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Teens Should be Cautious about Dieting Fads

December 6, 2023

“Good food is very often, even most often, simple food.” Diets for teens can be confusing: with the world changing every minute, consumers are as well. One’s diet is both an incredibly important and–surprisingly–unimportant factor in the lives of teens. When bringing up a diet, people often think about not eating as much food. Via […]

FAHS eSports to Debut This School Year

December 5, 2023

Fleetwood is developing its extracurricular options to focus more on computer science, and that means the start of the school’s first esports club. Matthew Farr, a math and computer science teacher at Fleetwood Area High School is starting various classes pertaining to computer science. He is also starting an eSports club for competitive students who […]

FAHS Students Sign National Letters of Intent

December 1, 2023

Current seniors at Fleetwood Area High School have received National Letters of Intent to pursue their athletic ambitions in college. Aiden Soumas, Alivia Neider, and Ava Sallee, who all want to continue sports after high school, received letters of intent to continue doing their desired sports in college. The National Letter of Intent, or the […]

Major Amusement Park Chains Cedar Fair and Six Flags to Merge

November 30, 2023

Cedar Fair, the company that operates Dorney Park in Allentown, PA, and Six Flags, the company that operates Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ, announced on November 2, 2023, that the two will be merging. The announcement stated that the chains have agreed to a merger of equals, creating an $8 billion amusement giant. As stated […]

Chronic Absenteeism in Schools Doubles Since Pandemic

November 28, 2023

Chronic absenteeism in schools across the United States has doubled since before the pandemic. This is according to a recent study released by the ReturnToLearn Tracker. The study shows chronic absenteeism, which the tracker defines as a student who has missed 10% or more of the school year, has gone from 15% in 2018 to […]

UFC to Cut Ties with Drug-Testing Agency

November 13, 2023

Early last month, the USADA CEO announced that the UFC has begun to cut ties with the drug testing agency come 2024. Athletes are in disbelief after UFC President Dana White cut ties with USADA starting in 2024. The sport is going to see a big change in the new year. According to USADA CEO […]

Student Internships Flourish at FAHS

November 10, 2023

Students at Fleetwood Area High School are able to apply for internships during the school day to get a head start on what they’re interested in pursuing in the future. At FAHS, many seniors are getting started on their lives after school by doing internships in many different places to help them discover more about […]

FAHS Names September, October Students-of-the-Month

November 9, 2023

This year’s September students-of-the-month at Fleetwood Area High School are Lindsay Solomon and Dominic Barrell-Kobryn. The students-of-the-month for October are Gabbie Williams and Carly Karnish. Each of these students has taken advantage of the opportunities available to them at the high school. They are heavily involved in their community as well. “Try to push yourself […]

Opinion–How to Look at the Current Middle East in the West

October 30, 2023

Sunday, October 9th, Israel declared war on Hamas. Both sides collectively have killed over 1,000 Palestinians and 1,000 Israelis. Day after day, Americans are given more theories on how this war will affect them. Recently, there was a briefing done by Homeland Security; in it, it was indicated that this situation “might create additional homeland […]

“Misa’s Fugue” Inspiration Frank Grunwald Passes Away at 90

October 24, 2023

Holocaust survivor Frank “Misa” Grunwald, subject of the FAHS film “Misa’s Fugue”, has passed away at age 90 in Indianapolis from cancer. Grunwald was a Holocaust survivor; that is the primary focus of “Misa’s Fugue”, a documentary that tells the story of his and his family’s experience in the Holocaust. He recently died at 90-years-old. […]

English Department Tradition Continues with Annual Shakespeare Trip

October 23, 2023

Since 2010, the Fleetwood Area High School English Department has offered students the opportunity to experience a Shakespeare play performed live. The tradition will continue this April, when students have the opportunity to see Romeo and Juliet performed live in Philadelphia. The Lantern Theater Company puts on this play each year specifically for high school […]

FAHS to Present Another Batch of One-Acts

October 17, 2023

The Fleetwood Area High School Drama Club is starting production on the Fall One Acts, a performance involving two short plays. The one-acts are a theatrical presentation fully produced by students. Two short plays are going to be performed; The Wind In The Willows is being directed by Dominic Barrell-Kobryn and You, The Jury is […]

