By Josey Morris “Name a teacher you get to work with all through middle school and high school,” he said. Year after year students acclimate to new teachers, practice new procedures and adapt to new environments. However, some Delta High School students learn from the same teachers throughout their middle school and high school years….
Classroom to Clinic
By Sophie Overholt Most students walk the hallways every day wondering what they will do for the rest of their lives. Others have already made that important decision. With a large demand for healthcare professionals in the United States, multiple Delta students are prepared to make an impact in the medical field. “I’ve always had…
COLUMN: A Snow Day Solution
By Landon Williams Covid-19 had just made a huge impact all throughout America, and everyone was panicking. Schools were beginning to shut down and had to think of an educational alternative system, fast. This was when E-learning became a regular routine for the everyday student. The past two school years E-learning has suddenly disappeared without…
Beyond Teaching
By Gracie Maurer New schools can be scary. Meeting new people and the freshness of a new building can be overwhelming. Especially when you’re a new teacher. Three new teachers joined Delta High School at the start of the second semester. *** Miss Emily Lodge (shown above hiking in Colorado) is the new biology teacher….
The Lilly Leader
By Carson Hall In Delaware County, 978 seniors were eligible to participate this year in the competition to win a Lilly Scholarship. One winner out of those 978 seniors was Delta High School’s Zachary Baty. The Lilly is a scholarship that gives a student free tuition for up to four years for any college in…
Hitting the High Note
By Max Calhoun Sitting on her couch with her ukelele in hand and her dad teaching her to play “Let It Be” by the Beatles opened the gates to endless possibilities. Senior Sofia Vaughn grew up around music and found a passion for singing. When she joined the Delta High School choir it skyrocketed from…
Impact through Action
By Chloe Oliver Impact through action. Making a senior citizen’s day by throwing a prom in a nursing home, letting them know they aren’t forgotten. Giving away children’s books to elementaries and reading the books to first graders. Stretching a chain of hope around the football field to help people with mental illnesses realize that…
Palette of Possibilities
By Maddie Soldaat It’s just paint on paper. It can’t mean anything, some would say. But to others, it is a beautiful thing that makes a person… a person. “It helps me see who I am,” freshman Lyla Stanley says. “It is a way to express yourself when you can’t in other ways.” Lyla is…
Secret Setting for Success
By Jensen Boyd Michael Jordan, arguably the G.O.A.T. of basketball, won six NBA championships with his sidekick, Scottie Pippen. Yet, Pippen wouldn’t receive as much media attention or praise from fans as Jordan. As a result, Pippen fits the description of an “underrated player.” Likewise, people and objects all around the world are undervalued and…
The Shaffer Way
By Roman Ashcraft The quick ability for substitute teachers to adapt to new teaching styles is hard, but not for this one. Substitute teacher Mr. Michael Shaffer had to adapt to math and science in no time. Before the school year started Mr. Shaffer had to come into class and teach students in Algebra 1…