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Images from the 2014 THS Commencement

Images from the 2014 THS Commencement

Images courtesy of the Talawanda Triumvirate.  

Leaving the Buckeye State

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

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

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

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

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

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 […]

STAR Testing May Affect Your Senior Incentive

STAR Testing May Affect Your Senior Incentive

Talawanda assistant principal Chris Rhoton recently brought up the idea that STAR (Standardized Testing And Reporting Program) testing scores would be part of the senior incentive in the fourth quarter of the 2013-2014 school year. Rhoton said seniors tend to “blow off the star test and bomb it just terribly.” He said seniors don’t think […]

The “Sweet Seven” Eating Outdoors

The “Sweet Seven” Eating Outdoors

Eating lunch outside, a privilege reserved for seniors, was popular when the weather was nice and sunny. As the weather got cooler, most of the seniors moved to eat indoors. Still eating outside are the The Sweet Seven: seven senior guys competing in a game of “who will last the longest” eating outside. The Sweet […]

To Shave or Not To Shave

To Shave or Not To Shave

Movember 2013 has come to an end, faces are clean shaven, and MOhio has totaled up the funds raised over the course of November. The team raised a total of $2,635 but failed to reach its goal of $5,000. Team captain Matt Aerni raised a total of $220.55 and said he intends to participate in […]