Today’s News

Written by Bethany Day The Wallenpaupack Competitive Cheer Team has done it again! The CO-ED team won first place at the Pocono Regional championship on December 10 at the Mohegan Sun Area. Mr. Dejay Branch, who has been the head cheer coach from 2013- 2014, has been with the team since PIAA started competitive cheer and he is constantly leading the team to victory. In 2013, the cheer team qualified for its first state championship.Then in 2015- 2016, the team placed second in District 2. The team…

Written by Lily Struble From Friday, December 8, through Sunday, December 10, the Downtown Hawley Partnership held its annual Winterfest. Activities included a chocolate and coffee tasting at the Cocoon Coffeehouse, a bonfire in Bingham Park,  a concert at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, an Artisan and Craft market at the Hawley Hub, a Winterfest Brunch at…

Written by Lily Struble On Monday, November 13, 98 students and staff left Wallenpaupack Area High School for a 5-day trip to Disney World in Orlando, Florida. 46 of the attendees departed fromNewark Airport with the remaining 52 departing from LaGuardia. Students stayed at the All-Star Sports Resort. The first evening, many students cooled off in the Surfboard Pool before heading to bed. Students received one breakfast voucher and…

Written by Jewel Dickerman  Just a week ago a monumental holiday occurred. On this holiday it is a day full of eating and giving thanks. This holiday is where you get to spend time with your loved ones. This is Thanksgiving. Luckily, this is a day where most people have the day off from work or school and fill their day with playing…

Written by Autumn Belluardo The annual Hawley Winterfest will be held on December 8 -10 this year in the greater downtown Hawley area. This festive event has been running for quite a while dating back to 1999! That means this year marks the 24th anniversary of this holiday starter.  There is quite the excitement as…

Wreitten by: Jewel Dickerman In 2022 a new group was formed, and this group is called Leadership and Diversity. The point of this group is to try and make our school the best it can be. Whether it is trying to improve the curriculum or just build a calming room for students, they try their absolute best to accomplish those goals. So far, they…

Written By: Jewel Dickerman Wallenpaupack Area High School has a staff that is immensely helpful,especially in the cafeteria. The food service personnel cook and serve food everyday, and they serve breakfast and lunch. Recently a new staff member has beenadded to this amazing group of workers and her name is Dana Anolfo. I had thechance…

Written by Sadie Zagwoski Science Olympiad is an academic competition club that consists of 23 different events in science and engineering. Each student gets to participate in an event of their choice and he or she can participate alone but most choose to work with one or two partners. The events cover a variety of…