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

Freshman Josie Brenckle shows off the ribbon she won for reserve grand champion.

Big Knob Fair canceled due to COVID-19

Kinsley Aswani and Abigail Ketterer September 30, 2020

The Big Knob Fair is a very popular fair that many students from Freedom Area High School participate in, or go to for fun. For the first time in 77 years, the Big Knob Fair, which was to be held Sept....

New high school teachers Samantha Circle (Biology), Debrah Evans (Chemistry) and Heather Macon (Learning Support).

3 new teachers join high school staff

Alexandra Mizzelle, Asst. Sports Editor September 30, 2020

When asking people’s feelings on online schooling, everyone has different answers. Our school district has gotten three new teachers that cannot even meet their students properly because we are in online...

Senior cheerleaders pose for a photo before the marching band performed at Bulldog
Stadium on Sept. 10.

Senior night at Bulldog Stadium

Gracie Shane, Staff Writer September 30, 2020

On Sep. 10, seniors in fall sports and band members participated in a socially distanced Senior Night at Bulldog Stadium. Instead of waiting until the end of their respective seasons, all fall sports plus...

Colleges such as Penn State are uncertain on how COVID-19 is going to affect the upcoming fall semester.

COVID-19 vs. higher education

Hallie Spielman, Webmaster June 10, 2020

With the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging the nation, colleges and universities have had to change their 2020-2021 academic year. Colleges like Clarion, Penn State, Kent State and more have had to start determining...

News-In-Brief

Cole Skuse, Business Manager/News Editor/Copy Editor June 10, 2020

School board revises public comment policy At the May 7 board meeting, the school board voted to expand the requirements for people who want to speak at school meetings to “residents or taxpayers of...

Throughout the duration of the conference, overall 100 people joined the virtual event to hear others talk or ask questions.

High school hosts fourth annual science conference despite school closure

Cole Skuse, Business Manager/News Editor/Copy Editor June 10, 2020

On May 7, students, teachers and alumni gathered on Google Meet for the fourth annual science conference from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.. Like previous years, students gathered to speak about the “long-terms”...

Google forms students will fill out with their class schedule for the upcoming school year

Students start scheduling process for upcoming school year, despite school closure

Marissa Lammie, Staff Writer June 10, 2020

Although school may be out due to the shut down from COVID-19, the school year is starting to wind down. Around May, the freshmen, sophomores and juniors start to get ready for the summer, but they also...

This photo of Mark, Sam, and Renae Romutis was taken at the Central Valley Hockey Senior night, the hockey team that Sam played for.

Ambridge chief of police and Freedom community member dies from coronavirus, wife gets contracted

Mason Hedge, Managing Editor (Print)/Co-Distribution Director April 30, 2020

COVID-19 has massively infected millions of people all over the world in the past few months. With more and more people getting diagnosed with the virus, it’s only a matter of time until the virus reaches...

This map shows the amount of cases in each of the counties in Pennsylvania. The darker colored counties are where there are a larger number of cases, whereas the lighter colored counties have been less impacted.

State, district continue through second month of lockdown

Cade Skuse, Co Editor-in-Chief (Print)/ News Editor April 30, 2020

On March 28, governor Tom Wolf placed Beaver County along with others on a stay-at-home order due to the high number of cases in these areas. This stay-at-home order was later extended to the entire state...

Major school events cancelled, pushed back due to COVID-19

Marissa Lammie, Staff Writer April 30, 2020

  Due to the spread of COVID-19, Governor Tom Wolf ordered the school  to shut down for the rest of the academic year. This caused students to have many questions and concerns about upcoming events...

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