By Alisha Fields She took a deep breath and pressed record. How was she ever going to teach Family and Consumer Sciences to her students when she can’t even see them? How would her students be able to do sewing projects, cooking projects and group work? She had so many questions, but she knew she…
An Inkling of a Memory
Story and Photos by Eleni Bow The body is a canvas, and art is meant to tell a story. While this ink differs from that of a traditional painting, it still has the power to evoke emotion, memory and hiraeth. Over the course of the 21st century, tattoos have become increasingly popular and more normalised…
Read All About It!
By Grayson Zoller When you think of a librarian, you probably think of someone who just checks out your books at the counter. But there’s more to their job than what you see, proving that you really shouldn’t judge books by their covers. From fixing Chromebook problems to maintaining the huge catalogue of more than…
Teaching Government During an Election
By Sabrina McElyea Try to put yourself in the shoes of a U.S. Government teacher for a moment. Imagine watching the electoral vote count rise as state after state slowly declares its winner. The amount of anxiety in the room could be sensed by everyone. Imagine teaching high school seniors how to vote and how…
The Farewell Equation
By Brett Shearer For the past 42 years, Mr. Gary Seidner has seen principals and teachers come and go, and watched more classes graduate than most of his fellow educators. Now it is time we prepare to say “Goodbye” to such a dedicated educator at the end of this school year. “I’ll miss the students….
Under Construction
By Linus Weimer You see them every day at school but you don’t know their names. In fact, you don’t know anything about them at all. According to Tyce Stebbins, Director of Building and Grounds / Project Manager, there are multiple different contractors. These include the demolition crew, general contractor, a company that purchases the…
Picture Perfect
By Madalynn Bullock She starts her day gathering all of her equipment for the day to come. She arrives 30 minutes early and starts to scout out all the places from where she would like to shoot. Her client arrives and they start the shoot. Senior Maggie Manor unloads her Canon EOS from the case…
Teachers Were Once Students Too
By Alisha Fields There are so many classes you can take as a senior, but none of the classes require students to make milkshakes. However, this is one reason why English teacher Mrs. Suzy Fox remembers her senior year at Delta High School, back in 1991, to be the best. As part of her advanced…
Troupers Face Challenges in Era of COVID
Update 11-17-20 Due to new attendance restrictions from Gov. Holcomb, the show featured below, which was planned for December 10-11-12, 2020, has been rescheduled for February 10, 11 and 13, 2021. By Shayla Crow When you think about a play, you think of a crowded theatre but it’s not loud because the…
A Record(s) To Remember
By Grayson Zoller It’s almost an inherent property of sports records that they eventually are broken. But sometimes, that just doesn’t happen. Sometimes, a record can be so impressively good that it remains for longer than anyone would have thought. The 400-meter track and field record has stood for 40 years, for both boys and…