By Tyce Dishman According to the American Pet Products Association, 70 percent of American households own a pet, but for some students these animals are more than a pet. Gabby Knight, Kelsey Vest and Emma Miller all share the same interest: helping animals. Knight and Miller both want to be veterinarians, while Vest is unclear…
FFA: Empowering Students to Lead
By Hayden Freestone The Delta FFA is filled with many important people. Leaders such as Mrs. Nicole Lodl and Mrs. Nancy Kunk give the students the power to make decisions for themselves and to decide what to do. Lodl was a key member of Delta’s FFA while in high school. She was the chapter reporter…
Top Students and What Could Help You
By Matthew Shear Even some of the top students sometimes struggle with procrastination. Junior Katie Shue, who currently ranks No. 1 in her class, said this is how she fixes it. “I will start to procrastinate especially on the weekends, and what pushes me through that is I think about what I would be doing…
Salutations, Samori
By RJ Townsend Eighth grade is one of the years that passes quickly and is seen as a chance to breathe before your high school career starts. Not for Samori McKell-Jeffers. This is where his future took off. He started getting high school credits in eighth grade, a year before most kids at Delta High…
Behind the Scenes
By Jackson Robbins Every day the Delta Eagles produce their own news broadcast with a complex and deep history, and there is hard work put into it every day. However, people who are not in the class may not know how the broadcast is made on a daily basis. Eagle Zone News has been around…
Learning Their Lines
By Dakoda Johnson For junior Isaac Brewer, his first big role in his acting life has left him with more than 300 lines to memorize. How does he do it? “l just read them over and over again and then when I’m driving in my car by myself l just repeat them over and over…
First Year Teaching
By Mylee Jones Who is Zoe Ashcraft? She is a 20-year-old teacher who went to Delaware Community Schools for all of her education. She took almost all the dual credit classes offered in high school and managed to graduate college in just two years! Miss Ashcraft felt it was right to teach at Delta. “The…
Always On The Go
By Fancy Robbins “You’re spreading yourself too thin.” This is something senior Grace Flowers often hears. But, that fails to affect her. She participates in 11 different extracurriculars – and is president in three of them. “I would also say that it seems like a lot, but it doesn’t seem like a lot to me,”…
Buddies Working Together
By Baylee Knebel “I just love little kids and teaching, watching them grow.” ’’Everyone in the class is so welcoming and kind, you just feel like you belong.’’ “I love seeing cute moments with the children. Seeing them laugh, play and smile is the most rewarding thing.” These are just some of the words expressed…
Black Belt in Teaching
By Fancy Robbins Even though she’s been teaching for 13 years, she still has the same goal from when she decided to pursue a career in education. Mrs. Megan Byard, a new English teacher at Delta, wants to help people in more ways than just teaching. Mrs. Byard’s younger brother, Nick, had special needs. Growing…