Freedom Area High School's Student Newspaper

FHS Press

Freedom Area High School's Student Newspaper

FHS Press

Freedom Area High School's Student Newspaper

FHS Press

Leah McNear

Having jobs in high school could have negative effects on students

Leah McNear, Staff Writer May 22, 2018

  For years people have been getting jobs while in their teens, but can balancing work and education have detrimental effects? According to the U.S. Census, one in four high schoolers sixteen...

A lot of people are unsure that there are 50 states in the U.S.

Rare is the new common

Madison Snavely, PR/Marketing Director May 22, 2018

  A teacher teaches her sixth grade history class. She asks the class how many states are in the United States. No hands raise and children's eyes wander around the room in hopes of the answer....

Depression, and other suicidal tendencies, can occur in people of every age, race, ethnicity, and gender.

An increase in teen suicides calls for an increase in awareness

Staff Editorial April 30, 2018

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, almost one in five teenagers between 15 and 19 have considered suicide and nearly 10 percent have attempted it. Suicide rates have been...

America advances towards diversity

Rachel DeCesaris, Editor-in-Chief April 30, 2018

Throughout the history of America, there have been times where people have been unaccepting and everything had to be a certain way. Over the past 70 years, the normal societal views have changed and people...

All over the world, animals such as mice are tested on in order to develop drugs that could be essential to helping millions of people and animals alike.

Animal testing is necessary for human development

Cole Skuse, Business Manager/Copy Editor April 30, 2018

When the term “animal testing” is brought up in a conversation, it may lead to concerns for some people. Thoughts of animals being harmed for the benefits of humans is an appalling thought to some,...

Animal testing: yesterday’s news

Claudia Huggins, Managing Editor April 30, 2018

In the past, experimenting on animals was viewed as a way to test products based on how well they work or if they cause any dangers for the body. However, recent studies have shown that testing on animals...

Taking education for granted

Melissa Keith, Staff Writer April 30, 2018

Imagine a kindergarten class. Students fill the class with smiling faces, there might be a colorful carpet on the floor with all the colors of the rainbow and there might also be shelves full of books....

The violence in the games depicted above and other similar ones have brought about further speculation on this topic.

Virtual violence versus reality

Carly Kusich, Features Editor April 30, 2018

For years, there’s been a speculation on the potential correlation between the graphic violence of video games and aggression in real life. From time to time, such games have been used as a scapegoat...

Be a friend not a fighter

Be a friend not a fighter

Natalie Dubovi, Staff Writer April 30, 2018

Students have a choice every day when they go to school to either make someone’s day or ruin it. Encouraging someone to do their best instead of calling them stupid is a good way to start someone's day...

CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg (center), sits in front of 44 Senators on April 10, 2018, to give a testimony about the data scandal that affected millions of the social media platform’s users.

Facebook data breach affects millions

Jenna Engel, Asst. Features Editor April 30, 2018

While today’s teens poke fun at the aging demographic of Facebook users, exclaiming that, “only old people use Facebook,” their take on technology may need to change. With the recent data outbreak...

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