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FAHS Students Accepted into Several Prestigious Choral Groups
Students at Fleetwood Area High School have been accepted into the Senior County Chorus and PMEA District 10 Chorus. Several Fleetwood Area High School students who are involved in the chorus are participating in the annual Senior County Chorus and PMEA District 10 Chorus festivals. They have been chosen via audition to perform alongside students […]
Posted in: Irie Miller
Holiday Season Arrives at Fleetwood Area High School
December 13, 2023
by thetigertimes
The holiday season has arrived at Fleetwood Area High School. Decorations are hung and activities are prepared for the students and staff to enjoy leading up to the holidays. In preparation, the Student Council has created several themed activities for students to take part in during the days before winter break. “Student Council plans every […]
Posted in: Erin Kasperowicz, Uncategorized
Teens Should be Cautious about Dieting Fads
December 6, 2023
by thetigertimes
“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 […]
Posted in: Owen Williams
FAHS eSports to Debut This School Year
December 5, 2023
by thetigertimes
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 […]
Posted in: Joshua Snyder
FAHS Students Sign National Letters of Intent
December 1, 2023
by thetigertimes
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 […]
Posted in: Irie Miller
Major Amusement Park Chains Cedar Fair and Six Flags to Merge
November 30, 2023
by thetigertimes
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 […]
Posted in: Erin Kasperowicz
Chronic Absenteeism in Schools Doubles Since Pandemic
November 28, 2023
by thetigertimes
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 […]
Posted in: Joshua Snyder
UFC to Cut Ties with Drug-Testing Agency
November 13, 2023
by thetigertimes
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 […]
Posted in: Owen Williams
Student Internships Flourish at FAHS
November 10, 2023
by thetigertimes
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 […]
Posted in: Irie Miller
FAHS Names September, October Students-of-the-Month
November 9, 2023
by thetigertimes
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 […]
Posted in: Erin Kasperowicz
Opinion–How to Look at the Current Middle East in the West
October 30, 2023
by thetigertimes
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 […]
Posted in: Owen Williams
“Misa’s Fugue” Inspiration Frank Grunwald Passes Away at 90
October 24, 2023
by thetigertimes
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. […]
Posted in: Irie Miller
English Department Tradition Continues with Annual Shakespeare Trip
October 23, 2023
by thetigertimes
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 […]
Posted in: Erin Kasperowicz
FAHS to Present Another Batch of One-Acts
October 17, 2023
by thetigertimes
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 […]
Posted in: Irie Miller
Kennedy Name Back in the Headlines
October 16, 2023
by thetigertimes
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 […]
Posted in: Owen Williams
FAHS Begins Planning for Annual Blood Drive
October 12, 2023
by thetigertimes
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. […]
Posted in: Joshua Snyder
FBLA Finds Success at Nationals
October 11, 2023
by thetigertimes
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 […]
Posted in: Erin Kasperowicz
Reporter Bio: Owen Williams
October 10, 2023
by thetigertimes
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 […]
Posted in: Owen Williams
Reporter Bio: Erin Kasperowicz
October 9, 2023
by thetigertimes
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 […]
Posted in: Erin Kasperowicz
Reporter Bio: Joshua Snyder
October 5, 2023
by thetigertimes
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, […]
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Reporter Bio: Irie Miller
October 4, 2023
by thetigertimes
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 […]
Posted in: Irie Miller
Miller’s Offscreen Behavior Raises Doubts about His Onscreen Success
July 4, 2023
by thetigertimes
“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 […]
Posted in: Owen Williams
Fleetwood Students Start Sports Podcast
July 3, 2023
by thetigertimes
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 […]
Posted in: Landon Roth
Opinion: The Military-Industrial Complex is a Grand Force for Evil in the World
June 30, 2023
by thetigertimes
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 […]
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