By Emme Townsend Her nieces and nephews run around outside. She loves them with all her heart, but it’s hard to tell them that directly. When it’s time to eat, she has to call them inside. ¡Entra! The young kids come running inside. Her first language is not Spanish, but it’s the first language of…
By Emme Townsend She’s up early and at the school more than an hour before the bell rings sending students to first period. This morning, she has a Chick-fil-A Leaders Academy meeting at 7:30. During her student resource time, she has a meeting with the committee of RIley Dance Marathon. Right after school, she reports…
By Emme Townsend By junior year, high school students should be looking at colleges. They have to consider where they want to go, and if the school will accept them. Her situation is a little different. Instead of her looking at colleges, colleges are looking at her. Junior cross country and track star Nicki Southerland…
By Emme Townsend At only four weeks old, he was on his first plane trip to Hawaii. Now as a 15-year-old, he’s just recently returned from his 12th plane trip to Hawaii. Although some would dread the nearly 12-hour ride, James Root has been fascinated with flying from the young age of 3 years old….
By Emme Townsend The scoreboard lights are shining in the third set. The blue and white ball comes soaring over the net. The receiver passes to the setter. As she sets the ball for her teammate to hit, the crowd starts to roar. The ball smacks the ground on the opposite side of the net,…
By Emme Townsend Another new school year means another season of fall sports with new opponents, new players, and new goals. Girls Soccer Last season, Delta girls’ soccer had Addie Chester. She is Indiana’s standing record holder for 59 goals in a season and holds the career record for goals scored in Indiana high school…
By Emme Townsend Walking into Delta High School for the first time as freshmen, the class of 2022 never would have expected what was soon to come. Between masks, quarantines, and months out of school, the seniors missed out on a full sophomore and junior year. One of the few positive outcomes that came out…
By Emme Townsend The 2010 NFC wildcard game is on. The New Orleans Saints play the Seattle Seahawks. With less than four minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Seahawks are on offense. Quarterback Matt Hasselbeck hands the ball off to running back Marshawn Lynch. Lynch breaks through the defensive line and rushes 67 yards…
By Emme Townsend “It’s expensive, but it’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” Miss Amanda Craw said. A trip to the Colosseum in Rome, to the famous poet Dante’s House in Florence, and finally to the Parthenon in Athens, all in only 10 days. Craw teaches freshman English and senior Ball State English, but when she’s not teaching,…
By Emme Townsend Walking into Delta’s gymnasium anyone can see the walls are covered in state championship banners. Take a closer look and you might notice the majority are through the wrestling program’s successful history. Team IHSAA state title banners from the years 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1985 hang high. Now a promising team…
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