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

Sophomores Jessica Scheel and Madison Lewis practice a roleplay for Adviser Bradley Baldwin to start practicing for the actual competition in December.

Brand new DECA cards

Leah McNear, Staff Writer October 31, 2018

DECA is a club at FHS centered around professionalism and business management skills. The previous adviser Ms. Beth Arnold has since moved to the middle school. This year, the club’s advisor is communications...

Hall of fame inductees Robert Taglieri, Dave Giordano, Nick Sabol and John Buerkle pose for photo before banquet dinner began.

Standing in the hall of fame

Matthew Levenson, Asst. Sports Editor October 9, 2018

Each year, several Freedom alumni are inducted into the Freedom Area Hall of Fame. Prior inductees include a NFL super bowl winner, a pro sports agent, lawyers, CEO’s, international labor leaders and...

Major highways up and down the east coast have been ripped in half from Florence’s immense amount of rain and destruction.

Hurricane Florence devastates thousands leaving mass destruction along coast

Claudia Huggins, Editor-in-Chief (Print) October 1, 2018

Over the past few weeks, the name “Florence” has gotten heaps of attention it never saw coming. Along with crippling towns and desolating beaches, Hurricane Florence has left at least 23 dead as of...

Three spots in the high school are newly vacant: Room 222, Shepard’s old room; August’s secretary desk and Room 224, Hickey’s old room.

Summer brings administrative, classroom changes to FASD

Cole Skuse, Copy Editor September 28, 2018

As students return to school once again for another year of classes, they see some of the same faces from last school year and from summer. There are also the new faces of those who are new to the school...

Over the summer, the Freedom Football Alumni Association redid the sign at the bottom of Harvey Run Road leading up to the school.

A much needed renovation

Madison Snavely, Asst. Features Editor September 28, 2018

The crowd goes wild, touchdown! It was opening day on a cool Friday night and Freedom’s football team took on rival Hopewell at home. Fans were lined up waiting to buy tickets from the newly painted...

News-in-Brief

Mason Hedge, News Editor September 28, 2018

Football Boosters Revise School Road Freedom Football President Brian Yeck asked the school board on Aug. 7 to receive permission to paint football helmets and megaphones to the road in front of Bulldog...

Students were given their logins during the third week September which allowed them to finally access their grades.

‘Out with the old and in with the new’

Casey Collins, Staff Writer September 28, 2018

For years, Freedom has used MMS as the scheduling and grading program. But a new school year always brings new changes and this year in particular the change has a significant impact on both students and...

Flying Virus

Myah Hrinko, Photo Editor/Social Media Director September 28, 2018

Imagine a virus that is carried by an insect that has an estimated population of over 70 quadrillion world wide. Now imagine that this virus has taken over every state in the US. This lethal microorganism...

‘Playbook for concealing the truth’

Carly Kusich, Features Editor September 28, 2018

After two years of thorough investigation, the Pennsylvania Attorney General released a report on Aug. 14 detailing the myriad of allegations against members of various Catholic dioceses dating back to...

Teacher Aaron Fitzpatrick is handed his certificate for 2018 PSPA Journalism Teacher of the Year by PSPA Board President Paul Fantaski in the Middle School library during the Sept. 18 school board meeting.

FHS Journalism adviser wins PSPA Journalism Teacher of the Year

Cole Skuse, Business Manager/Copy Editor September 26, 2018

Eight years ago, the Freedom Area School District welcomed a new faculty member to their staff: Mr. Aaron Fitzpatrick. With the introduction of Fitzpatrick to the school district, the FHS Press published...

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