This previously ran in our September 2023 print issue. On Aug. 28, Emmaus High School classes began, but to everyone’s surprise, three history classes had no teacher. With it being the start of the year, minor hiccups were expected. Two weeks before...

This previously ran in our September 2022 print issue. As students enter the locker commons doors for the 2022-23 school year, they are greeted by a variety of changes to the Emmaus High School environment: new faces, new spaces, new schedules, and...

This previously ran in the April 2022 print issue. In November, amid heated school board elections, Joslyn Diffenbaugh watched how local Kutztown politicians weaponized literature as a means of getting elected. This controversy was enough to motivate...

This previously ran in our April 2022 print issue. While Pennsylvanians complain about having to pay an average price of $4.37 per gallon of gas, they aren’t the only ones who are being affected: the rise in fuel prices will hit East Penn taxpayers,...

This previously ran in our February 2022 print issue. For the past few decades, the United States, along with the entire world, has undertaken a massive racial reckoning to confront systemic racism and its toll on the world population. The East...

This previously ran in our February 2022 print issue. Emmaus High School Student Government Association last month hosted the annual Mr. Emmaus pageant.  The tradition is a competition among boys of the senior class, one that took a brief pause...

At the Feb. 28 school board meeting, the East Penn School Board voted unanimously to return to optional masking in East Penn facilities and buses.  The board passed a motion to update their current health and safety plan, which included the modification...

There’s a new pandemic sweeping America, and its name is love; like a disease, it runs rampant in the hallways, but a mask can’t stop this outbreak.  Love showcased in the form of kissing, not just kissing -- making out. Tongue included. It is being...

This previously ran in our December 2021 print issue. New courses like Lifeguarding and Positive Well-Being will land on next year’s program of studies and join the current plethora of electives offered. Such classes are intended to offer students...

This previously ran in our December 2021 print issue. After a successful proposal to the school board, Emmaus High School anticipates the addition of two new courses for the 2022-2023 school year. The first course, planned to be part of the Wellness...

This previously ran in our December 2021 print issue. In recent months, staffing shortages have found themselves monopolizing nearly every industry and business, large or small, across the nation. Emmaus High School is no exception to this statement.  This...

This previously ran in our October 2021 print issue. What do you think it takes to be the absolute best of the best?  Well, Emmaus High School senior Isabelle Lees has the answers to what she does to be, quite simply, the best of the best. Lees...