Students had worked on their
Drop.
plane was supposed to get as
In the end, it was inter-

February

2020

Volume 1,
	
Issue 5

STEELER Nation News

Farrell students compete in Physics Olympics at YSU

Contributed by XAVIER SAVAGE

Physics and Robotics stu-dents pose (right). Eric Hopson and Kalia Knight get ready to launch their 3D printed boat (below), and Adrian Daniels climbs high to launch his airplane (bottom right).

Straw Arm, Faraday Pickup,
to see how much the bridge can
tions, Hot Water Making, Soda	sa wood and Elmer's glue. The event Physics Floater, Physics Hang-	consists of using water as a weight ups, Making Music, and Egg	hold. Dwight’s bridge was able to
One of the more popu-
The participants in this event
able to support even ha f of that
hold over 100 lbs. while the rest of lar events is the Flying Machine.	the contenders’ bridges lwere not were Adrian Daniels, Tyrie Ham-	weight.
Contestants had to make an
airplane, and there were two
objectives to the event. The first
part was accuracy where the
On Saturday, February monds, and Juwon Samuels.	esting to see how other schools and 22, the Robotics and Physics	students competed in the events, classes participated in the Phys-	and was an overall great learning ics Olympics at Youngstown	experience for everyone involved. State University, under the
Rupert has competed with stu-
dents for the past 25 years.
supervision of Mr. Rupert. Mr.     close to the 25m target as possi-ble, the second part was duration, to see how long the planes can
up to the competition, n the
The events held were
Tyrie Hammonds and Juwon Sam
uels came in 3rd place.
was Dwight Ravenscraft Jr. The
projects for four weeksileading     last in the air. The plane built by -events in which they signed up.	Taking home a first place the Bridge Building, Flying Ma-      win in the bridge building event chine, Quiz show, Fermi Ques-      bridges had to be made with bal-

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Inside this issue:

Students of the Month / English Spotlights
	2
	
Educator Spot-lights
	3-5
	
African American Legends
	6
	
Robotics / Part-time jobs
	7
	
Athletes reflect on Harrisburg
	8
	
Basketball
	9
	
Valentine’s Day
	10
	
Job site / Career field trip
	11
	
Cultural/culinary samplings
	12

Mark your calendars:

Mar.12-13—Early Dismissal/ Senior Projects
Mar. 16—No School
Mar. 17—St. Patrick’s Day April 3—Senior Class Trip to Washington, D.C. is $50 and must be paid by this date.

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Winners receive a cash reward of $100 funded by Mr. Ted Pedas. Mr. Pedas has been generously funding this award to Farrell Students for the past 15 years.

Exemplary English Class Contributions...

Mrs. Smith’s Seniors studied sonnet styles: Shakespearean, Spenserian and Petrarchan. Students also authored their own, including the one below:

The Love Of Le By SKYLAR CORDRAY

January Students of the Month are, from left to right, Lillian Switz 7, Dontaye Bell 8, McKenzie Ulan 9, Robert Zimenick 10, Linda Stubbs 11, Kalia Knight 12

His stature, sturdy, tall as a tower.
You spot him from afar, full of all might. Eyes that rain down a golden brown shower. My love, I know that for me, he would fight. For I know that his heart will never stray.
A knight in shining armor, just for me. And together forever we shall stay.
To my heart he is the one with the key.
The distance between means nothing to us, Our hearts will always long for each other. Between us there will never be a fuss.
For I know that he will love no other. A sensitive man, full of emotion.
And our love goes deeper than the ocean.

Ms. Roberson’s 8th grade English students studied poetry: Students also authored their own, including the one below:

Senior, Melvin Hobson, signed to Slippery Rock University in a February 5, 2020, ceremony attend-ed by many teammates and family. Congratula-tions and good luck Melvin!

My Mom

By KENNEDY JOHNSON

She is tall and regal, Something like a seagull. Head held high,
And she almost never lies.

When she’s around I always feel warm,
And when she’s not, I am forlorn. She is my safety net,
The best person I’ve met.

When she smiles her teeth shine bright,
But when she’s mad her demeanor is dark as night.