Kennedy Name Back in the Headlines

October 16, 2023

On September 15th, 2023, at a Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., political campaign, LAPD arrested a man accused of impersonating a federal officer and concealing a firearm. “We will roll back the secrecy, end the surveillance, stop the censorship, and make government transparent,” is an RFK slogan. Believing the CIA was involved in the assassination of […]

FAHS Begins Planning for Annual Blood Drive

October 12, 2023

Do any Fleetwood students want to spend their time helping others in addition to helping their grades? Fleetwood Area High School is planning for its annual blood drive. The drive will be hosted on October 24th in the high school library and will be run by Fleetwood Area High School Assistant Principal, Ms. Jennifer Neiman. […]

FBLA Finds Success at Nationals

October 11, 2023

Several students from the Fleetwood Area High School found success at this year’s Future Business Leaders of America National Leadership Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. To qualify for the national competition, these students also placed in the top four at the state competition in Hershey and placed in the top 3 at the regional level. The […]

Reporter Bio: Owen Williams

October 10, 2023

Owen Williams is a senior at Fleetwood Area High School. This year, the 23-24 school year, will be his second year writing for the Tiger Times; that’s how much he loves journalism! He has been going to Fleetwood all his life, despite having moved throughout Fleetwood and Schuylkill County. In school, he enjoys the social […]

Reporter Bio: Erin Kasperowicz

October 9, 2023

Erin Kasperowicz is a current Senior at the Fleetwood Area High School. Erin is an active student in some of the school’s extracurricular activities, clubs, and overall community. She has experience in FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America), the American Enterprise Project, Relay For Life, and cheerleading, for which she has six years’ experience. She […]

Reporter Bio: Joshua Snyder

October 5, 2023

Josh is currently a sophomore enrolled at Fleetwood Area High School, born and raised in the Fleetwood/Blandon area. Josh has a sister in Fleetwood as well, currently in the 7th grade; he also has a dog named Daisy. Over this past summer, Josh was working at a law firm, which was a paid internship. However, […]

Reporter Bio: Irie Miller

October 4, 2023

Irie Miller enters her junior year at Fleetwood Area High School this year. She has lived in Fleetwood her whole life and has one brother, named Ben, and two dogs, named Mia and Rocky. Her favorite subject in school is English due to its less objective style, as opposed to classes such as math or […]

Miller’s Offscreen Behavior Raises Doubts about His Onscreen Success

July 4, 2023

“The Flash,” directed by Andrés Muschietti, is set to come out June 15th. The lead role of Barry Allen is going to be played by Ezra Miller. Ezra Miller has been charged with felony burglary from a break-in of a neighbor’s home in Vermont for alcohol. According to usmagazine.com, Ezra Miller was also involved in […]

Fleetwood Students Start Sports Podcast

July 3, 2023

At Fleetwood Area High School, two seniors took it upon themselves to create a Fleetwood sports podcast. It is hosted by seniors Ben Koncsics and Jeffrey Brown. “We created the podcast really just to have fun and put something up on the school’s TVs. We felt that school sports weren’t really getting covered, so we […]

Opinion: The Military-Industrial Complex is a Grand Force for Evil in the World

June 30, 2023

Eisenhower warned us “We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial-complex.” For a very long time, the United States has been a nation at war. Experts have warned us of the dangers this could pose, but regardless, the United States continues to involve itself in many foreign […]

Students Achieve Excellence in FBLA

June 27, 2023

Fleetwood students involved in FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) were able to achieve excellence this school year. Around thirty Fleetwood students moved on to the PA FBLA State Leadership Conference, which came after the regional competition. FAHS FBLA President Hannah Nied placed first in community service hours for the entire state, with over 100 […]

Biden Faces Anti-Establishment Challengers

June 26, 2023

Whether Kennedys or new-agers, Biden does have challengers. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and Marianne Williamson are both running in the 2024 Democratic primaries against incumbent Joe Biden. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr,. is an environmental lawyer who was born into the Kennedy family. His father was Robert F. Kennedy, who served as attorney general under Junior’s […]