Written by Sadie Zagwoski In the Chess Club, members challenge each other in matches, practice by playing the best out of three games, and learn how to play chess. Students may join the club at any experience level, and they will learn any necessary rules and skills in the club. Within matches and practices, members…

Written by Bethany Day At Wallenpaupack, we have a significant group of wonderful seniors! One of those seniors is Angelina Krug who is making beautiful art here at our school. As we talk to people, we will always ask the question that will always come to mind first, which is, “What inspired you to do…

Written by Bethany Day Erika Badner, a member of the girls’ basketball team, has broken her own record for three pointers in a single season. Last year, Erika had 54 three pointers in a season. At the North Pocono game, which happened to be Senior Night, Erika made five three pointers, taking her total to 59 for the season. With the playoff game at Dallas on Wednesday night, Erika and the girls sadly lost the game by 21 points. We hope the girls had a successful season.

Written by Gio Patire America, as a republic democracy, comes up with many ways to improve our country, including the right to vote for representatives. When Americans vote, we elect many roles in government including the head of the executive branch, the president. However, some presidents of extreme honor, George Washington the first president and Abraham Lincoln for his incredible leadership in the civil war,deserve a day to celebrate their…

Written by Sadie Zagwoski The Aviation Club gives students the privilege to expandtheir knowledge on several topics within aviation and gain experience within the field. The club enables students with similar interests to work together in a productive and resourceful environment. Members of the club do not have to be enrolled in the Aviation CTE program, which extends the opportunity tostudents who may be unable to fit the courses in their schedule. The Aviation Club provides Wallenpaupack students with the…

Written by Sadie Zagwoski Aevidum is a club which focuses on promoting mental health and suicide prevention awareness within our school. The word “Aevidum” was created using Latin roots, translating to “I’ve got your back.” The club was created by students of CocalicoHigh School, after they lost a classmate to suicide. Since then,numerous schools in the state have joined the movement. Wallenpaupack Area is one of twenty schools in the area participating…

Written by Gio Patire Wrestling Senior Night took place Tuesday, February 6, in the high school gymnasium to honor their teams’ graduates. Seniors Gunnar Myers, Hawkeye Rollison, and Jimmy Kellog have been anchors on the varsity and junior varsity teams in high school. Gunnar has been advancing during each of his four seasons and may earn many school records for the team. At districts, he should receive the school record for most wins, 139, and the season record of pins,…

Written by Sadie Zagwoski In addition to our school’s existing offer of free lunches, the cafeteria is offering free breakfast! This enhances the convenience of eating breakfast in the morning, as many students do not have enough time at home or worry about funds in their account. To further the convenience, and save time, the cafeteria is launching the “Grab-and-Go” breakfast program. Breakfast…

Written by Briana Blaszczyk On February 7 through February 9, Wallenpaupack Area High School had five students attend district orchestra at Wyoming Valley West High School in Plymouth, PA. District orchestra is amusic festival held by the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA). It is an audition-based collection of string, woodwind, brass, and percussion instrumentalists performingchallenging collegiate level music. After qualifying and attending district band these students placed high enough to qualify for their respective orchestra positions. These five WAHS students recently participated in the PMEA…

Written by Bethany Day On Friday, February 2, the school decided to be pretty and wear pink! February is known as “National Cancer Prevention Month”, so the girls basketball team decided to continue its annual fundraiser and raise money for breast cancer. The team had teamed up with the student council, who were selling t-shirts,…