Reporter May 12, 2021

Recently, the school district blocked the popular communication feature, Google Hangouts, from all school related electronics and denied both students and teachers the use of the reliable app that they...

Ding! Ding! Social media has turned the world into a place where people cannot  even feel safe in their own skin.

Social Media: A dangerous space

Brandon R. Lyle, Reporter May 11, 2021

People use social media for numerous purposes: some use it to make money to support families, some use it to see how many “likes” a picture can get and some use it to stay in touch with their friends....

Addictive problems. Teens addiction to phones is a problem that we face today.

Society and Technology: A Negative Duo

Dominic Danastasio, Reporter May 11, 2021

As humanity progresses further into the 21st century, it has become obvious that technology and its advancements will continue to progress too.    Computers have grown from a figment of our...

Love yourself! Time has no limit when it comes to your identity.

LGBTQ+ Issues People Face With Self Identity

Bryana Ayala, Reporter May 11, 2021

The LGBTQ+ community still faces many challenges and struggles to this day. Although some issues are involved with society, many can be with self-identity.   As someone who’s a part of the...

Modern day dating. Couples are always on their phones and never looking at each other. They could even be texting each other from across the table.

Dating’s transformation

Charlie Kephart, Reporter May 11, 2021

Milkshakes. Diners. Roller Skating. These are the words that come to mind whenever I think of dating back in the day. Whenever I think of dating today, I think of Snapchat, not talking to each other in...

Ding! Ding! Social media has turned the world into a place where people cannot  even feel safe in their own skin.

Social Media: A dangerous space

Brandon R. Lyle, Reporter May 11, 2021

People use social media for numerous purposes: some use it to make money to support families, some use it to see how many “likes” a picture can get and some use it to stay in touch with their friends;...

Ready, set, go! CrossFit participants prepare for a workout session. Dormans Sports Performance opened on August 15, 2015.

Weightlifting Relieves Stress

Isabella E. Bush, Reporter May 10, 2021

After receiving over 100 notifications a day in Google Classroom, students become burned out, annoyed and angered; these frustrations added onto a year full of unpredicted changes in our education create...

Mentally drained. Madelynn Schraff, eighth grade artist, created this image to demonstrate the hardships that her fellow peers feel leading up to the PSSAs.

Editorial: Waiving the PSSA tests will relieve students and teachers

Editorial Board March 15, 2021

  Throughout the duration of the 2020 - 2021 school year,  students and teachers all over the U.S. transitioned back and forth between many instructional methods. The new learning environments...

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