By Jacob Williams Special needs students aren’t as different as some of us might think. They might think differently but they are like other students. Mr. Tyler Harris and Mr. Shane Conley are special education teachers here at Delta high school and they both stated that when you go and talk to special needs students,…
Battle of the Poets
By Macy Weddle Standing there, sweating. Feeling as still as a rock. Yearning for applause. Haiku, free verse, sonnet and other forms of poetry are not just for English class. Some students are turning poetry into a competition. These students don’t see poetry as just an assignment, they see it as a beautiful…
Delta’s Dance, Decades Later
By Luke Williams Around 40 years ago, Delta’s marching band was formidable, going to state level competitions with both their band and color guard. However during the 1990s, the band slowly started to get less and less attention, until the marching band was something of the past. Now that the marching band has been reestablished,…
English as a Second Language
By RJ Townsend Moving to Indiana can be a change. Sometimes the change is the landscape or the smell in the air. But how difficult could the change be if you ended up having to learn a completely new language? The change can be easier when people are on your side. At Delta High School,…
Non-Stop
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…
Delta→Nasa
“That’s one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.” — Astronaut Neil Armstrong on July 20, 1969 after being the first human to step foot on the moon. By Caitlyn Kirby Edward (Ed) Krzemienski and Neil Armstrong have two things in common: their love for rocket science and their willingness to take…
Jubilant Julie
By Eleni Bow She knows what she likes. Whether it’s window shopping for antiques or seeing rock music legends with her husband, she knows she likes it, and when she likes something, she keeps it in her life for decades and decades. Mrs. Julie Blakely has been a teacher on the Delta staff since 1991…
Earlier Than Expected
By Brylee Beckley College dual-credit classes impact more than just students. They also change the lives of teachers. In 2013, Delta became the 13th high school in Indiana to become a certified Early College High School. University of Delta High School (UDHS) is authorized as a formal program of dual-credit classes that form pathways to…
After Many Years A Change Arrives
By Matthew Shears The library is getting a change after many years. Every time you go to the library you might expect to look all over for a book you might like but now you will just need to know the genre you are looking for. Now with the new organization people all over the…
Hardest Classes
By Collin Haughn No matter if you have 10 formulas involving displacement, time, velocity and acceleration to remember, or if you have to memorize elements on the periodic table, there will always be a challenge in classes. There are hard classes at Delta High School, but perhaps none are as difficult as Physics and Chemistry…