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
Addison Freeman

Addison Freeman, Copy Editor

All content by Addison Freeman
Tasteful traditions: When celebrating Mardi Gras, many delve into customary delicacies such as the classic Paczki doughnut dessert. During other festivities, such as Lent, people enjoy other traditions such as fried fish.

Community honors Mardi Gras

Addison Freeman, Copy Editor
February 28, 2025
Kneeling down, Hailey Stinar (12) rolls the bocce ball down the court as her teammates watch. During bocce games, all members of the team keep watchful eyes on their peers’ turns to help support and strategize their next moves.

Bocce team works together, succeeds through season

Addison Freeman, Copy Editor
January 31, 2025
Getting into a defensive stance, Mackenzie Mohrbacher (11) prepares to take the ball from the offender. Mohrbacher was playing man-to-man defense, meaning each defender would play defense on one of the Shenango players at a time.

[Photo] Order on the court

Brodie Falk, Business Manager
January 31, 2025
The fine print: When booking even a one-day trip to theme parks, families are often aghast by the often hidden extent of ticket pricing. This worsens when families hope to share a joyous experience and build lifelong memories for their children, especially when visiting a theme park for multiple days.

The happiest places on earth

Addison Freeman, Copy Editor
December 19, 2024
Journalistic endeavors: Posing, Freedom’s student representatives of the journalism convention stand outside of Philadelphia’s City Hall. On the trip, students toured multiple areas of the city, learning about many historical landmarks and buildings.

For the love of journalism

Addison Freeman, Copy Editor
November 26, 2024
Underlying stories: Each year, thousands of costumes appropriating different ethnicities and cultures are sold in stores. People today often do not notice the racist stories behind these costumes and their pasts of incorporating white supremacy and mockery.

Halloween costumes reflect bigoted backgrounds

Addison Freeman, Copy Editor
October 31, 2024
Royal treatment: Smiling and waving, the Big Knob Fair Queen contestants ride in a convertible during the annual fair parade on Aug. 27. All of the candidates were required to dress up and participate in pageant-style activities during the contest.

Alum crowned Big Knob Fair Queen

Addison Freeman, Copy Editor
September 30, 2024
Wishful searching: Many people search on the internet to find and possibly recover pieces of lost media that can not be viewed on normal platforms like every-day television or music streaming services. The search can be long and frustrating for the individuals attempting to shine light on this lost media.

Lost and not often found

Addison Freeman, Copy Editor
May 23, 2024
Adding weight: When students take challenging honors or AP courses, their hard work and efforts weigh more than others. This can cause stress, especially when the students are aiming to get into colleges that seek high GPAs.

[Photo] Hard work doesn’t pay off

April 30, 2024
All eggs in one basket: During Easter, people celebrate with egg dyeing and seeing the Easter bunny, both of which have little to no correlation with the holiday’s original intent. Easter’s Christan background involves the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

[Photo] Hippity Hoppity

April 30, 2024
How it happened: The timeline shows the history of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, and when it went down.

[Photo] Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse sparks nationwide concern

April 30, 2024
With Awards: Laughing, students who competed in the Academic Games competition and Ms. Jennifer Glover pose for a picture together. Sophomore Calla Reynolds placed top ten individually and was a part of a top six team. Noah Brandon was a part of the first place Current Events team.

Academic Games team competes in national competition

Addison Freeman, Copy Editor
April 30, 2024
Ready for renovations: With the renovations currently underway in the Bulldog Boutique, the Boutique itself has been mainly empty other than nurse’s office equipment. The Closet Company has been working to install storage units and utilize all space possible.

[Photo] Freedom Drama presents: ‘Matilda the Musical’

Brodie Falk, Assistant News Editor
March 26, 2024
Ready for renovations: With the renovations currently underway in the Bulldog Boutique, the Boutique itself has been mainly empty other than nurse’s office equipment. The Closet Company has been working to install storage units and utilize all space possible.

Boutique in vogue

Addison Freeman, Copy Editor
March 26, 2024
Love of the star: Many enjoy watching sports for the love of the game, but many are influenced to watch them because their favorite celebrities are at the games or promote certain teams. Some think this is good for the sports industry, but many believe it takes away from the players themselves.

[Photo] Girls basketball season comes to an end

Madison Meyer, News Editor
February 29, 2024
Last hurrah: Seniors Anthony Batagglia, Brenna McIlvain, Steffan Paganie and Wyatt Boyer pose to be recognized during their senior night game on Feb. 1. This was the bocce team’s very first senior night ceremony and celebration.

Bocce team is playoff-bound

Addison Freeman, Photo Editor
February 29, 2024
On a roll: Kneeling down, senior Steffan Paganie prepares to roll his bocce ball down the court towards the pallino ball, which is the target. Freedom showed their school spirit as they cheered each other on during their turns.

How they roll

Addison Freeman, Copy Editor
January 31, 2024
Lose for your winnings: Sports teams who keep losing typically end up on top on the money scale. This trend is present within almost every professional sport.

[Photo] Women’s sports becoming more popular

Aiden Pournaras, Assistant Editorial Editor
January 31, 2024
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
All-American Cuisine: A high percentage of food consumed by citizens of the United States contains harmful ingredients, such as chemicals, additives, preservatives and microplastics. These ingredients are detrimental to physical health.

You are what you eat

Addison Freeman, Copy Editor
November 29, 2023
All-American Cuisine: A high percentage of food consumed by citizens of the United States contains harmful ingredients, such as chemicals, additives, preservatives and microplastics. These ingredients are detrimental to physical health.

[Photo] Physics club hosts 10th annual Fall Fest

Madison Meyer, News Editor
November 30, 2023
Dancing the night away: At the annual 2023 Homecoming dance, sophomore Elizabeth Smith dances with vigor among her peers. The dance, held in the gym on Sept. 30, features a wide variety of songs to dance to.

District community celebrates homecoming

Addison Freeman, Copy Editor
October 31, 2023
Students complete work during their personal learning time (PLT) in Ms. Pessler’s classroom on Sept. 22.

A change of pace

Addison Freeman, Copy Editor
September 29, 2023
Students complete work during their personal learning time (PLT) in Ms. Pessler’s classroom on Sept. 22.

[Photo] Volleyball starts season with new players and coach

Lainey Tuszynski and Colton Blank
September 29, 2023
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