Students, teachers handle switch to online classes
Paris Lawson, Reporter
April 3, 2020
School has been closed since March 16 with an original return date of April 6 due to the Covid-19 virus. Now, it is not supposed to resume until at least April 30 under Governor Tom Wolf’s newest order. Since this is a long lapse of time out of physical classes, the junior high and high school have ...
Junior high to become middle school
Mykenzi Doran, Reporter
March 6, 2020
On March 13, the fifth and sixth grade classes in every elementary school will tour the current junior high in preparation for next year. Being one of the last schools in the area to convert from a junior high to a middle school, many people have hopes for this new school. “I hope the student...
Connecting with community with volunteering
March 3, 2020
The National Junior Honor Society works to complete volunteer hours as part of being in the organization. It is a requirement to join the organization itself. “Honor Society is an organization that sets forth the principles of leadership, service, character and citizenship. Those are the componen...
FOR High Five Day encourages great day
Eli Costanzo, Reporter
March 3, 2020
Friends of Rachel (FOR) encourages others to do good. Out of the multiple ideas developed by the FOR community, an active school event called High Five Day occurs periodically at the start of the school day. High Five day is created for the purpose of giving students a morale boost before the s...
News Brief: Frozen Jr. underway as spring musical
Paris Lawson, Reporter
March 1, 2020
Frozen Jr. has been selected as the play for this year's upcoming spring musical. This production will be put on by the drama club on two different dates after school. “All our hard work and dedication will eventually come through, and the play is coming together. We’re excited to see how the play t...
Frozen show to storm auditorium
Sufana Hamid, Reporter
February 27, 2020
On March 6 and 7 “Frozen” show is set to be performed in the auditorium. The students will perform a musical show for three nights in a row to gather people who would like to see "Frozen" with some new features. “I think people who love and watch Disney, watched the first Frozen movie or wh...
News Brief: Harrington’s class to study Shakespeare
Sufana Hamid, Reporter
February 18, 2020
Keri Harrington’s class will be reading “Romeo and Juliet” on Tuesday Feb. 18. Students will experience reading old English. They will read one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays. “We’re very excited to experience Shakespeare's world and language,” English teacher Harrington said....
News Brief: Ninth grade sweetheart kick-off
Danielle Bardelang, Reporter
February 14, 2020
Ninth grade is currently preparing for their annual sweetheart dance that will be held on Friday Feb. 21 from 7-9 p.m. “The Sweethearts is going to be an amazing experience; seeing all the people I grew up going to school with at our first high school dance is extremely exciting,” ninth grader ...
News Brief: String spectacular approaching
Maddie Cowfer, Reporter
February 13, 2020
The 2020 String Spectacular will be Thursday Feb. 20 at the high school auditorium. Students interested in coming to watch will have to pay a small fee to get in. “The String Spectacular is going to be a very good concert just because it involves elementary schools, junior high and high school,...
News Brief: Spring Sport Physicals
Eli Costanzo, Reporter
February 12, 2020
The month of February has arrived with sports physicals on the rise on a Thursday, Feb. 20 at the field house at 2:45 p.m.. These physicals will be offered for all athletes interested in spring sports. “It’s a good opportunity for athletes to take advantage to get their physicals here. It’s fre...
Student council holds two Sweetheart Dances
Maddie Cowfer, Reporter
February 10, 2020
During this month for the first time, there will be two Sweethearts Dances which are separated by eighth and ninth grade. The eighth-grade dance was on Saturday, Feb. 8 and the ninth grade dance is on Friday, Feb. 21. Due to the current eighth-graders moving to the high school next year the sch...
News Brief: Students write to lawmakers
Mykenzi Doran, Reporter
February 10, 2020
John Bloughs’ ninth grade honors classes are writing letters to lawmakers based on the topic they chose for their current events journal at the beginning of the year. “To give my kids the opportunity to be a part of the legislative process first hand. Generally, 30-40 percent of students will get a re...