Talawanda Offers Google Training for Teachers
The future is here with Google Drive and all of it’s perks. Slowly, Talawanda students and faculty are starting to do more of their work through Google Drive and on the Internet, rather than through old-fashioned textbooks. On Wednesday, May 16th, Mr. Jim Vajda held a Google Training session in the media center’s computer lab [...]
Lady Braves Softball Plays Their Last Game
Coming off of last Thursday’s win against Northwest, Talawanda’s varsity softball team was hoping to come out of the first tournament game with a win. The game was close for the first two innings with Indian Hill only scoring one run. In the third and fourth innings Indian Hill kept a tight defense against the [...]
New Sculpture in the Cafeteria of THS
You might have noticed the new sculpture in the cafeteria here at Talawanda High School, but did you notice the fine print? For the past few weeks students in Jim McWilliams 3D art class have been planning and putting together this new sculpture. “We wanted to include everyone, not just the students in art.” said [...]
How to Bake a Perfect Graduation Cake
What’s the perfect sugary centerpiece for your graduation party gastrointestinal cornucopia? Why, a graduation cake, of course! This from-scratch all-natural recipe for “Lemon Chiffon Flavorexplosion Doublerainbow Beautymelt Ice-Cream Cake Miracle” was our Editors’ favourite: Serves: Ten Bake Time: 30 minutes Ingredients: Generic Chocolate Cake Mix (4 lbs.) Red #456 (14oz.) Fluorocarbon Isooctane (3 [...]
THS Band’s Last Concert of the Year
This Tuesday, March 14th, the concert band is having it’s final performance of the year as well as the high school’s steel and jazz band. The concert band will be performing four songs; Invocation & African Dance by Matt Conaway and The Seal Lullaby by Eric Whitacre which will be conducted by Richard Gonzales, Sketches [...]
Human Rights Speaker Comes to Talawanda
For the past month Freshman students at Talawanda High School have been focusing on the topic of human rights. On Friday, March 3, 2013 students in Ted Caudill’s world history classes had the opportunity to listen to guest speaker, Adam Stone. Stone, a resident of Dayton, Ohio, works as a human rights lawyer for the [...]
Talawanda Students Win Medal for Genetic Barcoding Project
Recently, through Butler Tech, Talawanda students Dillon Lubbers and Nathan Nelson won 1st place in the Science division of a SkillsUSA state competition for their genetics project, “DNA Barcoding 101– Identifying our Fall Flora.” “The way it works is, there’s a decline in bioinformatics that’s not keeping up with newly discovered species,” Nelson said, explaining [...]
THS Offers Ballroom Dance Lessons
On Wednesday, May 1, and Friday, May 3, Talawanda High School offered free ballroom dance lessons after school. The lessons were held in the upper gym, and the instructor was dance professor, and former stunt double for the red power ranger, Michael Scoggins. The idea was presented by senior Taft Marsh. “I always go to [...]
