Freedom Area High School's Student Newspaper

FHS Press
Freedom Area High School's Student Newspaper

FHS Press
Freedom Area High School's Student Newspaper

FHS Press
Leah McNear

Leah McNear, Co-Distribution Director

All content by Leah McNear
Keeping connected

Keeping connected

Leah McNear, Co-Distribution Director
April 30, 2020
Students and their guardians peruse the different projects made by participants.

High school students assist with elementary science fair

Leah McNear, Co-Distribution Director
March 16, 2020
Deca members stand inside Hershey Lodges lobby and pose for a photo.

DECA students move on to state competition

Leah McNear, Co-Distribution Director
February 28, 2020
Freshman Julia Mohrbacher attempts to weave through her opponents defense at the game against Avonworth on Feb. 6.

Going farther than before

Leah McNear, Co-Distribution Editor
February 28, 2020
Community College of Beaver County is one of many affordable options for students to obtain secondary education.

Quality of higher education measured unfairly

Leah McNear, Co-Distribution Director
January 31, 2020
Junior Karissa Mercier blocks a shot from the opposing team Dec. 6 against Eden Christian.

Girls basketball team starts season off strong

Leah McNear, Co-Distribution Director
December 21, 2019
The pie-chart above shows the percentage of senior’s plans after graduation for the class of 2020.

The graduation situation

Leah McNear, Co-Distribution Director
December 1, 2019
Sophomore Renae Morhbacher plans on how she will attack the Mohawk Warriors defense during a close match on Jan. 14

[Photo] A warm-up before Warm-ups

JoAnn Sharpless, Managing Editor (Online)
December 1, 2019
Columbus Day replaced with Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Columbus Day replaced with Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Leah McNear, Distribution Director
November 1, 2019
Senior Tabitha Scimio (number 58) takes the field with the rest of her football team before a game when she was in middle school.

Dropping the ball on equality

Leah McNear, Co-Distribution Director
September 29, 2019
Band Director Keith Kovalic enlightens the crowd on his musical choices for the night. He pointed his mother out in the audience and explained the influence she had on his first song.

A farewell fanfare

Leah McNear, Staff Writer
June 1, 2019
Deputy Shane teaches freshman Grace Shane and sophomore Ella Nicely different techniques they may use to defend themselves, in any type of emergency that can cause them physical harm.

Fighting for their lives

Leah McNear, Staff Writer
April 30, 2019
Sophomore Lauren Lizzi and freshman Erin Harp work to complete their lab in chemistry, utilizing the eighty minute block. A schedule change to forty minutes would make a lab like this difficult to complete.

Block scheduling to remain for 2019-2020 school year

Leah McNear, Staff Writer
March 29, 2019
Freshman player Renae Mohrbacher searches for a teammate to pass to during the second quarter of the Lady Bulldogs final game of the season on Feb. 11.

Underclassmen look forward to improving next season

Leah McNear, Staff Writer
February 28, 2019
Sitting side by side, senior Heather Cleek and junior Alyson Horner write the same thing. They compare the left-handed writing of Horner to the right-handed writing of Cleek, both of which have a unique style.

Left-handed, right-handed people aren’t as different as they seem

Leah McNear, Staff Writer
February 1, 2019
Senior Chloe Keller searches for a teammate to pass the ball to.

Starting off strong

Leah McNear, Staff Writer
December 21, 2018

Donating over disposing

Leah McNear, Staff Writer
November 30, 2018
Sophomores Jessica Scheel and Madison Lewis practice a roleplay for Adviser Bradley Baldwin to start practicing for the actual competition in December.

Brand new DECA cards

Leah McNear, Staff Writer
October 31, 2018
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Having jobs in high school could have negative effects on students

Leah McNear, Staff Writer
May 22, 2018

A shooting at YouTube headquarters raises concerns on response to stimuli in society

Leah McNear, Staff Writer
April 30, 2018
Most of the time, shorts break the dress code or barely make the length required for school.

No in-between

Leah McNear, Staff Writer
March 15, 2018

Slam dunk on the season

Leah McNear, Staff Writer
February 20, 2018
Sinkin’ 3s

Sinkin’ 3s

Leah McNear, Staff Writer
January 31, 2018
The current MMS login screen shows where a unique username and password is entered for each individual student.

From one to another

Leah McNear, Staff Writer
December 22, 2017

Star of the school

Leah McNear, Staff Writer
November 30, 2017
Sophomore Myah Hyrinko catches a pass from Morgan Swab.

Bouncing into the new season

Leah McNear, Staff Writer
November 30, 2017
All hands on Dec!

All hands on Dec!

Leah McNear, Staff Writer
October 31, 2017
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