Student of the Month: Engineering Salvatore Amitrano
Picture shown: Salvatore Amitrano working on a robot By: Bethany Day Engineering is a craft that many want to pursue. Salvatore “Sal” Amitrano, a senior at Wallenpaupack Area High School, discovered the craft when he was a young student. Sal has been a part of the Engineering CTE since his freshmen year. “I have…
Winter Storm Dumps 18 Inches on Greentown, Causes Widespread Closures
By: Jewel Dickerman This past weekend brought a powerful winter storm to northeastern Pennsylvania and much of the Mid-Atlantic, leaving behind heavy snow, bitter cold, and widespread disruption. In Greentown, local observers reported approximately 18 inches of snow from the storm, turning roads white and piling snowdrifts high in yards and fields. The National Weather Service issued…
Polar Promenade Has Huge Turnout
Guests of the 4th Annual Polar Promenade Dance on the Dance Floor (Picture from @WallenpaupackAreaHSFBLA on Instagram) By: Sutton Rizzo The 4th annual Polar Promenade, sponsored by Wallenpaupack’s Future Business Leaders of America chapter, brought more than 130 senior citizens to dance and socialize with the younger generation. FBLA members set up the cafeteria early…
Samuel Urevich
By: Bethany Day The world needs doctors. Samuel “Sam” Urevich, a senior at Wallenpaupack, recognized that since he was a child. Sam has been a part of the school district since his eighth-grade year and has been incredibly involved since the start. His first activities were being a student ambassador, where he discovered how…
Book Review: Aru Shah and the End of Time
By: Nora Warner Photo: roshanichokshi.com As winter continues, the cold and snowy weather is a great time to enjoy a new book. Stories take us into a new world full of excitement with opportunities to learn, and that is certainly the case with the book Aru Shah and…
Just in January
By: Ty Lounsbury Every month brings awareness to various topics — here are some topics to be aware of just in January! · National Mentoring month · National Slavery & Human Trafficking Prevention Month · Stalking Awareness Month · Substance Use Disorder Treatment Month · Cervical Health Awareness Month It may not be filled…
WASA Students take a Trip to East Coast Jets
(Left to right) Joe Pettinato, George Harrison, Ian, Ben Cumberland, Katie Pettinato, Reagan Anderson, and Gianna Caccavale By: Reagan Anderson On January 15, six WASA (What is WASA?) students traveled to Allentown, PA, to explore the career paths through a charter organization. An aviation charter organization is a company that schedules, arranges, and bids on…
Pet of the Week!
Mrs. Ragonese’s dogs Murphy (bigger blond one) and Rudy (smaller brown/red one) They are both Black mouth curs but from different breeding lines. They are hunting and herding dogs, typically living down south. Murphy was ubered out from Oklahoma when he was 7 weeks old and Rudy came from a shelter in Mississippi when he…