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Tide Lines

The student news site of Pottsville Area High School

Tide Lines

ABC News reports details on the morning news about the Delta crash investigation, with the airline offering compensation. The Delta Air Lines flight departing from Minneapolis crashed, flipped upside down, and caught on fire on the runway at Toronto International Airport, while attempting to land.

Skepticism Around Recent Plane Crashes

Gianna LaSelva, Staff February 21, 2025

Over the past month, skepticism has risen about the number of plane crashes occurring. Because of the high number of crashes being reported, people are speculating whether the media is just publicizing...

Valentine’s Day is the day of love for people across the globe. But, for the people at Pottsville Area High School, it’s a day for chocolate.

AID Delivers Roses to Homerooms

Maya Johnson, Co Editor February 17, 2025

The sorority AID sells chocolate roses every year, to be handed out on the special day. You are allowed to give them to teachers, other students, or secret admirers. The roses come with cards that say...

Spencer Prestileo (9), Colin Kline (10), Adam Klinger (11), all placed in the Diving League Championship held at North Schuylkill. All three of them are headed to Districts at the end of March.

Klinger Wins League Again

Marty Davis, Staff February 17, 2025

The league championships for diving took place last week. Pottsville had 5 divers participate, girl Lila Evan, and boys Adam Klinger, Colin Kline, Spencer Prestilieo, and Brayden Tokonitz. The team had...

The season of SAT testing is very stressful but with the help of our school's teachers and our guidance department, the experience can be made much easier. All information regarding SATs are available in the guidance office.

Students Prepare for SATs

Charlie Hemerly, Staff February 4, 2025

The SATs are all year round, but the most popular time to take them starts now. PAHS students are hard at work studying, preparing, and tutoring for the test. The SAT’s are used for college admissions...

Featured on the far right is Devyn Hemerly, he is holding a certificate for “Student of the Month” for his amazing performance in heating and plumbing. Hemerly was a student during the first semester, “I can’t wait to go back next year,” he said.

Students Prefer Life Skills over Traditional Education

Charlie Hemerly, Staff February 3, 2025

Students who attended STC for the first semester of the school year have recently returned back to Pottsville. With these two schools being completely different the question of which do the students prefer...

Throughout recent weeks, there have been multiple California wildfires that have destroyed homes and towns. Many people have been impacted by them, but as of now, they are fully contained.

Los Angeles Wildfires Become Fully Contained

Gianna LaSelva February 3, 2025

An Article published by nbcnews.com talks about the causes, and affected people of the Los Angeles wildfires, that fiercely erupted on January 7th, 2025.  Although the official cause of these fires have...

The app is a PA drivers license practice test. The questions on the practice test are extremely important and helpful for studying.

Driver Safety for New Drivers

Charlie Hemerly, Staff January 16, 2025

Sophomore and Junior year is the year many students at PAHS test for their permits and licenses. This is a major moment in students' lives but with the excitement comes preparation and safety. Our school...

The Schuylkill Area Community Foundation is a community that helps students throughout the county fill out scholarship forms and applications. Instead of having everything handwritten, they make it easier for students to send out their applications.

The Season of Scholarships

Maya Johnson, Co Editor January 6, 2025

January of the new year is the month for high school seniors to get ahead of their scholarship applications. Since many scholarships are due around March and April it is a good idea to get a head start...

Senior Julie Szeliga is working on her government research paper and feels stressed out. “I feel like there’s so much weighing on me as a senior, and the thing that is most weighing on her is school work. I am just so burnt out with everything I have to do,” she said.

Seasonal Depression at PAHS

Maya Johnson, Co Editor January 6, 2025

Seasonal Depression is not something new to PAHS. A lot of students experience some type of depression because it is always during the “final stretch” of the school year. Seasonal depression is when...

St. Clair’s local Walmart on November 10th. During this time a man fired shots causing police to be called.

Shooting at local St. Clair Walmart

Charlie Hemerly, Staff December 2, 2024

On November 10th, a man came into Walmart and fired shots in the air. There has yet to be any charges against the individuals involved. The suspects include three men. The shooting started with an altercation...

Senior Luke Schane was awarded as the “Male Scholar Student Athlete” at PAHS. “It really takes being able to balance your school work with your sports schedule. You have to make some sacrifices knowing when it comes to prioritizing school work over doing other things that aren’t as important,” he said.

Scholar Athlete Awarded to Luke Schane

Emma Sophy December 2, 2024

Congratulations to Pottsville’s male Scholar Athlete this year, Luke Schane. Luke gave some insight details on what it takes to be a scholar athlete.  Luke states in the most recent interview that he...

The Pottsville Area National Honor Society has their yearly induction ceremony. “It feels great being in the National Honor Society, as it’s been something I’ve been working for since I was a freshman. It motivates me to do my best in school, and also motivates other students as well,” Senior Aubrey Snyder said.

National Honor Society Induction at PAHS

Gianna LaSelva, Staff November 26, 2024

The National Honor Society, oftenly known as NHS is an organization across high schools in the United States, that recognizes academic success amongst junior and senior students. Here at PAHS, the top...

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