New Media Center Adopts New Technology, e-books
As students move into the new high school next year they will find new technologies in a revamped media center that is ready for the 21st century. The new media center will be equipped with new technology, such as faster computers and e-books. THS librarian Carol Morison hopes that students will be able to make […]
Next Year’s Tutorial Schedule
Tutorials, a 25 minute-long sessions during 5th period, are intended to help students who are having a hard time in a class, need to get help, or need to make up a test. Tutorials can also be used as a study hall to complete homework. Added this school year, tutorials seem to have had positive results with students. Because of […]
Field Day A Success
On May 29th, Talawanda freshmen, sophomores, and juniors took a trip to the new high school. Throughout the day, students toured the school, made arts and crafts, did team activities, and played some games in the gym. The tour was led by students in the National Honors Society. Tour leaders included facts on how “green” […]
Talawanda To Implement New Bell Schedule
Starting at the beginning of next school year, the Talawanda bell schedule will change, with school starting at 7:20AM as opposed to the current 7:45AM start. The shift of the schedule is due to the new bus routes going to the new high school. Mr. Rhoton believes “it will work out well for high school […]
Community Blood Center visits THS
On May 25, 2012, the Community Blood Center visited Talawanda High School to receive blood donations from willing high school students wanting to give the gift of life. Students could make appointments via the organization’s sign-up website, www.donortime.com. The process was relatively swift and efficient, and it took place in the school’s gymnasium, giving plenty […]
Catapults at Talawanda
Every year, catapults are set and tennis balls are launched over by the baseball field at THS. The object of the project is to launch a tennis ball with distance and accuracy using kinetic and potential energy. The reason for this is physics class. At the end of the year, students in Physics build catapults […]
New Setting Stone Magazine
Setting Stone Liberal Arts Magazine has published this year’s issue, the group’s eleventh volume. “This is a very unique issue,” stated head editor Morgan Murray. “In correlation to the theme of this publication, Versus, our magazine is two-sided: one side directly opposing the other.” The design functions so that, when readers reach the middle of […]
Three Qualify for Regional Meet
Three Talawanda runners will be competing in the Regional track meet Friday, May 18. Nathanael Robinson, Jessica Tegge, and Ben Whiteman all placed within the top 4 finishers in the district meet last friday, moving them on to regionals. Senior Nathanael Robinson qualified the 1600, placing fifth and running a time of 4:33.03. This will […]
Fourteen and a Half Questions with Ted Caudill
I had the chance to sit down with one of the coolest, spunkiest and loud teachers at THS, Mr. Caudill. Here’s what we talked about. Where’s your place of birth? Greensburg, Pennsylvania. How long have you been at this teaching thing? Fifteen years. If you could go to any place in the world, where would you […]
Arvin Advocates: Chivalry
If you’ve ever heard the term “Chivalry is dead”, you’ve probably thought to yourself something along the lines of “What does chivalry even mean?”. Or maybe you thought “Why should I even care?”. Well, if you are such a person or if you have wondered these things yourself, then you are in luck because I’m here to explain the meaning and importance […]