The beauty of my mom is in her grace ,
And she always teaches me to finish the race.

She reads books, they are her getaway,
I let her know I’m here to stay. Her entrance commands the room,
And she makes my heart go BOOM!

She is my mother, Unlike no other.
My mom is the best ,
And now we are on to the rest.

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FASD African American Educator Spotlight

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” ~ Nelson Mandela

Dr. Lora Adams-King Title: Superintendent
Mrs. Victoria
Ms. Japraunika
Wright
How long have you been employed in FASD: I’ve been employed by the Farrell Area School District since 2000. I began as an aide (in the elementary library), then elementary teacher (I taught grades five and six),
(Phillips) Latzoo
superintendent of schools.
high school principal, and finally my current position,	Title: Elementary Principal
How long have you been employed
in FASD: 28 years
ployed in FASD: 23 years
Why / How / When did you
Why / How / When did you choose to enter the field/	How long have you been em-	Title: Biology / Science Teacher career that you did: I chose to enter the field of educa-
Why / How / When did you choose
to enter the field/career that you
did: My cousin, Russell Phillips, was
choose to enter the field/career
that you did: Ever since I was a
child, education has always been
tion to teach and positively touch the lives of students, because education is a life-changing factor in so many constructive ways. As much as I loved teaching, I made
my dream.
the decision to leave the classroom and become an ad-
What would you like our stu-
dents to know about the im-
ministrator in order to make a positive impact on a	the first African American teacher greater number of students.	and the first African American school
portance of African American
What would you like our students to know about the	administrator in Mercer County. As
History: African American histo-
ry, is history. It is not just for
African Americans, it is for every-
importance of African American History: It is important	my middle school principal, I saw him for our students to know that Black History is everyone’s	daily lead students to higher heights history. It is everyone’s history because African Ameri-	and I wanted to emulate that.
one. It is important that we all
know the contributions and the
sacrifices that African Americans
made to this country and the
entire world.
ANY other additional comment
(s), advice that you would like to
impart:
cans have made significant contributions to our global	What would you like our students to society in the following fields: education, medicine, law,	know about the importance of Afri-technology, archeology, the arts, photography, mathe-	can American History: The current matics, journalism, politics, religion, music, entertain-	political climate didn't just happen by ment, sports, and every other field imaginable. The	chance. To keep it from worsening aforementioned should encourage our students and let	and repeating itself, it is very im-them know that: 1) We (African-Americans) are im-	portant to know, appreciate, honor portant to society, 2) We can do and be anything, 3)	and share our rich truths.
Be proud of who you are, no
They can continue to do and become anything because	ANY other additional comment(s),
matter your race, class, or gen-
der. Embrace your culture and
it has already been proven that as a race of people, we	advice that you would like to impart: can.	Your generation has amazing ad-
always respect the culture of
ANY other additional comment(s), advice that you	vantages that others, in the past,
better yourself, not just to entertain
others. We are all uniquely
made and that is what makes us
so special. Whatever contribu-
would like to impart: I am the first African-American	have not had, be careful not to take it superintendent in Mercer County, and one of the first	for granted- free education, free re-African-American (and African-American female) super-	sources, technology... use them all to intendents in our region. With that being said, don’t
yourself.
just be a follower, be a trailblazer. If the path you want	tion or impact you will give or to take isn’t already established, don’t be discouraged;	make on this world, make it a establish the path for yourself and for others to take.	great one! Lastly, Be kind, Be

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FASD African American Educator Spotlight

“Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it. “ ~ Marian Wright Edelman

Mrs. Cheryl Smoot Title: Instructional aide paraprofessional How long have you been employed in FASD: 31 Years
Why / How / When did you choose to enter the career / field that you did: While I was a student at Kent State, I worked for the universi-ty tutoring my peers in English and Math. I found that I really enjoyed helping oth-
ers. After graduating from college, I en-tered the retail workforce for 12 years and,
again, I found that I enjoyed helping people. I left retail in 1988, and in 1989, with a family that included 2 young daughters, I decided to get back into the workforce. I applied for a job in education at FASD. Working at Farrell gave me the opportunity to continue helping others and allowed me to be a very available mom. What would you like our students to know about the importance of African American History: It is important for everyone to know the history of African Americans, but it is espe-cially important for our students to know their
own history. Farrell students need to know their own story in order to define themselves and not allow others to define them. Our stu-dents need to be aware of all of the sacrifices, struggles, hardships and setbacks of African Americans, and how we have risen above them with great achievements. Students owe it to themselves to be educated about our past and the world in general, in order to achieve suc-cess and happiness in the future. Allow the past to motivate you.

