THS Baseball Left With No Coach
All three coaches from the THS varsity baseball team “saw more opportunities at Lakota West,” athletic director, Wes Cole said. According to Cole, at the beginning of September, head varsity coach for THS, Greg Leurck, chose to leave because Lakota West was a more convenient commute for him and his family. Noah Zipko, the assistant […]
Images from the Setting Stone Winter Coffee House
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Leaving the Buckeye State
Applying for college can be one of the most stressful high school experiences. Many seniors have expressed their worries and stresses about the application process and the school they want to attend. This is the moment that determines everything for seniors at Talawanda High School who are trying to decide which school to join. Only […]
History of Setting Stone
What is Setting Stone? This student run group advised by Matt Aerni and Clare Squance, both English teachers at Talwanda High School, offers a creative outlet for students to have works such as poetry, writing, and photography published for others to see. Both advisors help in ways such as organizing and printing the magazine, setting […]
Senior VS School: Prank Week 2014
On Friday, May 16 teachers and administration of Talawanda High School found entrances all around the school blocked. Boxes upon boxes stacked haphazardly in all ways prohibited staff from getting inside without first having to carefully disassemble the fortress. The culprits of this mysterious stronghold? Seniors. It seems that senior pranks have been a staple […]
Metzger Receives Teacher of the Year Award
On April 9, 2014 Talawanda math teacher Melissa Metzger was named Talawanda School District’s Teacher of the Year. Nominated in the Fall by high school principal Tom York for her excellence, Metzger became Talawanda’s new excellent educator representative. “I was so impressed with her method, her presence, her relationship with the kids,” said […]
Wear and Tear: The Progressive Decay of Schools
This winter a chill ran through Talawanda School, and it wasn’t necessarily from the weather. At the end of the school’s very own 100 hallway there was a new addition to the infrastructure. Some passed by it, oblivious, others noticed the glaring obstruction. What was this new addition you ask? It was a crack, skittering […]
Talawanda’s got Talent: Ricki Snyder
In the calm atmosphere of a high school art class sits one of Talawanda’s many students. 18-year-old Ricki Snyder is considered by many people to be overly talented in her different types of artwork. These range from drawing and painting, all the way to clothing design, hair, make-up and jewelry. Snyder’s love of art began […]