WRITTEN BY LILY STRUBLE The Hawley Public Library held its annual 5k race, Run to Read, at Bingham Park on Saturday September 23. Despite the wind and rain, 56 participants attended to support the library. The cost of admission was $25. Medals were given to First, Second, and Third place in each age-group for each…
WRITTEN BY LORALIE Band honors night is a yearly event for middle schoolers in band, and it helps kids who plan toparticipate in the band in high school. Generally, the event helps students to gain a basicunderstanding of how to march and how to go on and off the field. Friday night, September 22,the middle…
Written by Lily Struble On Tuesday, September 19, State Representative Joseph Adams (R-Pike/Wayne) hosted a hearing titled “Creating Educational Pipelines to Prosperity.” Our superintendent, Mr. Keith Gunuskey, Mrs. Mary Beth Wood (the executive director of Wayne Economic Development Corporation), and Dr. Joann Hudak (chairperson of the board for the Wayne Pike Workforce Alliance) all testified to the importance of building a Career Technical Center (CTC), aka a “VoTech”…
WRITTEN BY JEWEL DICKERMAN On September 16th, Wallenpaupack Area High School hosted a club fair during the school day to show students the clubs they are to participate in. The club fair was held in the auxiliary gym and students were able to come in and look at all the clubs and sports that WAHS…
WRITTEN BY Any’ah C The high school has its own “Calming Room,” as some call it. This room is located diagonally from the library, room 252, just before the elevator. “The Lakeside Lounge was developed by students who saw a need to provide their peers with a break throughout the school day.” Mrs. Peppiatt, the…
Welcome back, Paupack Press! Some of you may remember the start of our paper last year, a lot of you probably do not. Well, new or not from whatever grade I’m so glad that you are reading the first issue of this school year’s paper, and specifically the first book review. What a way to…
BY: BETHANY DAY With school back in session, WAHS players are back at it this year with a new play “Save Hamlet”. “Save Hamlet” is a parody of “Hamlet,” a playwright written by William Shakespeare. It focuses on turning the tragedy into a comedy. In the play, a lot of the male characters are females in disguise, and they…
Written by Lily Struble “Our Kids” Food Pantry is based at Wallenpaupack Area High School;however, it serves all families in our entire district. Mrs. Martynuk, the program’sfounder, started the pantry six years ago around Thanksgiving. She heard plenty ofsad stories from her students who talked about never celebrating much during theholidays due to financial situations…
BY: AUTUMN BELLUARDO We all have a different definition of racism. Google’s definition is, “prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism by an individual, community, or institution against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized.” This, is very wordy. Your definition will and can…
BY: BETHANY DAY, JEWEL DICKERMAN, LORALIE LOVE On June 7, during fourth block, graduation happened. Our seniors haven’t left us yet, the kids who are members of the World Of Wonders program graduated. We saw the young ones finally leaving, excited to start their summer. The WOW program is a program that is run through…
