Home of the Braves?
Note: On June 29, 2018, Bob Ratterman and Brennen Kauffman of the “Journal News” reported at the June 18, 2018 Talawanda School Board meeting Kathy McMahon-Klosterman read excerpts from a six-page letter from the Native American Rights Fund urging Talawanda to change its district mascot (https://www.journal-news.com/news/native-american-group-wants-butler-county-school-mascot-changed/lF739qRLXnDWuR4fz2sr1L/). For information on NARF see: https://www.narf.org/. Article originally appeared […]
THS Students Participate in National Walk Out
On March 14, 2018 over 250 students at Talawanda High School walked out in solidarity with the victims of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School of Parkland, Fla. ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_slideshow”]
FFA Fun Week
Talawanda High School — George Washington is considered one of the founding fathers of the United States of America, the first President of the United States, the man who commanded the Continental Army in the American Revolution; Yet, even through all of that he considered himself first a farmer. The FFA organization recognizes his passion […]
THS Teachers’ Terrific and Terrible First Date Stories
First dates– a rocky subject for some, a hysterical conversation for others and the makeup of a dreamy story for the hopeless romantics. As a student, it’s hard to imagine a Mr. Caudill your age, nervous with sweaty palms preparing for a first date. Don’t worry about imagining it though– his story, as well as […]
Diversity Club FAQ
Oxford, OH — If you’re a person who likes to keep up with the clubs at Talawanda, you may not know all of them. Diversity Club seems like it would only be for LGBTQ students, and it is true that it was started as a club to support LGBTQ students, but that doesn’t mean if you’re […]
School Acceptance of Transgender Students
OXFORD – As our generation gets older and more educated, everyone seems to be learning more about issues such as gender and sexuality. Different areas of daily are becoming more accepting to changes and making accommodations to provide for “different” people the same way as everyone else. A highly debated subject in this matter is […]
Setting Stone Winter Coffee House
Oxford — The Setting Stone winter coffee house will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 9 in the Talawanda High School cafeteria. For those of you who enjoy poetry, fear not for the acts range everywhere from poetry readings to band performances. Tickets will be on sale at lunch during the week of […]
Pushing for More APUSH Textbooks
OXFORD — Sophomore AP US History students are facing a dilemma. Since the school board’s adoption of a practice five years ago, the funding for course materials has been changed. The practice was adopted in an attempt to justify the one-to-one program that Talawanda has adopted. The one-to-one program has provided individual Chromebooks to every […]