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

New Pa. law raising smoking, vaping age to 21 to take effect in July 2020

New Pa. law raising smoking, vaping age to 21 to take effect in July 2020

Cole Skuse, Business Manager/News Editor/Copy Editor December 21, 2019

  The 2019 Monitoring the Future survey found that more than one in every four senior high school students use some form of e-cigarette product. According to the Surgeon General’s website, the...

A flyer for the NHS food drive found in one of the halls of the highschool

It’s the season of giving

JoAnn Sharpless, Managing Editor (Online) December 21, 2019

According to the Greater Community of Pittsburgh Food Bank, 20.1% of children living in Beaver County suffer from a shortage of food in their households. That means that around 6,620 children in Beaver...

More than 2,500 local citizens vote in November election

More than 2,500 local citizens vote in November election

Cade Skuse and Cole Skuse December 1, 2019

Of the 7,059 citizens registered to in vote Freedom, Conway and New Sewickley, only 2,520 people showed up to vote in the election on Nov. 5. While there may not have been any federal positions up for...

American Sign Language has multiple forms of communication. Using ASL, people can either spell out words or use phrases or shortened words for simple communication.

Senior students start ASL Club with Mrs. English

Hallie Spielman, Web Master December 1, 2019

ASL stands for American Sign Language and without it, approximately half a million people across the United States and Canada would have issues communicating with other people. With half a million people...

 Cluster of potholes on Foote Street in Conway. This group of potholes, and many more, can be seen all over the rest of Conway and the numerous bad roads throughout the district.

Rocky roads

Sarah Levenson, Features Editor December 1, 2019

Roads connect every community. When they are broken or damaged, however, the connection between the people in a certain community is also damaged. A weakened road is really just a path filled with problems...

Former elementary school could face abatement, sale, demolition

Former elementary school could face abatement, sale, demolition

Cole Skuse, Business Manager/ Copy Editor/ News Editor November 2, 2019

To about half of the student body at Freedom Area High School, Big Knob Elementary was their daily workplace for five years. The current freshmen were the last class to have a class split between Big Knob...

Freedom thinks pink

Freedom thinks pink

Baylee Stewart, Editor-in-Chief (Print) November 2, 2019

Every year in October, breast cancer awareness is celebrated. Many people associate the color pink with October simply because it’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It is celebrated all throughout the...

Parking spot numbers in the student lot can be difficult to see, as shown in the photo, possibly causing students to park in the wrong spot.

Painting over parking problems

Baylee Stewart, Editor-in-Chief (Print)/ Photo Editor November 2, 2019

You pull into the student parking lot at Freedom Area High School and see that another student is parked in your spot. This situation confuses you because you know that everyone has assigned spots when...

Last year’s Homecoming King and Queen Riley Adams and Melissa Keith crown Maxwell Ujhazy and Baylee Stewart as this year’s Homecoming King and Queen.

Homecoming: A reunion unlike any other

Marissa Lammie, Staff Writer September 30, 2019

On Sept. 13 and 14, Freedom hosted its annual Homecoming Festival. The pep rally and the annual Homecoming Dance took place on Sept. 13 and the 5K run, parade, activities, football game, a bonfire and...

 Heading towards the baseball field, a car makes a right by the bulldog statue as it follows the new morning drop off route that was implemented this school year.

Dropping into something new

Sarah Levenson, Features Editor September 30, 2019

For years, Freedom Area High School students have been dropped off in front of the school by the bus or by their parents every morning. However, that changed when the school board approved a new morning...

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