Good Times, Letter to the Editor

Mr. Carmen DiCello, PAHS Teacher

November 21, 2019

Good times--how blessed so many of us are to experience good times! Of course life isn't always good.  Sometimes, in fact, it is quite the opposite. Heartache and tragedy and dark clouds can mark our days, and no one should pretend that we don't all encounter certain painful realities. When hurtful...

For Bear

Carmen DiCello, PAHS Health Teacher

April 5, 2018

Difficulty, tragedy, calamity, and heartache—unfortunately, this world is all too often filled with such dark realties. Indeed, the older we get, the more we appreciate the profundity of life and people and relationships; likewise, as the years pass by, we are increasingly struck with the sadness ...

Letter to the Editor: 9/11 Fifteen Years Later

September 12, 2016

Fifteen years ago today, everything seemed to change. For me, it started at the end of a hall way, near the girls' gym, at Pottsville Area High School. It was early in the morning, and the passing bell had rung, dismissing students to their next period classes. I was standing by my post when Jared Black a...