Ms. Joann M. Sharper
Title: Para-educator for grades 7-12 How long have you been employed in FASD: 29 years

Why / How / When did you choose to enter the field/career that you did: I began working in the FASD when my oldest daughter was in Kindergarten. I would volunteer in my daughter's kin-dergarten class under the influence and workmanship of Mrs. Connie Langley. I received an award, and was hired as an aide the following fall.

What would you like our students to know about the importance of African American History: The importance of African American History for our stu-dents is striving to always be your best. When it is said that the struggle is real, what is meant is exactly that.

ANY other additional comment(s), advice that you would like to impart: Our African American students need to visit places where they see other Afri-can American succeeding in the work-place.

Ms. Dawne Taylor Title: LS/ES teacher
How long have you been employed in FASD: 25 years
Why / How / When did you choose to enter the field/career that you did: I chose education as my field of study through the suggestion of someone else. They saw that I had a good rapport with young people and thought I could encourage them to find their best. Therefore, since I was not doing anything else, I decided to try it. And look at me now! I have taught somewhere since 1987.
What would you like our students to know about the importance
of African American History: I would like students at Farrell to know first that they are Great and deserve the best that life has to offer. With that said, they need to take advantage of opportunities and learn to do things without being afraid. Accept failure as a part of your learning and growth process. I want the students at Farrell to know that they deserve the best in every-thing, health, education, life experi-ences and relationships and not settle for anything less.

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Mr. Tyrone Archie
always been interested in computers. I had
computer fixed. I originally wanted to go to
American History month. Most of what is
Mrs. Ashley Smoot-McGill
What would you like our students to know
FASD African American Educator Spotlight

“Believe in yourself, learn, and never stop wanting to build a better world.” ~ Mary McLeod Bethune

Ms. Tracy L. Hood Title: Librarian, Title I Teacher, Study Life and Keystone Prep Teacher
How long have you been em-ployed in FASD: 20 years Why / How / When did you
choose to enter the field/career that you did: I’ve always wanted to become a teacher because I love reading and learning new things. I chose this field because I believe that every student can succeed and I want to be an inspi-ration that propels them to suc-ceed.
What would you like our stu-dents to know about the im-portance of African American History: I believe that knowing one’s own history instills perse-verance, strength, courage and cultural identity in African Ameri-can people. Every year African American History Month inspires me to review, renew and re-evaluate my heritage.

purpose for good in this world and be your own black history story. I am a black histo-ry story in the making and you can be too! ANY other additional comment(s), advice that you would like to impart: It is im-portant to remember that education is the way out of poverty, the way to overcome trauma, the way to support your family and their growth, the way to make your commu-nity a better place, and the way to change this world that really needs a change. Learn, grown, change your thoughts, and even change the people you hang out with if you need to. Do what you need to do to invite
are Worth it! I believe in you!
Title: Learning Support Teacher Grades 3 & 4	positive accomplishments into your life. You How long have you been employed in FASD:12
years
Title: Computer technician
How long have you been employed in
FASD: 6 months
Why / How / When did you choose to
enter the field/career that you did: I have
Why / How / When did you choose to enter the field/career that you did: I spent my first two years of college at Slippery Rock University as a psychology major. In the summers, I worked a summer camp where I got to talk to young people about smart decision making, overcoming, and I realized that I could be a help to students before
my major and went into teaching.
they ended up in trouble. Therefore, I changed	an old Dell PC at my house growing up and I would go into the Program Files and de-
er. We would always have to pay to get the
about the importance of African American Histo-     lete things, basically, breaking my comput-ry: It is so important to know your history. The
college for computer engineering to learn
how to fix and assemble hardware but
Clarion did not have it so I chose Computer
Science.
What would you like our students to
know about the importance of African
American History: Our history goes farther
past what is displayed during African
African American History is not a separate entity, it is everyone's story. That includes the good, bad and ugly. You have to know and honor history so that you be sure it does not repeat itself. Igno-rance is not bliss, it is detrimental to the growth of our country and our people. Find pride in who you are, get a solid education so that you can be a difference-maker and a change agent in the world. Be led by solid choices, and a desire to be
the change you want to see in the world. Martin
Luther King Jr. didn’t protest peacefully because	covered is slavery, civil rights, or Obama. I he was a follower, Malcolm X didn't shake up the	would encourage student to research the thoughts of people by being fearful or uneducat-	true history of our people and where we
ed, Maya Angelou didn't light up the night with	really came from. Our people have done her words by staying silent, Rosa didn't say no to	more throughout history then we are ever geting up just because her feet hurt. Find your	given credit or acknowledged for.

