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Student Council Starts off with a Success
The Fleetwood Area High School student council expects a very exciting and fun year at school because there will be many enjoyable events and activities. “I feel we will have a very good year. We have a lot of dedicated members who offer their time to make events the best they can possibly be!” sophomore […]
Homecoming 2012 Unites Community, School District
October 24, 2012 by thetigertimes4
Homecoming is a time to see past friends that are home from college and to take part in many of the fun events. The events during school include hallway decorating for each grade, spirit week, powder puff, and the pep rally. On Friday, 5 October, the annual homecoming parade took place with the homecoming dance following. […]
FAHS Participates in KU Relay for Life Walk
June 26, 2012 by thetigertimes
Every year, in over twenty countries, countless relays are held in an effort to raise awareness of cancer and to celebrate the lives of survivors. Relay for Life is a volunteer-driven fundraising event hosted by the American Cancer Society. The event has raised over three billion dollars to date. In May of 1985, Dr. Gordon […]
FAHS Students Have a Good Day at Twelfth Night
June 19, 2012 by thetigertimes
Hear ye, hear ye! On the 18 March, Mr. Marc Walter, a high school English teacher, took a collection of his students to see Twelfth Night, a show that was being performed at The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre. He took many of his classes, a mix of freshmen and seniors. There was enough room for 45 […]
Former Fleetwood Student Shows Town’s Change
May 25, 2012 by thetigertimes4
Who exactly is Caroline Elizabeth Baum Steitz? For starters, she is a Fleetwood Area High School of 1931. Through her and her family, students and community members can understand the history of Fleetwood and how times have changed since she was a student. The first motion picture house in Fleetwood was built on 30 West […]
New Bully Group
May 25, 2012 by thetigertimes1
Do you feel alone? Always bullied? Depressed? Do you just want to get to know your classmates better? Accept may be the club for you to join if you answered “yes” to any of these questions. This year, the FAHS student body started a new club called Accept, which is the high school’s first anti-bullying […]
FBLA Team Brings Home the Victories
May 14, 2012 by thetigertimes1
The Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) National Awards Program recognizes students for their excellence in competitions having to do with business. At the State Leadership Conference in April, students from Fleetwood competed in events testing their knowledge and skills in business. If students perform well enough, they are then eligible to compete at the […]
Interact Club Gets Involved
May 11, 2012 by thetigertimes4
The FAHS Interact Club is Rotary International’s service organization for young people ages twelve to eighteen. The ultimate goal of Interact is to promote community service. The Interact Club at FAHS is sponsored by the Fleetwood Rotary Club, which provides some support and guidance for the students, but the club itself is self-governing and self-supporting. Every club […]
Debilitating Senioritis Epidemic Strikes Fleetwood High
May 11, 2012 by thetigertimes1
Although senioritis is not a scientific illness, and there are no official symptoms of it, seniors have been coming down with an assortment of lethargy-type maladies as the 2011-2012 school year comes to a close. For those who don’t know or have never heard of it, senioritis is a crippling disease that strikes high school […]
Kinex to Coaster
May 9, 2012 by thetigertimes4
Love rollercoasters? How about an upside down one? This could be possible in the future because one of Fleetwood’s own students has made a model out of Kinex for a Research and Design Project in his Drafting class. Chris Georgia, an FAHS junior, earned the privilege for the completion after 9 levels of drafting and plans […]
Victim’s Family Wants End to Bullying
May 3, 2012 by thetigertimes1
Bullies had been haunting high school freshman Teddy Molina for years, making fun of him for having a mixed racial background and threatening to even kill him. A group of kids who went by the name “The Wolf Pack” were the criminals. The bullying grew so bad Molina wound up leaving his school in Corpus […]
MP3 Controversy Divides Students, Teachers
April 27, 2012 by thetigertimes4
Teens love their music, and many even hate socializing. That is why students rejoiced when a school rule was changed for the 2011-2012 school year. The administration allowed students to listen to their iPods and MP3 players during lunches and study halls. Now, when a student is eating or doing homework, he or she may […]
Graduation Festivities Approach for Seniors
April 23, 2012 by thetigertimes1
With graduation only weeks away, the Class of 2012 is beginning to prepare for commencement activities. Graduation, Baccalaureate, Class Night, and a possible senior trip to Dorney Park are all in the works for the graduating class this year. It is tradition at every year’s Baccalaureate celebration to have a slide show of pictures encompassing the […]
