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

2023 year in review

Lainey Tuszynski, Social Media Editor January 31, 2024

When the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, people declare their New Year’s resolutions and achievements that they hope to achieve throughout the year. The new year brings many joys and experiences...

Ready to perform: (Front, left to right) Calla Reynolds, Hailey Stinar, Lilly Burgess, Joseph Castelli, (back) Dakota Gingerella, Elias Boyd, Jesse Reinhardt and Johnathan Bruce smile with
their instruments before their performance. For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, the county band festival was held. Band directors from across the county nominated instrumentalists
to be a part of the festival.

Students perform in county band festival

Skylar Scobbo, Features Editor January 31, 2024

Although the band's winter concert has already passed, the band has continued working hard. Many members have been putting in extra time outside of class to participate in concerts in the area. The first...

On the news: The TV in the cafeteria (left) and lobby (right) displaying news after being setup near the beginning
of January. Different local events, weather reports and more are shown on the screens throughout the day.

Administration installs TVs to display current events

Noah Brandon, Assistant Sports Editor January 31, 2024

To help staff and students stay up to date on news and current events, two televisions were installed in the cafeteria and lobby. Principal Mr. Steve Mott helped the Broadcast Media staff choose to install...

2nd annual science alumni conference makes strides

2nd annual science alumni conference makes strides

Christopher Denkovich, Editor In Chief January 31, 2024

For many, graduation marks the end of their time in high school. As they move forward with their future, few ever look back to their alma mater. This, however, is not the case for those in attendance at...

Festive and fun: Focusing, senior Lilly Burgess adjusts a gold bow atop of a Christmas tree in the high school auditorium. Burgess plays flute in the jazz ensemble, so she dedicated a portion of her practice time on Dec. 14 to decorating the tree.

‘Big Red’ Band holds annual holiday concert

Colton Blank and Caden Beringer December 21, 2023

Year after year, Freedom’s band has their holiday concert, in which students perform their instruments. With a loss of six seniors--Ethan Giebal, Brigette Richard, Madison Sanders, Connor Tavern, Leannah...

Musical merit: The selected best musicians from many schools including Freedom performed at their concert on Saturday, Dec. 9. They spent days preparing for their performance.

A note-worthy performance

Addison Freeman, Copy Editor December 21, 2023

Throughout the school year, students enrolled in Freedom’s band class are given many chances to play and perform outside of normal concerts or marching band events. One of these occasions is the annual...

Winding down: DECA students pose for a group photo after returing from the DECA regional competition on Dec. 6. After meeting every Tuesday, the students were finally able to showcase their abilities.

DECA takes trip to North Allegheny Barrel Center

Colton Blank, Assistant Sports Editor December 21, 2023

Like many other clubs and extracurriculars, Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) goes on a multitude of trips throughout the year to compete against surrounding schools in multiple events; such...

Paying it forward: After raising over $1,600, Katie Prest hands a check to members of Freedoms administration. Prest raised money to pay off student lunch debt. Left to right: High school principal, Mr. Steven Mott, Director of Food Service, Mr. Randy Walker, Prest and superintendent, Ms. Diane Workman

Alumni give back to district

Christopher Denkovich, Editor-in-Chief December 21, 2023

As the holiday season approaches, a magical feeling fills the air. The spirit of giving, of hope and of love rings out for all to hear. Hearing this call, 2007 Freedom graduate Katie Prest embraced the...

FAFSA now open to students: With immense patience, students have been waiting for the chance to fill out the FAFSA. Now, the form is officially available to all students across the country

2024-25 FAFSA applications soon available to seniors

Aiden Pournaras, Assistant Editorial Editor December 21, 2023

Every year, seniors await the release of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to help them prepare for their futures. The FAFSA is available to all students nation-wide, but it is mostly...

Students prepare for keystones with extra tutoring

Joseph Castelli, Sports Editor November 30, 2023

For the past few months of this school year, there has been remediation classes during PLT. This new class is formatted into the school day so that when students are done with their normal block classes,...

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