SNN would like to sincerely thank all of those that participated in this spotlight!

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Monday, February 24.
African American LEGENDS Hero Spotlight selected by SNN Staff:

Entrepreneur: Madam C.J. Walker

By JORDYNE SCOTT

NASA Mathematician: Katherine Johnson
By MELONN WELLS

I chose Madam C.J. Walker because she encourages African American women to start their own businesses. As a young African American woman, she had an impact on her generation and our genera-tion. She was a powerful woman. There are young adults, older adults and even males that have looked up to her to start their own businesses.
Madam C.J. Walker be-came involved in working for civil rights in 1906, when there were very few women to have their own busi-ness. She traveled, went door to door, to teach women about hair care products. However, her priority was empowering women to become economically independent. She was developing a national and interna-tional network. She used her money to make a difference in her commu-nity and show other people that they, too, could do the same
Madam C.J. Walker achieved many accomplishments since she started her business from scratch. She owned the largest man-ufacturer employment at one time. Madam C.J. Walker was the first female African American millionaire in the United States. Madam C.J. By 1917, she had trained approximately 20,000 females to do hair.
Creating job opportunities and promoting fair and just wage for African American workers is her legacy. Equality in these areas is an African American struggle that con-tinues to this day.

History.com Editors. (2009, Octo-ber 29). Madam C. J. Walker. Re-trieved from https:// www.history.com/topics/black-history/madame-c-j-walker Madam C.J. Walker. (2020, Febru-ary 10). Retrieved from https:// www.biography.com/inventor/ madam-cj-walker

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(2015), passed away at the age of 101, on
name Katherine Johnson, was born August 26,
Katherine Coleman, who goes by the	American hero, Katherine Johnson, pictured 1918, in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.	above receiving the Presidential Gold Medal She was the youngest out of four chil-
dren. Her father was a farmer and repairper-

son, and her mother was a teacher. Growing	While at NASA, she was responsible for up Katherine loved going to school and was            finalizing the mathematics that put Astronaut, very good with numbers.                                              John Glenn, on a safe, first, orbital mission. She
Katherine ended up graduating	was also instrumental in the Apollo Lunar Lander from high school at the age of fourteen and	and Command Modules and their orbits around enrolling herself into West Virginia State Uni-	the moon.
versity at the age of 18. In 1937, she graduated	I chose to do my Black History article on college with high honors. She began her career     Katherine Johnson because she is an inspiration. as a teacher at a black public school in Virginia.     Her gifts, and her realized potential, inspire me to
In 1952, one of her relatives told	become everything that I want to be. Just by how her about job opportunities at the all black	young she was when, and before her career start-West Area Computing section at the National	ed, and how much she was able to accomplish Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA’s)	should not only open up my eyes, but young girls Langley laboratory, led by another West Vir-	and women like me as well.
ginian Dorothy Vaughan.

Halligan, K., & Walsh, S. (n.d.). Her story - 50 starke Frauen & Mädchen, die Geschichte schrieben.

