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  • September 28HOCO Nominees: King candidates: Brayton Atherton, Jacob Frey, Ty Grove, Sawyer Strine, Blake Wolfe. Queen candidates: Amber Ebersole, Morgan Iverson, Natalie Monninger, Lindsay Plessinger, Ciara Rauch
  • September 26Homecoming Pep Rally: Friday, October 13 during school. Parade at 6:15 PM
  • September 26Spirit Week: 10/11 Glow in the Dark; 10/12 Spooky Night; 10/13 Freaky Friday
  • September 26Picture Retake - October 3
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Benches for the Community

Benches for the Community

Kace Dorty, Staff February 17, 2020

Some students from the James Buchanan High School Art Club recently took on a new project to give people a colorful place to sit in the Mercersburg community.  The Art Club was given the task by Dr....

Awards for the Keystone Kids

Awards for the Keystone Kids

Adrianna Durboraw, Staff January 20, 2020

2020 started off right with the Pennsylvania Farm Show.  At the beginning of every year, people file into the Farm Show Complex to see all the attractions and events. Pennsylvania is proud to host the...

A Community of Sound

A Community of Sound

Madalyn Akers, Staff January 20, 2020

Every year there is a group of band students that assemble to participate in County Band, a music festival that encompasses the talent of students from a variety of schools in Franklin County. These students...

Concerns Regarding Montgomery Elementary

Concerns Regarding Montgomery Elementary

Amanda Sensinger, Staff December 4, 2019

Within the rural area of Southern Pennsylvania, Tuscarora School District contains six schools: four elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school. Each elementary school has zoning boundaries...

Puerto Rican Paradise

Puerto Rican Paradise

Julia Trei, Staff November 1, 2019

After two years of planning, a group of 16 students were ready to begin their six-day journey in Puerto Rico that included snorkeling, hiking, ziplining, touring the capitol, kayaking in a bioluminescent...

The ap chemistry class poses for a picture on the playground at St. Thomas Elementary. Carlee Jackson (11), Tanner Myers (11), Jordan Harbold (11), Alyssa Blair (12), Daniel Corcoran (12), Trenton Morgan (12), Amanda Sensinger (11), Dale MIller (12), Mackenzie Saunders (11), Alyssa Velasquez-Glant (12), Kayla Noll-Bader (12), Ella Jones (12), and Abby Carbaugh (12)

Science Days

Alyssa Blair, Staff May 20, 2019

On May 16 and 17, The AP Chemistry class at James Buchanan High School went to TSD Elementary schools for a Science Days.  During Science Days, the Chem class walked the elementary students through...

Spring Has Sprung At One North Coffee Shop

Spring Has Sprung At One North Coffee Shop

Shay Fisher, Staff May 10, 2019

Spring has sprung! One North Coffee Shop in Mercersburg, PA welcomes spring with a pop-up shop of decadent treats ranging from cupcakes to brownies to cakes. Flowers galore of all colors were present,...

Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue, Id Like To Go To Prom With You

Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue, I’d Like To Go To Prom With You

Deanna Grove, Staff April 26, 2019

What do marriages and proms have in common? Proposals! Or rather, “promposals” for high school juniors and seniors. Couples and friends use promposals to ask each other to prom. If you don’t...

Helping The Community Around Them

Helping The Community Around Them

Shay Fisher, Staff April 24, 2019

  On Thursday April 11, the James Buchanan National Honor Society (NHS took a trip to Cove Valley Christian Camp to help spruce up their camp to get it ready for the upcoming summer.  The work day at...

Eliminating Fear With Steps of Hope

Eliminating Fear With Steps of Hope

Madi Dorsey, Editor February 25, 2019

In a small community, a large number of people are impacted by cancer. Whether it is themselves who are affected or the people around them, many lives are changed by the disease. To support the many people...

$10, 621,683.76 Raised

Shay Fisher, Staff February 21, 2019

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