Friends of Rachel – What is it?
The thought of being in a place where there’s kindness, no judgements and positivity sounds pretty appealing, right? The new club at THS, Friends of Rachel (also known as FOR) is striving for just that. On August 20, Talawanda welcomed a presentation known as “Rachel’s Challenge,” a non-profit, non-religious, non-political organization recognizing Rachel Joy Scott. […]
Andrew Lynn Takes Over as Drama Director
Andrew Lynn, a 28 year old with a degree in business administration, is about to get dramatic. Lynn stepped in and took the place of Ryan Steffen as THS drama director for the 2013-14 school year. Steffen, who directed 41 shows at Talawanda, said he felt it was time to step down. “I needed to […]
Talawanda Student Starts Her Own Charity
The civil war in Syria has inflicted hardship among millions of children who are without homes or basic necessities. Chandler Metcalf, a Junior at Talawanda High School, has created a charity called “Stars for Syria” to help raise money to support the children of Syria. Her charity sells sunglasses, as well as other seasonal handcrafted […]
Fresh Baked Cookies Delivered to Your Door
The doors open and the smell of grandma’s homemade cookies wafts out and electrifies the senses of everyone who walks by. Could it be grandma? No. It’s Justin Craney and his crew in their new uptown shop, Baked Sweets. Craney started Baked Sweets alongside his fiance, Jennifer Ward, and Quiznos’ owner Justin Elgie. Baked Sweets, […]
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 […]
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 […]