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Casual Fridays pose for a picture after their Welcome to Winter Day performance in December of 2018. The band spent 9 years together with some rotating members in their lineup.

End of an Era: Casual Fridays Calls it Quits

Kirsten Raab, Reporter April 17, 2024

There aren’t many ways to get students excited. While everyone is very different, there is one thing many students have in common. Music.  Whether it’s a love for singing, playing, or listening...

Middle School Music Teacher, Miss Trauger, is posing with some of her choir students after a performance. Trauger has recently won the Outstanding Young Music Educator Award from the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association. - Submitted By Trauger

Trauger Named Outstanding Young Music Educator

Lily Medich, Reporter March 19, 2024

Middle School Music Teacher, Miss Trauger, is the recipient of the 2024 Outstanding Young Music Educator Award given by the Pennsylvania Music Educators' Association. Secretly nominated by a fellow...

The cast of The Lightning Thief laugh backstage during a rehearsal for the show. The show opens April 4.

“The Lightning Thief” Tickets on Sale

Kirsten Raab, Reporter March 18, 2024

“The Lightning Thief” is coming to Dallastown’s stage on April 4-7. It will take place in the school auditorium and tickets can be purchased by clicking on this link. There are five different show...

Billy Joel stepped away from songwriting in 1993 with Famous Last Words being his swan song. However, The Entertainer felt it was time to turn the lights back on and return to songwriting. Photo from Slgkgc via Wikimedia Commons.

The Piano Man’s Triumphant Return to Music

Bryce Keller, Reporter March 15, 2024

A performer laid his magical hands on the keys of his piano, as the magnetic uproar of the crowd began singing along to his songs. Until one day in 1993. The performer is none other than Billy “The...

This is one of the official promotional posters for Lokis second season. Its final, amazing episode aired on Thursday, Nov. 9,  to generally favorable reviews.

Free Will, Magic, and Paradoxes: A Loki Season 2 Review

JD Prelich, Reporter November 28, 2023

Recently, the second season of Loki finished. Many people, like myself, expected it to be horrible, like the rest of Marvel's more recent movies and TV shows. I, however, was pleasantly surprised by...

Bonnie, Freddy, and Chica; all made by Jim Hensons Creature Shop, line the center stage for their debut film

Five Nights at Freddy’s: A Return to Our Childhood

Bryce Keller and Ollie Williams November 21, 2023

Since the franchise’s debut in 2014, the famous video game; “Five Nights at Freddy's,” has circulated Hollywood with hopes of being a movie– until now.  Though many of the featured characters...

Leonardo DiCaprio offers his hand to Lily Gladstone on the set of  The Killers of the Flower Moon. Scorsese shines a light on their characters unhealthy love  thats existent for nefarious proposes.

Scorsese’s Next Masterpiece?

Bryce Keller, Reporter November 3, 2023

Despite being 80 years old, Martin Scorsese has not slowed down on creating films. The director, best known for “Taxi Driver” and “The Wolf of Wall Street", has recently added “Killers of the...

A spooky jack olantern, almost as spooky as the horror movies releasing in fall 2023.

Fear Frenzy

Dillon Minck, Reporter October 20, 2023

Halloween hasn't always meant horror and getting your fear fest on. As years went by, horror during Halloween has been being recognized more and more, and for those hardcore horror fans, the way they love...

Here are many sets of dice that are used for playing D&D in the Tabletop Gamers Club.

Dungeons and Dragons: The Game of Your Dreams

Austin Shipley, Reporter October 18, 2023

Years ago, Dungeons & Dragons was frowned upon by the masses. But now in 2023, many people around the world including some students in Dallastown, see this game as a safe place to be creative and embrace...

All three of the Kizumonogatari movie posters made to advertise the films releases.

“Kizumonogatari” : The most bizarre film trilogy you’ve never heard of.

Alexander Mihalyov, Reporter October 16, 2023

"The Monogatari Series"; a series very few outside Japan know the name of, is one of the greatest stories of all time. It is written by Nisio Isin the author who won the 23rd Mephisto Prize, a prize...

Dallastown teachers Barb Holtz Myers (left) and Heather Lehman (right) collaborated on the childrens book Five Second Rule. Myers wrote the story and Lehman illustrated.

All Rights Reserved

JD Prelich, Reporter September 25, 2023

After months of writing, rewriting, and illustrating, two Dallastown teachers, Barb Holtz Myers and Heather Lehman, have finally made their dream of becoming published authors a reality. Their book,...

The DPAC crew hard at work rehearsing the fall play.

Lights, Curtains, Action!

Bryce Keller, Reporter September 20, 2023

The members of the Dallastown Performing Arts Club (DPAC) banded together to vote on their selected fall play. Only one made it through…  This year's fall play will be titled Merry Men, which will...

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