Hilliard Darby High School's Student-Produced Newspaper
This year English teacher Lauren Hall returned to Darby. After leaving Grove City School District, Ms. Hall decided that her home was here at Darby High School. Ms. Hall graduated high school from Davidson, and then graduated from college from The University of Dayton. A year after she graduated college she moved to Paris, France to teach French speaking children
Sophomore Camryn Page is creating a sculpture piece in her Drawing 2 class to convey emotions through bowls, stories, and symbols. The project is focused on emotions and recycling. She will be placing objects into the ten different bowls to represent emotions like depression, love and adventure. The stories will also be collected to put under the bowls to further
September: The month of September included rival football games, homecoming excitement, and achievements across the board from our Panthers. The week leading up to Homecoming was packed full of delight with spirit week, the bonfire, the football game, and of course, the dance on Saturday. Spirit week included themes like character and pajamas, which both can be read on our
The school yearbook is a class that meets during third period and makes the yearbook every year. The class meets daily to work on layout designs, takes pictures of the student body, and covers big events. The club this year has twelve members dedicated to creating the yearbook. The theme for this year’s issue is “One to One”. The yearbook
This year Darby is welcoming Adam Walton, a new Assistant Principal who is excited for the upcoming school year. Walton is not only new to Darby but new to the district, saying that one of his first challenges starting his job was switching to the new atmosphere. “I think any time you move from one district to another there’s a
With the theme “Frozen in Time”, many people came to dance and create new memories with their friends at this year’s homecoming, which took place on Saturday, September 24th in the field house. This year the homecoming King and Queen were Seniors Christian Hill and Morgan Ford. Both were thrilled and surprised that they had won. Hill did not think
The annual Homecoming bonfire on Wednesday the 21st of September, and was lit, just like the bonfire wristbands states. Wristbands were sold for $2 during the lunches. The event took place at the North fields at 7:00pm where the administrators were building the bonfire, which was made of wooden platforms that could burn easily. Assistant Principal Chad Schulte tells us
It’s that week of the year again, when everyone’s school spirit shines the brightest; it’s homecoming week. With the football team having their first home game in the last 3 weeks and the homecoming dance on Saturday, students are showing their pride by participating in all the fun themes this year. Monday was Pajama Day, which is good for
The girls’ varsity, junior varsity, and freshmen teams played against the Worthington Kilbourne Wolves on Tuesday, September 20. The first set out of five of the varsity game was hard fought as Kilbourne got a seven point lead on Darby. Despite a rocky start, the Panthers ended up winning 26-24, thanks to some great hits by number 21 and Senior,
With the new one-to-one program’s iPads flooding into Hilliard’s classrooms this year, the future of education as we know it is being changed. Of course, Notability, Explain Everything, and Canvas are some of the most commonly used apps in the classroom, but there are a few other apps that can be beneficial to the student in his or her day-to-day life.
Darby’s football team’s record fell to 1-3 after a loss against Bradley on Friday, September 16th. The Panthers knew it would be a challenge when they faced the 22nd ranked Jaguars, but the team made a valiant attempt. The Panthers continued their streak of strong first halves, and were able to keep up with Bradley. It was a battle of
With last year being a big success, the color guard is excited for the season yet to come. Their show last fall was called Triathlon, which created a big victory for the guard and the band. The guard has high hopes for this year’s show. Freshmen Andrew Haugh, the first male in color guard for two years previously tried marching
Over the weekend the band and color guard qualified for states in the Hilliard Invitational at Bradley. Their performance, “High Strung”, is the same one preformed at halftime during all football games. The band received a “Superior” rating, which is the highest rating available. Along with that high rating, the color guard was the only guard at the competition to
On September 16, Blair Witch was released. The movie is a sequel to the 1999 The Blair Witch Project, focusing on James Donahue’s search for his sister, Heather, who went missing in the first movie. A mysterious tape turns up on the internet, causing James and his friends to believe Heather could still be out there. They venture into the
French club is open to all students who take French. The club meets once a month and will do various fun activities such as a mini ballet lesson, a Tour de Hilliard, and a French Christmas party. Senior Grace Burkhart will be giving the French club a mini ballet lesson at the next meeting on Tuesday, October 18th. Members are excited
On Thursday, September 1st, the varsity girls soccer team played a rough game against the Davidson Wildcats. This was the lady Panther’s second game of the season. At the end of the first half, the Panthers were down by one goal. The girls recovered when Freshman Naomi Walters scored a goal. Walters, as well as the rest of
In their second match of four that were scheduled in the last week of August, the girls lost a hard-fought match against Dublin Jerome. Tuesday, August 30th was the first and only match they played against Jerome, a team that takes its girls to states every year. Despite having the Panther’s number one singles player, Sydney Bright, out with a knee
On the 2nd of September, in preparation for the big game against Davidson, students gathered round outside during their lunch period for the annual “Beat Davidson” tailgate. Various activities and vendors were available, such as jousting, a dunk tank, and the Kona Ice truck. Spirits were high as students enjoyed the music and spectacle of their favorite teachers and students
It was a beautiful day for a Panther victory on Thursday, September 1st. The boys Junior Varsity soccer team started the month off right with a win over Davidson. The final score was 1-0. The first half of the game proved how good the Panthers defense is. A total of six shots were blocked by our goalie Sophomore Nick Hermosilla.
Darby fell just short of defeating their rival, Davidson, on Friday, September 2, losing by a final score of 13-10. Darby started the game strong once again, with a solid running game that Davidson couldn’t stop. It resulted in a touchdown, which was just about the only offensive production all night. It was expected to be a low-scoring game, however,