While we are having seven subjects per semester, in Vietnam students must take 12 subjects per semester. Thao Phan, a junior at Delta High School who started school in December, came from Tỉnh Bình Phước,Vietnam four months ago with her family to the United States to live with her uncle. Not knowing English well is…
By Kinsley Wilson It was freshman Ryleigh Warner’s first day at her job at McDonalds. She came in that day ready for the experience and hopeful to make some money. She started learning the reins and figuring things out. But when she went to make her first McFlurry and started to spin it, the drink…
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,…
By Ashton Phillips It is a humid, sunny day in July. The Delta football team is on the scorching hot turf getting ready for the upcoming season. Three of the hardest working players are seniors Palmer Samuels, Blake Jones and Dylan Manor. The three seniors are not just hard workers but great leaders, too, according…
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 Collin Haughn Walking back into his house in Belgium for the first time in almost six months, foreign exchange student Matteo Cadeddu was ecstatic to see his family. Matteo returned to Belgium on Dec. 28, just a few days after Christmas. “My parents were really sad when I left, but they knew it was…
“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…
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…
By Kylee Robles The bright yellow sunrise is shining at an angle through senior Kassidy Royal’s bedroom window. She wakes up and turns off her beeping alarm clock with a smile on her face. The first thing that comes to her mind is what a good day she’s going to have. “I am always happy…
By Gaige Winchester March 13, 2020, former president Donald Trump declares a national state of emergency due to the novel coronavirus. Students across the nation are excited for what they think will just be a lengthened spring break, but one Delta Middle School eighth grader, Annie Jackson, is not thrilled with the news. Jackson had…
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