By RJ Townsend Eighth grade is one of the years that passes quickly and is seen as a chance to breathe before your high school career starts. Not for Samori McKell-Jeffers. This is where his future took off. He started getting high school credits in eighth grade, a year before most kids at Delta High…
Behind the Scenes
By Jackson Robbins Every day the Delta Eagles produce their own news broadcast with a complex and deep history, and there is hard work put into it every day. However, people who are not in the class may not know how the broadcast is made on a daily basis. Eagle Zone News has been around…
Learning Their Lines
By Dakoda Johnson For junior Isaac Brewer, his first big role in his acting life has left him with more than 300 lines to memorize. How does he do it? “l just read them over and over again and then when I’m driving in my car by myself l just repeat them over and over…
First Year Teaching
By Mylee Jones Who is Zoe Ashcraft? She is a 20-year-old teacher who went to Delaware Community Schools for all of her education. She took almost all the dual credit classes offered in high school and managed to graduate college in just two years! Miss Ashcraft felt it was right to teach at Delta. “The…
Always On The Go
By Fancy Robbins “You’re spreading yourself too thin.” This is something senior Grace Flowers often hears. But, that fails to affect her. She participates in 11 different extracurriculars – and is president in three of them. “I would also say that it seems like a lot, but it doesn’t seem like a lot to me,”…
Buddies Working Together
By Baylee Knebel “I just love little kids and teaching, watching them grow.” ’’Everyone in the class is so welcoming and kind, you just feel like you belong.’’ “I love seeing cute moments with the children. Seeing them laugh, play and smile is the most rewarding thing.” These are just some of the words expressed…
Black Belt in Teaching
By Fancy Robbins Even though she’s been teaching for 13 years, she still has the same goal from when she decided to pursue a career in education. Mrs. Megan Byard, a new English teacher at Delta, wants to help people in more ways than just teaching. Mrs. Byard’s younger brother, Nick, had special needs. Growing…
The Pull to Delta
By Fancy Robbins There are many things to take into account when finding a new place to work. How far is it? How much will you get paid? But for Mrs. Haley Hissong, her love for God helped her. Mrs. Hissong is a new biology teacher at Delta High School. “God has called us into a…
Rebekah Thorpe: The Ability To Do It All
By Fancy Robbins She ranks first in girl’s bench press and power clean at Delta, she’s the second born out of seven children in her family, but most importantly she ranks first in her class. How does she rank so high in everything? How does she manage to do it all? Rebekah Thorpe, the Class…
Worked to be Silver: Zach Gullion Becomes Salutatorian
By Owen Cupp Parents tend to remember their child’s firsts. Their first steps, their first pet, their first school years. Zach Gullion’s father reflects on his son’s first year of school. “Zach has a natural curiosity and he was always asking lots of questions,” Dr. Darin Gullion recalled. “He started doing math in preschool.” Dr….