Musician: Prince By DASHAWN RICHARDSON

verage kid with big dreams. He first and biggest hit songs. The played basketball, football and song made the top 200 bill-also baseball for Minneapolis	board. As he progressed Junior High and then played	through life, he sold over 100 for Central High School. He	million records.
was raised around his two	Prince was always on siblings, a sister and a half             top of his game. He was the first brother. His mom and dad            black artist to fight for his own
back and forth between the
fun fact that perhaps you may
Senior, Lerlena Wilson’s ceiling          were divorced. He was staying     master recording and won. A tile painting of musician, Prince.        houses before his mom kicked     not know is that Prince is the
Prince was an African	him out and he moved with his favorite artist of English Teach-American artist and songwriter. He	friend next door.	er, Mr. Dye. He went to watch was born and raised in Minneapolis,                       In 1973, Prince met	him play three times live, and Minnesota, in 1958. His historical life Jimmy Jam. He knew he had a	after one of the concerts he got ended April 21, 2016, due to a fenta- chance to impress him and he	to go backstage and touch one nyl overdose at the age of 57. Grow- took his chance. Prince signed	of the guitars he used. If you ing up, Prince was always around	his first contract with Warner	visit Mr. Dye’s classroom, there music. Both of his parents were in a	Bros., at the age of 19. Track,	is a portrait of Prince Rogers band. Prince always had dreams to	“Purple Rain” was one of his	Nelson.

song at the age of seven.
57. Retrieved from
be a music artist. He wrote his first	Pareles, J. (2016, April 21). Prince, an Artist Who Defied Genre, Is Dead at Prince grew up like an	https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/22/arts/music/prince-dead.html
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ROBOTICS CLASS: Building Block Coding IS building SKILLS for the FUTURE
Contributed by XAVIER SAVAGE

High School Robotics students are collaborating with nine, 4th Grade Elemen-tary Students in a project that began in December 2019.
Under the supervision of Robotics Teacher, Mr.Rupert, Seniors, Jasmine May and Xavier Savage visit our own Farrell Ele-mentary every week during 5th period. The 4th Graders get the chance to work with robots and are learning how to program these robots using building block coding.

Building block coding is a beginner style of code to help develop an under-standing of how code would work in differ-ent code languages. So how it works is that you start with multiple choices of blocks and those blocks have different categories which have several capabilities, to cause movement, to trigger sounds, to display an image, etc. After you select the block you are starting with you can edit how much or how long you want the robot to do some-thing. From there, you can combine the

blocks and edit
them to make the robot do whatever you want it to do. This is accomplished with the software program, NXT Pro-gramming.
For those interested, this cod-ing project is paving the way for more to come. The school district has procured a financial grant that has allowed for the purchase of Bee-bots (pictured above), which are bee like robots meant for the youngest students (K-2) to start learning coding at an early age!

(From left to right) Kaina Dean, Taraya Sands, Kailani Wilson, Addyson Myers (grade 4) work with Robots, while Jasmine assists with the software, Mr. Rupert advises Mark Wilson (grade 4), Xavier shows Kaina how to manipulate the building blocks on the computer.

Students juggle part-time jobs, school - Here are the PROS & CONS

Contributed by MARIONNA DEITZ

There is mainly one thing that you are looking for out of your part time job: a paycheck. However, do you know the pros and cons of having a part time job at a young age? As I tell you some pros and cons of part time jobs, reflect on these points: Do you agree or disagree?
A pro to part time jobs and teens is life skills. Part time jobs can cause great growth to one’s skillset. Some skills that you will learn can in-spire your future career or education choices. They will have a great impact on your future or maybe even be a les-son in what you do NOT want to do. Some examples of transferable skills are building time management, taking on multiple tasks, expanding

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your desire and ability to talk to others, networking, and confidence. These will teach you how to take responsibility for not only your workplace but for yourself as well. These first jobs can also be great resume builders!
A con with part time jobs is “doing more in less time.'' It can be very stressful dealing with school, practices/ games, work, and homework. This may cause a student to slack on schoolwork. It can cause a student to rush to complete assignments, resulting in sloppy work and sliding grades. Emotionally, if you are tired and feeling a lot of pressure, jobs can also put a stress on your well-being and relationships. This balance can be tough as a high school student.
No matter what your decision, work at your own steady pace. Everyone

Can Balt take your order? Dashawn Rich-ardson worked at Burger King for almost a year and a half. Working al-most every day was a demand-ing schedule.

needs to complete a fair amount of tasks throughout a day or week. Rather than rushing, doing everything wrong, and stressing yourself out, take your time, do things right and get things done calmly. Achieving success and balance takes hard work but it is worth it as these skills are necessary to your future success!

