New Club Offers Outdoor Experiences
This year Talawanda welcomes the Outdoor Club as a new place for students to become acquainted with outdoor activities. Outdoor Club provides students with the chance to learn outdoor skills, build friendships and develop valuable life skills such as leadership and responsibility. Juniors Rebecca and Sarah Lockhart are the founders and co-presidents of the club […]
The Love For Leggings Goes On
Recently, it has been rumored that the popular clothing choice of leggings was going to be banned from Talawanda. Many students said they had overheard teachers and other students mention the possible ban and were highly upset over it. Twitter was exploding with opinions on the so-called “new rule,” mainly by female students who wear […]
Talawanda Women’s Soccer Senior Night
On Tuesday, October 8th, the Talawanda High School Women’s Soccer Team will host their annual senior night game. The senior night festivities will begin with the announcing of the seniors, their plans for the future and memorable past experiences. They will each walk across the field to accept their traditional rose, from a fellow soccer […]
Andrew Lynn Takes Over as Drama Director
Andrew Lynn, a 28 year old with a degree in business administration, is about to get dramatic. Lynn stepped in and took the place of Ryan Steffen as THS drama director for the 2013-14 school year. Steffen, who directed 41 shows at Talawanda, said he felt it was time to step down. “I needed to […]
Talawanda Student Starts Her Own Charity
The civil war in Syria has inflicted hardship among millions of children who are without homes or basic necessities. Chandler Metcalf, a Junior at Talawanda High School, has created a charity called “Stars for Syria” to help raise money to support the children of Syria. Her charity sells sunglasses, as well as other seasonal handcrafted […]
Fresh Baked Cookies Delivered to Your Door
The doors open and the smell of grandma’s homemade cookies wafts out and electrifies the senses of everyone who walks by. Could it be grandma? No. It’s Justin Craney and his crew in their new uptown shop, Baked Sweets. Craney started Baked Sweets alongside his fiance, Jennifer Ward, and Quiznos’ owner Justin Elgie. Baked Sweets, […]
Jim Gaffigan: White Bread Tour Comes to Oxford
Actor, author, and comedian Jim Gaffigan will be performing at Miami University’s Millett Hall on Saturday, October 5 at 8:30 pm as part of his nationwide “White Bread Tour”. Up and coming comedian Tom Shillue will be opening the show. Shillue has appeared on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon and is currently touring with Gaffigan. […]
Talawanda Offers Google Training for Teachers
The future is here with Google Drive and all of it’s perks. Slowly, Talawanda students and faculty are starting to do more of their work through Google Drive and on the Internet, rather than through old-fashioned textbooks. On Wednesday, May 16th, Mr. Jim Vajda held a Google Training session in the media center’s computer lab […]
Lady Braves Softball Plays Their Last Game
Coming off of last Thursday’s win against Northwest, Talawanda’s varsity softball team was hoping to come out of the first tournament game with a win. The game was close for the first two innings with Indian Hill only scoring one run. In the third and fourth innings Indian Hill kept a tight defense against the […]