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The best stories being published on the SNO Sites network

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Stories from Strath Haven High School
VIDEO: French students experience Quebec
Video

Evelynn Lin '25 | February 25, 2025

Over Presidents Day weekend, Strath Haven French students traveled through snowstorms to reach Quebec, Canada for an every other year trip to Quebec City.

The trip, which was pioneered by French teacher…

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VIDEO: Black History Month kicks off with student-led assembly
Video

Joya Nath '28 | February 7, 2025

Mics boomed and shoes shuffled as students and staff settled into the Strath Haven auditorium for the annual Black History Month assembly.

Student clubs Young Activists Coalition (YAC) and Black Students…

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Haven students honor MLK with day of service in Chester
Video

Matteo Ventresca '25 | January 31, 2025

Students stood on one end of the table, smiling as they handed out bags filled with food and essential supplies to individuals and families dressed in layers. The sounds of “Thank you” and “Have…

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Block Blast game captivates student body, affects brain chemistry
Arts & Entertainment

Lavanya Dixit ’27 | January 15, 2025

According to research from the University of California, Irvine, after a slight distraction caused by your phone, it will take an average of 23 minutes to regain focus.

By now, surely, you’ve seen…

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SEPTA fare changes, potential service cuts may leave impact on Wallingford-Swarthmore community 
News

Evelynn Lin ’25 | January 10, 2025

Over 790,000 Southeast Pennsylvania residents commute for work and recreation every weekday via the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, also known as SEPTA. 

However, SEPTA, the nation’s…

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OPINION: Haven must more thoughtfully balance STEM, humanities
Opinions

Kaitlyn Ho '26 | January 7, 2025

The death of the humanities is something long prophesied.

College enrollment numbers in the humanities have been in free fall recently amid worries about future job prospects and lower pay for humanities…

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Staff discusses effects of possible US Department of Education dismantlement
News

Darcey Strachan '28 | December 20, 2024

Following the results of the 2024 election, the U.S. Department of Education is at risk of elimination with the approaching presidency of Donald Trump.

Trump announced on the campaign trail that he…

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College rowing commits raise question of whether Haven should reinstate club
Sports

Darcey Strachan ’28 | November 14, 2024

After the 2021 season, the Strath Haven Rowing Club was disbanded. Now, with current seniors committing to colleges for rowing, the question arises of whether a Strath Haven rowing club would be beneficial…

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EDITORIAL: Teachers are fighting for all of us
Opinions

Editorial Board | October 3, 2024

Teachers can seem scary. They assign dreaded homework. They bore us with never-ending lectures. They schedule stressful assessments weekly.
They also want nothing less than the best for their students.
WSSD…

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Off or On?
Features

Matthew Ramirez '26 | October 1, 2024

Schools throughout the nation have been exploring how to adapt to public concerns about student cell phone and headphone use.
In several states, bills that impose policies to reduce or even remove cell…

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Well into September, WSSD teachers have no contract
News

Clark Kerkstra '27 | September 30, 2024

It’s pretty demoralizing to work without a contract.
At least, that has been the perspective of community member Chris Santa Maria, who served as the president of Lower Merion’s teacher’s union…

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School Board faces backlash amid superintendent’s departure, teacher contract disputes
News

Matteo Ventresca '25 | September 17, 2024

Mounting anger at the District’s handling of contract negotiations with the teacher’s union and leadership decisions has caused multiple community members to criticize the District at three recent…

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The hidden costs of higher education
Features

Evelynn Lin '25 | May 7, 2024

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” is a question asked over and over to every kid. Once you reach high school, that question becomes, “Where are you thinking of going to college?”

However,…

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Features

Clark Kerkstra | May 1, 2024

It’s March 8, 2024. Joe Biden, the President of the United States, is standing inside Strath Haven Middle School’s gym, giving a speech. By the day of Biden’s visit, most were aware Biden was coming….

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Joe Biden comes to Strath Haven
News

Clark Kerkstra '27 | March 12, 2024

Representative Mary Gay Scanlon made it clear why Strath Haven was chosen as the kickoff location for President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign. During her brief introductory speech for the event, she…

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CTE studies question school sports’ safety
Sports

Lavanya Dixit '27 | March 4, 2024

New research indicates that head injuries in youth sports may have a more serious long-term impact than previously understood.
152 brains of athletes who died before the age of 30 were donated to Boston…

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Sports

Clark Kerkstra '27 | March 1, 2024

Just six months after installing new artificial turf at King Field, the WSSD School Board is exploring the idea of installing a second field below the gym.
The District’s growing use of turf comes amid…

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Swarthmore rainbow crosswalks targeted in homophobic vandalism
News

Evie Fernandez '27 | January 10, 2024

On Nov. 5, residents of the Swarthmore community noticed that one of the two freshly painted rainbow crosswalks were vandalized—spray painted with the words ‘no gays,’ as well as multiple other homophobic…

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EDITORIAL: 22-year-old homework policy needs revision
Opinions

Editorial Board | November 10, 2023

Homework is a valuable tool, but that doesn’t mean it should continue to cause as much stress as it does now.
How many students, or teachers for that matter, know that there is an actual school board…

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EDITORIAL: Students are not alone
Opinions

Editorial Board | October 19, 2023

A successful school is made up of two things: good students and great teachers.
As students, our responsibility every day is to go to school, pay attention in class, and do our homework. Not many people…

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Haven Volleyball collaborates with Special Olympics Delco in special event, game
Sports

Clark Kerkstra ‘27 | October 2, 2023

On September 18, 2023, the Strath Haven Volleyball Team hosted Special Olympics Delco, an organization dedicated to bringing sports to children and adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities,…

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Composer Jordan Jinosko returns for spring instrumental concert
Arts & Entertainment

Julia Gray '23 | May 17, 2023

You can hear the voice of Freya, the Norse goddess of war and magic, in an unlikely place: the oboes of a high school’s symphony orchestra. 
Much of award-winning composer Jordan Jinosko’s music…

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A Different Beast
News

Julia Gray '23 | May 16, 2023

A recent CDC report found that the percentage of teen girls who have felt persistently sad or hopeless hit 57%, a near 60% increase from 2011, and the highest reported level over the past decade. 

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EDITORIAL: Reconsider Sexual Education at Strath Haven 
Opinions

Editorial Board | May 15, 2023

The unsigned editorial represents the opinion of the Editorial Board, which consists of the 2022-2023 student editors.

Students have sex. It’s a fact. According to the CDC, more than half of teens…

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VIDEO: Silvertones spread love through song
Video

Rhys Hals '23 | March 9, 2023

For almost 30 years, Valentine’s Day at Strath Haven has included music-filled halls and interrupted classes. The tradition of Singing Valentines is a student-led event that has been passed down from…

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Senior explores printmaking as AP Art focus
Features

Imogen Sharif '23 | March 3, 2023

No matter the art you hope to create, Strath Haven’s art curriculum supports a large variety of mediums. From graphic design and photography to pottery and painting, Haven’s art teachers make an effort…

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