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Farrell Football Team honored in Harrisburg

Gentlemen athletes reflect...

“My trip to the courthouse was fantastic. It was great to get to meet the Lieutenant Governor, John Fetterman, and Representative Mark Longieti. We also learned some interesting facts about the Capitol building, when it was built, and the elaborate chandeliers that weigh over two tons!” - Anthony Jackson, Grade 9

“Being at the Capitol building with the team made me realize how unique and special the opportunity was for us to be invited there as a team, for our accomplish-ments.” – Josiah Tarver, 12

“I liked the visit to the Capitol be-cause it is a beautiful place with a lot of artifacts. The tour was nice and plus the Senate and Capitol are impressive just be-cause of how big they are. It is not some-thing we are used to seeing around here.” – Jaden Harrison, 11

“The best moment of the trip to the capital was when the cameraman was ‘hiting the Gat’ and almost fell. We thought it was funny because we’d seen the videos of them doing it at the White House too!” – Ja’sean Boatwright, 9

“I enjoyed when they showed us the main room where they have their meetings and the view of the city from the balcony.” - Tahjmere Gibson, 9

“Visiting the Capitol building in Harrisburg was an amazing experience. I enjoyed how professionally everything was run and the historic feel of the building itself. I learned about the state level work that takes place at the capital and the food was good too.” – Juwon Samuels, 12

“Going to the capital was an amaz-ing experience. We got to see where they make laws. It was awesome to be honored for winning state. Seeing and meeting so many new people was cool. I met a man who worked in the court that was 6’7! My favorite part was the main room that was filled with huge paintings.” – Malachi Shep-erd, 9

“My favorite part was all the gold!” - Preston Williams, 10

“I like the Capitol building a lot. I was afraid the first time we went because of

the height, but this second time I wasn’t. Everyone was respectful and welcoming.” -Taidon Strickland, 10

“It taught us to follow our dreams and never give up.” - Denzel Driver, 10

“The architecture was the most memorable aspect of the trip. Most of the walls and desks are made of ivory. All of the gold on the walls and ceilings was 13 karat gold. The chandeliers were marvel-ous, the smaller ones were 3,000 pounds and larger ones were 5,000 pounds. One of the desks was actually duplicated and placed in the White House because it is so beautiful. “ - Gary Satterwhite, 11

“My trip back to the capital was a great experience. I met a lot of new people there and learned a lot more about the building than the last time. The detail of the structure shows how much time has been put into the building and decorating. I’m hoping to return next year!” - Brice Butler, 11

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Varsity hoops 19-20 Boys and Girls head to D10 playoffs

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Senior, Kyra Crosby, drib-bles (above), Mariah Hopson takes a breather (below).

Senior, Brian Hilton, dunks the ball (above), Boys’ Varsity team pre-game (right) and players break on the sidelines (below).

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Photo credit: Ms. Snyder

Remembering the wisdom of Kobe Bryant:

“The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.”

“My parents are my backbone. Still are. They’re the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.”

“Everything negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise.”	Kobe Bryant (1979-2020)

Coach Turosky imparts half-time wisdom and from behind the camera, Snyder offers female athletes a shout out, “"AYYYYYYYYYE YOOOOOOO!"

Alumni Game and State Banner Raising: Steeler Pride ripples through school and community...

FHS Band mem-bers play with alumni (left). Football team, coaches cheer-leaders pose un-der the newly placed PIAA 2019 banner (right).

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Valentine’s blue and gold Style

Did you know that these two were high school sweethearts?!? Congratu-lations to Mr. and Mrs. Burda who are expecting their first baby in August!

