By Max Calhoun Sitting on her couch with her ukelele in hand and her dad teaching her to play “Let It Be” by the Beatles opened the gates to endless possibilities. Senior Sofia Vaughn grew up around music and found a passion for singing. When she joined the Delta High School choir it skyrocketed from…
By Chloe Oliver Impact through action. Making a senior citizen’s day by throwing a prom in a nursing home, letting them know they aren’t forgotten. Giving away children’s books to elementaries and reading the books to first graders. Stretching a chain of hope around the football field to help people with mental illnesses realize that…
By Maddie Soldaat It’s just paint on paper. It can’t mean anything, some would say. But to others, it is a beautiful thing that makes a person… a person. “It helps me see who I am,” freshman Lyla Stanley says. “It is a way to express yourself when you can’t in other ways.” Lyla is…
By Jensen Boyd Michael Jordan, arguably the G.O.A.T. of basketball, won six NBA championships with his sidekick, Scottie Pippen. Yet, Pippen wouldn’t receive as much media attention or praise from fans as Jordan. As a result, Pippen fits the description of an “underrated player.” Likewise, people and objects all around the world are undervalued and…
By Roman Ashcraft The quick ability for substitute teachers to adapt to new teaching styles is hard, but not for this one. Substitute teacher Mr. Michael Shaffer had to adapt to math and science in no time. Before the school year started Mr. Shaffer had to come into class and teach students in Algebra 1…
By Madalyn Milner It’s the little things that make a change. Picture this: she opened the door for someone frazzled with their hands full. They smiled. She just made their day better. Empathy. Kindness. She walked away knowing she changed something in them. Alivia Jackson is sophomore class president. She’s all about helping others and…
By Chloe Oliver She is eagerly waiting for a response to see if she can visit the country that inspired her teaching. To see the ones that she called family. To visit the place she cherishes. To place a renewed passion behind her career as a teacher. Spain. During her junior year of college, Señora…
By Brody Gray Teachers always emphasize not to use ChatGPT, but why? ChatGPT can help you, English teacher Mrs. Amanda Craw said, so why be so against it? “It can help you get ideas for things, but don’t have ChatGPT do everything,” Mrs. Craw said. Like everything there are pros and cons to using it. …
By Chloe Oliver Her plans did a complete one-eighty from moving out of state with her roommate to staying in her hometown. Miss Betsy Marshall is one of Delta’s new teachers this year. After graduating from Delta in 2020, she returns for a different purpose. “I never thought I would teach here,” Marshall said. Originally,…
By Tim Cleland After 23 years in Delaware Community Schools, Mr. Chris Conley is trading his blue-and-gold wardrobe for the black-and-gold Blackhawks of Cowan Community Schools in southern Delaware County. The longtime Delta High School principal has been named superintendent at Cowan. Conley’s final day at Delcom is today (Monday, Aug. 19) after filling administrative…
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