While technology becomes more and more prevalent in our world, many schools are still reliant on outdated textbooks to convey information to students every day. Replacing these textbooks with tablets, or similar personalized technology, benefits the students of the classroom by giving them access to a huge amount of current information to enhance their learning…
Category: School Life
Social Media Can Start Cyber Bullying and Hatred of Groups – Guest Editorial by Tony Grillo
Social media, a way that people can use to communicate without even being in the same room at the same time. While social media can be a way of talking with those far away, in the wrong hands can be as dangerous as a loaded gun. Most people in high school have a Facebook account…
How Illegal Immigrants Are Destroying Our Country – Guest Editorial by Coco Casey
Illegal is illegal. America is a place for everyone, no matter where you’re from. However, entry, status, length of stay, work visa, green card (and the list goes on) are all important. The Illegals are costing hard working Americans millions of dollars, not paying taxes, driving illegally uninsured vehicles, all without any consequences. If we…
Swim Team Parade Celebrates Successful Season by Sophia Brandt
The past two years have had their share of parades in the high school, celebrating WPIAL births for varsity football and track. Today, on a chilly March afternoon, the school celebrated an undefeated season for both boys and girls teams by having the band and Avonettes parade through the halls around 2 PM. For the second…
Lopes Basketball WPIAL playoffs
The Lady Lopes play Friday vs. Greensburg Central Catholic at 6:30 at Baldwin High School. The boys’ play Wednesday vs. Neshannock at 8 PM at CW North Catholic. Both teams return to the playoffs for the second straight year. The Lady Lopes completed a season including a 60 to 1 defeat of Northgate on Thursday,…
Comments and Corrections for Winter 2016 Print Edition
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Boys’ Basketball Senior Night
Friday, February 5, the boys’ basketball team win against rivals Northgate. The boys and the cheerleaders also celebrated their Senior Night as the end of the season draws closer.
Mr. Shirey’s Personal Finance Class to Feature in PBS “When I’m 65…” Segment
On January 26, a PBS news crew filmed Mr. Shirey’s Personal Finance classes and interviewed Juniors Jessica Peters and Jacob Grande for a segment about finance classes in public schools. The following photos were taken by Junior Anastasia Wagner during the interview process and one of Mr. Shirey’s Personal Finance classes. Junior Jesse Peters found…
Ruth B Music Review: Perfect For Any Montage Soundtrack
Ruth B, a twenty-year old Canadian singer/songwriter, has been making waves on Vine. The Intro, her breakout EP, was released last November, and features her single “Lost Boy”. Each track on the EP is simply Ruth’s pretty vocals over her delicate piano playing, creating space for listener to fully absorb her voice. The only problem…
Auction 2015
More photos from the 2015 Children’s Hospital Auction. The total raised between both schools for the Children’s Hospital Free Care Fund was $15,690.05 Student Council sponsor Keera Dwulit wrote to the staff in early January that “Walking through the hospital, it instantly hits home how much this money will help families and kids dealing with challenges…