Exterior walls at high school to be addressed

At the school board meeting on May 9, engineer Scott Smith talked to the board about some concerns with the interior walls at the high school. He said that in some parts of the building, the walls are coming out of their original place; however, the building cannot physically come down. There are five rooms in the high school that need to be addressed in the future, including room 203, the room most in need of refurbishments. If the refurbishments are needed, the cost in total for everything to be fixed would cost 208,000 dollars.

Print Media Workshop class recognized

The entire staff of the Print Media Workshop class was recognized at the school board meeting that took place on May 16. For the year of 2018, the Shawnee yearbook “Our Place in Time,” and the FHS Press newspaper took first place in the school category with 500 students or less in the American Scholastic Press Association (ASPA) Contest/Review. The ASPA also recognized the staff editorial published in the Oct. 2018 edition of the FHS Press called “The root of the problem.” This was recognized as an Outstanding Editorial in the contest/review. The school board commended the staff for all of the hard work that they have done.

School resource officer wins award

On May 16, school resource officer Thomas Liberty was recognized for being named the recipient of the Guy Tyler award by District Attorney David Lozier. This award is given to a Beaver County law enforcement officer who has gone above and beyond in the field of Juvenile Justice Enforcement and Education. The award was given to Liberty at the Law Enforcement Memorial on May 18.

Student of the Month

These students were recognized as April’s Students of the Month for the theme “Bulldog Spirit”:

Grade 12

• Marydeth Feits
• Zach Rosa

Grade 11

• Khia Crawley
• Tyler Mohrbacher

Grade 10

• Sarah Yeck
• Cole Beck

Grade 9

• Tory Valles
• Joe Hartle