By Macy Weddle Many times in your lifetime, you will hear “Don’t take anything for granted.” This statement is extremely powerful, for the reason that you don’t quite fully understand until you’re the one saying it. Walking, talking, and even breathing are all things people take for granted. I used to be one of those…
By RJ Townsend Update: Wednesday had a strong turnout for Trunk or Treat this year, including over two times the number of kids from last year. Both Mackemzie and Corbin are overwhelmed by the outcome. Check out these sweet picks from last night. This Wednesday, October 25 a special event will be bringing high school,…
By RJ Townsend “Be aggressive, don’t get caught.” Freshman Lilah Jean (LJ) Carter played two games of Homecoming Powderpuff football on Wednesday night along with her peers in the freshmen class. Her state of mind during her play time was “Be aggressive, don’t get caught.” The first game was against the big dogs of Delta,…
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…
By Fancy Robbins There are many things to take into account when finding a new place to work. How far is it? How much will you get paid? But for Mrs. Haley Hissong, her love for God helped her. Mrs. Hissong is a new biology teacher at Delta High School. “God has called us into a…
By Daniel Tokar In the Gravley family, serving our country is a time-tested tradition, Senior Jimmy Gravley’s older brother, Kaleb, served in the Marines for five years. His father served in the Marines for more than 20 years. His grandfather served in the Army for 30 years. “So I am just following the footsteps at…
By Brylee Beckley *All places are not finalized until the end of the 2022-2023 school year* (1) Rebekah Thorpe, Feature story coming soon on this website (2) Zach Gullion, Feature story coming soon on this website (3) Cody Dickin, currently third in the 2023 class, plans to study chemical engineering at Purdue University. In the…
By Grayson Zoller Rylee Ritchie, a former student at Delta Middle School who would have been a graduating senior this year, is remembered fondly by students and teachers alike. She was murdered in late April 2019 in her Farmington neighborhood home. Investigators determined she and her mother, Denise Miles, were both murdered by Casey Ritchie,…
By Megan Hiday At 17 you should feel like you have your whole world ahead of you. You’re a junior or a senior in high school, probably have a job and you’re working on going to college. At least that’s what I thought my life would be like, until everything around me changed. I went…
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,…
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