Buddy Dance Aims to Bring Community Together
OXFORD – In its second year at Talawanda, the Spring Social Buddy Dance is aiming high to create an inclusive, welcoming environment to anyone that wants to attend. Touting itself as a community-wide celebration, the Dance’s mission is to simply bring people together in a casual environment to enjoy eachother’s company. Sophomore English and Speech […]
It Gets Better Shares Their Message of Equality
On February 23, 2017 the It Gets Better Tour through the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles conducted two performances at Talawanda High School in the Performing Arts Center. The eight actors/singers brought stories and music with an anti-bullying message. Performer Tyler told freshmen and sophomores a story about being bullied by students for his […]
THS Athletes Face Ligamentous Knee Injuries Part II
The following are profiles of the THS athletes that have suffered ligamentous knee injuries: Albert Kirpach is an 18 year old Senior that has played football for two years. His injury, two torn menisci and a torn ACL in his left knee, was the result of a collision with another player during a home game. […]
Braves Face Tribulation at the Trial
On Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016 at 7:30 am, the Talawanda Braves Mock Trial team coached by Program director Amanda Weatherwax and Miami University students JP Prusakowski, Spencer Anderson (THS alum), and Sami Baker (THS alum), set out to prove their skills in the second annual Miami University Mock Hawk Tournament. At the beginning of the […]
THS Athletes Face Ligamentous Knee Injuries
Five students from Talawanda High School, two boys and three girls, have been subject to ligamentous knee injuries over the past four months, all of which required surgery. There are many knee injuries that can be fixed with physical therapy, a brace alone, or simply time, yet our High School has had an alarming number […]
FCCLA is Mountain Strong
Recently, there were wildfires started in Gatlinburg, Tennessee and lots of people were affected by this tragedy. Talawanda has decided to adopt the families from two of the schools in that area, Gatlinburg-Pittman High School and Sevier County High School. Gatlinburg-Pittman High School only has 350 students in grades 9-12 and over 50 of their […]
Braves Sweep Harrison in Academic Challenge Season Opener
On Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016 the Talawanda Academic Challenge team swept the Harrison Wildcats in what proved to be an exciting evening in the THS media center. The Varsity team got off to an anxiety-producing start with their first match that went into overtime on a tie. Through the quick buzzing of first-time ac chall […]
No Shave November
No-Shave November, or “Movember,” is where men go without shaving their beards/facial hair for a whole month to raise awareness for certain cancers that men can get/have. Some of the teachers here at Talawanda will be participating, including Mr. Hunsche, art teacher, Mr. Caudill, history, Mr. Aerni, English, and Mr. Maynard, history. Hunsche says […]
THS Honors Veterans
On Friday, Nov. 11, 2016 Talawanda High School held a Veterans Day Breakfast and assembly to honor the brave Americans who have served in our nation’s armed forces. Talawanda’s FCCLA, headed by teacher Sharon Gregory, sponsored the event that included a contest for area students. Breakfast was served to our veterans in the THS cafeteria […]
Senior Emma Wright Signs With Grand Valley
Talawanda High School senior basketball player Emma Wright signed a National Letter of Intent (NLI) on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016 to continue her athletic and academic careers at Grand Valley State. According to NLI, the signing is a binding agreement between an NLI member institution and the prospective student-athlete that the student will attend the […]