Did you know? By Melonn Wells

 The first Valentine’s Day ever celebrated was in the year of 496.
	 Valentine’s Day is be-lieved to have come from a Roman festival.
	The Roman festival was called Lupercalia.
	The Lupercalia festival was the 15th of February each year.
	Lupercalia was the cele-bration of matching and finding couples with the hope of warding off evil spirits and infertility.
(n.d.). Retrieved from http:// www.history.com/

French I students practice their French writing skills with Valentine’s cards, messages and poetry.

Science Club Fundraiser: a SWEET SUCCESS!

Jada Jack-By JORDYNE SCOTT	son sur-
prised by an admirer.

Kamira Brown poses with a red rose.

Jaden Harri-son shocked by his special delivery.

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Community Connections Hudson job site gives students hands-on experience

Contributed by: Ms. Pollock

Farrell students had the opportunity to learn on the job skills with several visits to a new construction project by John Hudson, in Clarion, PA. The name of the building is Regency Commons, it is a new senior citizens’ residence. The students visited the site on November 22, 2019, when the interior construction was just starting. Students returned to

the site on January 30, 2020, to see the final stages of the project!

They had the oppor-tunity to interview carpenters and electricians in order to better understand the day-to-day aspects of these profes-sions. They also inquired about the necessary steps that these employees took to get

where they are today in the work-force.

Senior, Ben King, de-scribed that he was surprised at how dirty and how physically taxing some of the work was. He was also impressed by the touch screen technology incorporated into the project and laser-leveling machine used on the site. Overall, he states, “I really enjoyed the hands-on as-pect of the experience.”

Brian Hilton (above) cleaning up, (left to right) Josiah Tarver reading blue-prints, Preston Williams tighten-ing screws and Preston, Anthony Jackson (10), and Taivon Strickland pulling protective tape off of the elevator.

8th Graders participate in Career Fair
Contributed by: Mrs. Hood

On Wednesday, January 15, 2020, our 8th-grade students attended a Career Awareness Fair sponsored by Thiel College in Greenville, PA. This event offered students in Mercer County an opportunity to speak with professionals from occupations that interested them.

After the fair, the students com-pleted a brief survey about what they liked most, and if they would be interest-ed in attending again in the future. The students all said they enjoyed the fair and definitely would like to participate again.

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What’s Cookin’ Farrell High?

A “fan favorite” recipe: contributed by Ms. Bolyard,
tested and approved by FCSClasses!

Spanish Club Carnival Paint and Dip

Bon Appétit
Collard Green Wedding Soup
MEDIUM PAN on MEDIUM 1 can chicken broth
1 can water
1 bouillon cube
1 Tb butter
STIR 10 minutes
1/4 cup Acini Pepe Pasta	Spanish students painted vejigantes: (pictured left) a folkloric character in Puerto Rican festival celebrations, mainly seen in Carnival time. In Puerto Rico, the charac-
WASH, CHOP	ter leads the parades during Carnival and is influenced by 1 leaf Collard Greens	West African music and mask artistry.
1/4 stick carrot
ADD to Soup	French MARDI GRAS: laissez les bons temps rouler MEDIUM BOWL
1/4 pound ground beef
1 egg
1/4 cup bread crumbs 1 Tb Parmesan cheese 1/4 tsp basil
1/4 tsp onion powder
MIX and Form 1 inch BALLS DROP in Boiling Soup
ADD Meatballs, STIR 10 minutes TURN OFF STOVE

French students (above) prepared and brought in dishes from all over the French speaking world, fa-vorites included Jambalaya, Quiche Lorraine, Poutine, Chicken Cordon Bleu skillet, cheese and choco-late fondues, Croque Monsieur, crepes, croissants, baguette, Brie, chocolate mousse, beignets and the New Orleans’ specialty, King Cake. They are pictured above in traditional masks and beads in the holiday colors of purple, gold and green.

Marcus Green and Demaris Crowder (above) show off a yum-my and fancy breakfast of French Toast and Egg in a Hole.

Michaela Hall, Khia Carthorne, and Shawn-te Bratten (left) enjoy the delicious product of their cook-ing in FCS.

Teacher & Student Selfies March 2 - 6
Snap a pick with a teacher/class and send it to either:

Mrs. Armour - (724)397-1439 or

Mrs. Kladitis - (724)301-3610

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