Category Archive: Student Life

Model UN Trains New Members

By Haroula Barbounis

The Model UN training session took place on Monday, October 15th, 2018. Students in Model UN were able to miss their classes for the day, given that their meeting was at Wyomissing Area High School. And before we jump into the trip, what is Model UN? Kaitlyn Macauley, a member of Model UN, had plenty to say on the subject. “It is like a form of debate. But you do debate as a team and it’s less formal. And you represent a country. For example, all the countries debate on an issue on, say, human trafficking, and each country develops its own opinion on it and they voice that opinion to the other countries. Then, at the end they all come to some sort of agreement.”

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Homecoming Court Nominees

By Justin Burkhardt

This year’s homecoming court nominees participated in the Salisbury parade last Friday evening. The parade began at HST at 5:00pm and traveled to the high school at around 6:30pm. Along the route the homecoming court nominees threw candy to the onlookers. The female nominees include: Sarah Bobeck, Katie Rutt, Melinda Rivera, Riley Peters, and Rylee Donaldson. The male nominees include: Jack Frankenfield, Jacob Kamp, Brendan Miller, Delano McKenzie, and Justin Burkhardt. Due to conflict with scheduling for the football game, Jack, Jacob, and Delano will not be participating in the parade. We sat down with Sarah Bobeck, then nominee, to ask questions leading up to the parade, as well as a follow up interview after all of the homecoming festivities. We also sat down with Justin Burkhardt for the same process.

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No Place For Hate Raises Funds

By Haroula Barbounis, Gabriella Lozada, and Gracie Hawkinson

No Place For Hate is selling Refocus Bands and chapsticks for their fundraiser. The Refocus Bands cost $10 apiece. They are only five slots per form, so if you want more than five orders, you have to fill it out again. You must complete your form online. Orders are due Tuesday, October 9th. Orders and money are to be given Ms. DosSantos and Mrs. Kennedy. The bracelets come in numerous colors and patterns. The Refocus Bands have kids sizes as well as adult sizes, and NPFH loves the positive messages on them. They feel that if you have positive thoughts, you can spread on that positivity to others.

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Picnic: A Unique Experience

By Elizabeth Sirianni

On October 2nd, Ms. Lucas hosted a field trip for her Intro to Theater class. Her students saw a live performance of the play Picnic at Desales University at the Labuda Center for the Performing Arts. The class left for the trip at about 9AM and returned at about 12:00AM considering that the play’s run time was just over two hours and the round trip was about half an hour long. I had the privilege of interviewing Ms. Lucas to ask her more about the trip:

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