By Macy Weddle If you ask any English teacher what their favorite book is, they might have a few they can rattle off from their mind. But for Delta High School teacher Julie Fierce, hers are with her everywhere she goes Mrs. Fierce, an English and Speech teacher, has four tattoos. Her favorite is 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…
Taught to Game
By Owen Cupp As he mashes the A button, he controls Peyton Manning and passes the football to Marvin Harrison, eventually leading to a touchdown with three seconds left in the fourth quarter. He knows that he has beaten his opponent and happily sets down his controller for a break. Health and physical education teacher…
History in the Making
By Caleb Elliott Brandon Isler, unlike many high school students, goes from class to class not saying very much, if at all anything. The only place you might find him talkative as ever is when he’s in his element: the classroom. Gathering knowledge entices Isler, which has led to his prominent role on the school’s…
High School is a Highway
By Cody Dickin As a 12-year-old, you might have been thinking about saving up for a bike or a new video game, but some other students at Delta High School had different plans. “I was 12 and I was looking on Facebook Marketplace and it was really cheap, so I saved up my money and…
Three Difficult Years
By Caitlyn Kirby Outside of the building, his phone rings every hour with another thing that needs to be handled. When he is at home, it’s hard to keep his school life separate. But during school hours, he has the opposite problem. He rarely feels connected enough with students. Mr. Christopher Conley says that the…
5,115 Miles Apart
By Jacob Williams Yaroslav Kobernyk remembers his thoughts when he heard the first explosion at 5 a.m. in his apartment in Ukraine. He thought it was thunder. Yaroslav, who goes by the nickname Yarik, soon realized after the second explosion that he was wrong. Russian planes had dropped two bombs on army bases near the…
How to Cook Happiness
By Eleni Bow It has been said that anything can be accomplished as long as you have a “recipe for success.” While this may be true, Delta students also believe there is a recipe for happiness – a merry formula created by themselves. This recipe isn’t complicated. You probably have these “ingredients” in your life…
The Kids Can’t Wait
By Brylee Beckley Riley Dance Marathon is not “For the Kids” anymore. For the Kids (FTK) has been the chant for Riley Dance Marathons for many years. Along the way Penn State University trademarked the phrase for their event Thon. Thon has raised $204 million, which is the largest student-run philanthropy in the world. Now…
Uncommitted and On The Run
By Emme Townsend By junior year, high school students should be looking at colleges. They have to consider where they want to go, and if the school will accept them. Her situation is a little different. Instead of her looking at colleges, colleges are looking at her. Junior cross country and track star Nicki Southerland…