THS FFA Students Prepare for State Public Speaking Competition in Marysville
Last Tuesday, February 23, Talawanda High School’s chapter of Future Farmers of America (FFA) hosted its district’s public speaking competition. THS is a part of District 9, which includes ten counties spanning the southwestern Ohio region. 21 schools were represented Tuesday by over 250 students total. Four THS students competed at the event, namely senior […]
Trump Continues Momentum with Nevada Win
Republican front runner Donald Trump continued the momentum of his campaign Tuesday, following a win in the Nevada Republican Caucuses. Trump, the outsider candidate who is an avid real estate investor, gained 12 delegates during the night, while mopping up 45.7% of the popular vote in The Battle Born State. After last night, Trump leads […]
Setting Stone to Travel to New York
This March, members of Setting Stone, THS’s literary and creative arts club, will take a four-day trip to New York City to attend the Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s 92nd Annual Scholastic Convention. The trip, led by Setting Stone advisors Matt Aerni and Clare Squance, will take eight students who will fly to New York on […]
New Polls Heighten Intensity in Political Race
A new CNN/ORC poll shows an almost deadlocked race for the Nevada Democratic Caucus between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders with the official vote taking place Saturday. The poll, which came out late Wednesday, gives Clinton a slight advantage with 48% of the vote, and predicts Sanders is not far behind with 47%. The results […]
Talawanda Considers Later Start Times
Talawanda High School, the institution whose high school students start the earliest out of all high schools in Butler County at 7:15, has had backlash from some students and parents about starting the day earlier than recommended by most health agencies. New studies are out about early school start times and the long term […]
THS Considers Random Drug Testing Policy
The Talawanda School District Board of Education is considering implementing a random drug testing policy for students with certain non-academic privileges, a measure that would be taken to cut student drug abuse within the district. Initially introduced in the 1980’s by public schools around the country, random drug testing has been increasingly sought after by […]
Do You Know Where the Name “Talawanda” Comes From?
In the Oxford area Talawanda is widely believed to be a Native American word. But, I recently heard a that this may not be the case at all, and that Talawanda was a completely made-up word. That rumor is all it took for me to get neck deep in a stack of papers, a mess of […]
The Princess Theatre
The scent of freshly popped and buttered popcorn wafts through the air. Along with the sound of popcorn popping, happy voices can be heard exchanging greetings and making small talk. The old fashioned bulbs on the vintage marquee illuminate North Beech Street. At least they used to. Now the popcorn popper stands still. The voices […]
Sam Davis Reviews Best Nuggets in Town
When you walk into a fast food restaurant you can immediately smell hamburgers, fries and maybe even chicken nuggets. Wendy’s, McDonald’s and Chick Fil-A are among the top-selling restaurants for chicken nuggets in the United States. However, customers aren’t concerned with who sells the most nuggets in the country, they want to know which nugget […]
THS Teacher Performs in Community Production of “The Belle of Amherst”
Talawanda High School English teacher Clare Squance performed as Emily Dickinson in The Belle of Amherst at the Oxford Community Arts Center this past weekend. The show, written by William Luce and based on the life and work of poet Emily Dickinson, is a one-woman performance that incorporates her poetry with glimpses into the poet’s past. Squance, […]