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…
Little Things Make Differences
By Madalyn Milner It’s the little things that make a change. Picture this: she opened the door for someone frazzled with their hands full. They smiled. She just made their day better. Empathy. Kindness. She walked away knowing she changed something in them. Alivia Jackson is sophomore class president. She’s all about helping others and…
Sharing the Power of Language
By Chloe Oliver She is eagerly waiting for a response to see if she can visit the country that inspired her teaching. To see the ones that she called family. To visit the place she cherishes. To place a renewed passion behind her career as a teacher. Spain. During her junior year of college, Señora…
Digital Minds
By Brody Gray Teachers always emphasize not to use ChatGPT, but why? ChatGPT can help you, English teacher Mrs. Amanda Craw said, so why be so against it? “It can help you get ideas for things, but don’t have ChatGPT do everything,” Mrs. Craw said. Like everything there are pros and cons to using it. …
A Different Purpose
By Chloe Oliver Her plans did a complete one-eighty from moving out of state with her roommate to staying in her hometown. Miss Betsy Marshall is one of Delta’s new teachers this year. After graduating from Delta in 2020, she returns for a different purpose. “I never thought I would teach here,” Marshall said. Originally,…
Conley Moving On to Cowan Superintendency
By Tim Cleland After 23 years in Delaware Community Schools, Mr. Chris Conley is trading his blue-and-gold wardrobe for the black-and-gold Blackhawks of Cowan Community Schools in southern Delaware County. The longtime Delta High School principal has been named superintendent at Cowan. Conley’s final day at Delcom is today (Monday, Aug. 19) after filling administrative…
Preparing For The Future
By Mylee Jones Advanced English 111 Ivy Tech Advanced Math 125 Ball State University Advanced Speech 210 Ball State University Advanced Social Studies/US History 102 Ivy Tech Advanced Social Studies/Political Science 101 Ivy Tech Advanced Science/Chem 101 Ivy Tech These are only a handful of the classes Delta has to offer. The students who take…
Change Coming to Student Academic Rankings
By RJ Townsend Through the course of four years, things change. That includes class ranking. But most never change like this. Delta High School has decided to adopt a new honors system in academics for its students. Delta will be implementing this change starting next year. Delta has a descriptive and uncommon way of displaying…