Seniors Give Freshmen Advice on Dating in High School
April 17, 2012 by thetigertimes1
“Be smart when it comes to relationships, and don’t do drugs,” FAHS senior Vinny Leiva said. This was one of the many tips that freshmen received in their Family Living class taught by FCS teacher Gina London. London was assisted by volunteers to enlighten the class of 2015 during their period nine Family Living class on how […]
Dominos Pizza Not a Possibility for School Lunches
April 16, 2012 by thetigertimes4
Early on in the year, The Tiger Times interviewed Jefferey Woodall, food service director at Fleetwood Area School District. Multiple questions were brought upon the Fleetwood Area High School cafeteria when a previous article questioned the possibility of getting new choices food from Domino’s Pizza. These new healthy products are Dominos’ attempt for a more […]
Leadership and Ethics Conference Motivates Students
April 13, 2012 by thetigertimes4
On 8 March, 2012, student representatives were sent to Penn State Berks Campus from thirteen area schools to learn about behavioral and ethical challenges that are faced in everyday life at the Ninth Annual Berks County High School Leadership and Ethics Conference. Students came from the Reading, Wilson, Antietam, Fleetwood, Hamburg, Schuylkill Valley, Exeter, Governor […]
April Fools: Fleetwood Poses Alternatives for New School Mascot
April 1, 2012 by thetigertimes
Throughout its history, Fleetwood Area School District has been represented athletically by the colors red and white. However, the once beloved team nickname, the Tigers, is nearing the end of its time as the school mascot. The Tiger, established as Fleetwood’s mascot in 1919, was given to the athletics programs of the school in commemoration of […]
April Fools: Ray Buss Field to Be Renamed Corbett Center
April 1, 2012 by thetigertimes
In 2009, the new Ray Buss field opened to Fleetwood Athletics. Ray Buss, a former Fleetwood student and local soccer hero, was the school board’s first choice when naming the field just three years ago. Since then, however, school board members have felt another individual was more deserving. On 20 March 2012, it was decided that […]
Shelton and Yearbook Club Awarded Again
March 30, 2012 by thetigertimes4
Technology education teacher Sara Shelton and her yearbook team had another great year of journalistic success in 2011. Their yearbook, for the fourth time, was awarded second place from the Columbia Scholastic Press, second place from the National Scholastic Press, and first place and Outstanding Special Edition from the American Scholastic Press. The Columbia Scholastic Press […]
Censorship Stirs Controversy in School Districts
March 26, 2012 by thetigertimes4
Censorship is something that constantly pervades our society, but when is it truly necessary? Something that often stirs up controversy is when a book is either censored or simply banned in a school so that it may protect impressionable youth from topics considered too mature for them. In this modern society of political correctness, many […]
Same-Sex and Interracial Relationships Increasing in FAHS
March 22, 2012 by thetigertimes4
While homosexual and interracial relationships are something that used to be widely discouraged, both are becoming widely accepted throughout the United States. Although gay marriage has not been legalized everywhere yet, it is something that many groups are working toward and accomplishing. Interracial marriage in the United States has been fully legal in all U.S. […]
Locker Room Locked Due to Vandalism
March 20, 2012 by thetigertimes4
“We have had vandalism– clothes, food–and we are just trying to prevent it and find out who’s doing it,” Physical Education teacher Joseph Palacz said. They call them gym teachers for a reason. Their jobs aren’t to clean up after high-school students trashing their own locker room. If they wanted to, they would’ve signed up […]
Freshman Class Visits Local Colleges
March 9, 2012 by thetigertimes1
On 14 February 2012, the Fleetwood freshman class visited and spent the day at various colleges across Berks County. They were able to see different aspects of the colleges they visited and learn more about them. The colleges visited were Albright, Alvernia, Penn State Berks, Kutztown, and Reading Area Community College. The trip lasted a […]
Pasta and Presto Scheduled for 31 March
March 2, 2012 by thetigertimes1
On 31 March, the high school is holding an all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner with entertainment by the district’s choral and instrumental ensembles in the gym. All meals will include beverages, desserts, bread, salad, and spaghetti. At 4:00 p.m., the first concert will begin, which will feature the third grade orchestra, fifth grade band, fifth grade orchestra, sixth […]
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October 26, 2012 by thetigertimes5
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