Hope Squad Brings Suicide Awareness
What exactly is Hope Squad? According to Kyria Petro, one of the teacher advisors of the Hope Squad at THS, “Hope Squad is a school-based peer support team that works with local mental health agencies.THS students selected peers and staff members who they felt would best most comfortable and suited for helping students who are […]
Continuing the History
Photo credit: Kei Brown The Social Studies wing has recently gained Mr. Johnson, a 2012 Talawanda grad himself, and Ms. Weaver, returning after student-teaching for Mrs. Aerni last year. We hope their answers to our questions help the high school get to know them well. Talawanda Tribune (TT): How is teaching at Talawanda so far? […]
That’s The Right Chemistry: Steve Pasquale’s Story
Article originally appeared in Talawanda Tribune’s Print Magazine Changing Perspectives, May 2019 That’s The Right Chemistry: Steve Pasquale’s Story Early Mornings. Intense Nerves. Trial. Error. And the long journey that brought him to THS. By Patrick Geshan Steve Pasquale has found the chemistry needed for swim and dive success at Talawanda. The established head coach […]
Endgame…for Seniors
Well seniors, it’s down to the last few months of our highschool careers. We are in… the endgame now. Don’t worry, we are not in the post Infinity War world where half the population is missing, we are just close to the end now. That’s right, we will soon have to be adults, sadly, but […]
Key Club Sponsored Super Smash Brothers Tournament on March 1, 2019
Key Club sponsored a Super Smash Brothers Tournament to raise money for charity. Junior Bricen Raynold won the top honors by beating sophomore Matt June in the final round. ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_slideshow”]
Review: Netflix’s “The Umbrella Academy”
Once superhero kids, now dysfunctional adults. One day 43 women gave birth, but none of them were pregnant that day when they woke up. Billionaire Sir Reginald Hargreeves wanted to adopt as many of those kids as he could… he only got seven. He decided to make them a crime- fighting division because they all […]
Galentine’s Day: “Ladies Celebrating Ladies”
Every year, during the dreary month of February, comes one of the most hated and debated holidays of them all: Valentine’s Day. The originally Catholic holiday has been widely celebrated in America since the nineteenth century as a celebration of romantic love. In recent years, Valentine’s Day has come under criticism, particularly for it’s commercialism […]
Lessons from the Field: From Starting Line to Tee Box. And a Rewarding Tale of Self-Growth.
It was late July before my junior year, and my family was on vacation for a baseball tournament my brother was playing in South Carolina. We were staying on a golf course not far from the beach. At the time, back in Ohio, I was missing my annual summer golf program called The First Tee. […]
Life on a Screen
Technology is a problem that can cause many issues in our life and we don’t even notice it yet. They can cause anger, anxiety, and much more. Many studies have been taken and their data points to us having a problem. A sort of addiction. If you walk down the street, down the bus aisle, […]