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Elementary school celebrates Christmas with spirit

Jared Williard, Editor December 22, 2017

Students at John S. Clarke Elementary Center spent the week of December 18 doing different activities to prepare for Santa's arrival. The week consisted of dressing up as different holiday items such as...

Students share first-day stories

Students share first-day stories

Kaelen McMullin, Editor September 20, 2017

Three months out of school has students adjusting to their new daily and academic schedules. That and meeting up with friends they have not seen all summer can result in some comical first days back or...

Staff member receives award for decorating with pride (photo)

Staff member receives award for decorating with pride (photo)

Alexis Yoder, Staffer June 6, 2017

Mrs. Diane Schweikert won the award for the Best Decorated House that showed Tide Pride. The contest was conducted during football season in September and October and was a fundraiser sponsored by the...

After pressing the buzzer, junior Tom Honicker answers his trivia question. Quiz Team members attended their last match of the year March 31; they competed against all the schools in the county. “The senior varsity members that competed were Charles Botto, Rachel Rubright, Jessica Wensus, Jessica Angelichio, Logan Spevak and Colin Williams. The seniors did an outstanding job this year and won 70 percent of the total matches they competed in,” Mrs. Krista Torpey, Quiz Team adviser, said.

Quiz Team finishes its year-long season (photo)

Gillian Revenis, Editor April 12, 2017

While anxiously listening to the question, Quiz Team members competitively slam the buzzer. Quiz Team is often an overlooked club, but members spend their after school hours preparing for their meets....

Snowstorm Stella attacks Pottsville streets (photo essay)

Snowstorm Stella attacks Pottsville streets (photo essay)

Jared Williard, Tide Lines Editor March 21, 2017

Winter Storm Stella dropped 20 inches of snow on Pottsville March 14. Dr. Jeffrey Zwiebel, superintendent, closed school Tuesday through Friday, giving students a six-day-weekend. These photos showcase...

Breaking News: 50-Year-Old Book Returned to Library

Jared Williard, Tide Lines Editor March 7, 2017

Jared Williard, Tide Lines Editor, interviews Mrs. Lillian Hobbs, school librarian, about a 50-year-old book being returned.

Seniors Collin Starr and Jess Angelichio observe their survey results from the statistics project. The project has been apart of the AP Statistics curriculum for five years. Collin and I polled the student body at random to see what their favorite meme from 2016 was. They got to choose from different memes such as Harambe and Joe Biden. The project helped with our understanding of sampling a large population, which we were learning about at the time. Our final results showed that Harambe was the favorite among students at PAHS, Angelichio said.

AP Statistics students conduct annual surveys (photo)

Tayah Moore and DeAnna Stevenson March 3, 2017

In Mrs. Michele Rhody’s AP Statistics class, students participated in a survey project that has been an AP Stat tradition for the past five years. “I do the sample survey because I think it’s a...

Junior Sadie Comfort and senior Madi Sherakas put in work at a basketball practice. The team won its first game at the season’s start. “Our team is doing pretty good. We need to work on handling the ball better when we are pressured,” Comfort said.

The girls’ varsity basketball team kicks off season (photo)

Kaelen McMullin, Staff Writer January 4, 2017

Each season, new players move up to replace the previous season’s seniors. The girls’ varsity basketball team had to adjust to a new starting five as well as the new members of the varsity team. “I...

Former Pottsville students visit Physics students (photo)

Former Pottsville students visit Physics students (photo)

Tayah Moore, Editor-in-Chief December 14, 2016

Rachel Coyle and Aaron Mickonis, both 2015 PAHS graduates and current Penn State University Park sophomores, visited Mrs. Suzie Fredericks’ honors physics classes November 21 to talk about the engineering...

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