March 31, 2025

Today’s News

Wallenpaupack’s Annual Engineering Competition

Lily Struble13 mins

Written by Lily Struble On Friday, October 27, Wallenpaupack Area High School held its second annual engineering competition. Two teams of five students from Wallenpaupack, Western Wayne, North Pocono, Lakeland, and Abington Heights competed for the grand prize.  The day began with an Introduction in the auditorium, where general rules were discussed, and the judges were introduced. The competition was judged by Vincent Griffin (E.D Pons & Associates), Mitchell Jacobs…

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The Great Gatsby

Jewel Dickerman17 mins

By: Hunter Kenthack “The Great Gatsby” …. Where to begin? It is noted as one of America’s great literary classics. It revolves around high society during the “roaring twenties.” Despite what we see when we crack open the cover of the work, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s gem is not a piece that was viewed favorably by most people…

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Band Honors Night

Bethany Day03 mins

WRITTEN BY LORALIE Band honors night is a yearly event for middle schoolers in band, and it helps kids who plan toparticipate in the band in high school. Generally, the event helps students to gain a basicunderstanding of how to march and how to go on and off the field. Friday night, September 22,the middle…

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Hawley 5k

Bethany Day11 mins

WRITTEN BY LILY STRUBLE The Hawley Public Library held its annual 5k race, Run to Read, at Bingham Park on Saturday September 23. Despite the wind and rain, 56 participants attended to support the library. The cost of admission was $25. Medals were given to First, Second, and Third place in each age-group for each…

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Flowers For Algernon

Lily Struble04 mins

Welcome back, Paupack Press! Some of you may remember the start of our paper last year, a lot of you probably do not. Well, new or not from whatever grade I’m so glad that you are reading the first issue of this school year’s paper, and specifically the first book review. What a way to…

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The Cure

Lily Struble03 mins

Written by Camron Ortiz Two weeks ago, Swiss/French scientists found a way possibly to “cure” being paralyzed! The group of scientists used a Bluetooth connection to connect the brain to the paralyzed part of his body. The scientists also figured out that when they turned off the device, improvement still continued! So, could this possibly…

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Poem

Lily Struble01 mins

A forgotten town,  18 meters down,  Swallowed by the lake,  What did it take?  A buzzing borough,   Where the bunnies burrow,  A town full of life,   Serrated by the knife,  Of a company,  Oh, what company? PPL.  They created a dam,  It seemed a scam,  To use this land,  For one another, hand in hand.  It…

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Book Review: “Out of Darkness”

Lily Struble04 mins

BY: AUTUMN BELLUARDO We all have a different definition of racism. Google’s definition is, “prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism by an individual, community, or institution against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized.” This, is very wordy. Your definition will and can…

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Book Review: “To Catch a Killer”

Lily Struble03 mins

By: Any’ah Caljean             The most recent book I’ve read is the “To Catch A Killer” and “To Right The Wrongs” duology. These books are considered to be under the genres of thriller, mystery, and young adult fiction. Author Sheryl Scarborough wrote these books; this duology was published on February 27th, 2018. In the first book,…

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