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

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...

Coronavirus causes concern throughout state, results in closure of school district

Coronavirus causes concern throughout state, results in closure of school district

Cade Skuse, Co-Editor-in-Chief (Print) April 1, 2020

On Dec. 31, the Chinese government reported a cluster of cases in the Hubei province where workers were getting sick with what seemed to be pneumonia. However, on Jan. 7, health officials said that this...

As part of the potential restructure, the Communications and Secondary Computer Applications courses will be eliminated and replaced with seminar courses for freshmen and sophomores.

High school principal gives restructuring update

Cole Skuse, Business Manager/News Editor April 1, 2020

As a part of the March 5 meeting of school board directors, high school principal William Deal delivered a presentation regarding updates on the restructuring process that is ongoing in the high school.  To...

News-In-Brief

Cole Skuse, Business Manager/News Editor April 1, 2020

Big Knob Elementary marked as “condemned” Big Knob elementary school is now considered a condemned property in New Sewickley Township.    Breakfast and lunch program adapts to students...

Junior Elizabeth Shane talks about the different roles students have in Broadcast Media Workshop as part of Mr. Aaron Fitzpatricks infomercial.

Teachers promote courses, create infomercials

Marissa Lammie, Staff Writer April 1, 2020

As the year continues to fly by, students began to schedule their courses for the upcoming school year in the middle of March. In preparation for scheduling, principal William Deal asked the faculty to...

Students and their guardians peruse the different projects made by participants.

High school students assist with elementary science fair

Leah McNear, Co-Distribution Director March 16, 2020

Having a science fair is not new to Freedom. When the elementary schools merged in 2015, the PTA team continued the Big Knob tradition of holding a science fair. Community members Elizabeth Deal and Wendy...

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