Category Archives: Eisenhower

Shooting into Playoffs

By Thomas Warren

PIAA state basketball playoffs are closely approaching us very soon. But is another prep school going to win the title this year? For the last four years of my high school career, we have gone to playoffs and every year a prep school runs away with the state title. Including my freshman year when we had the experiencing to play a prep school who recently won a state championship and we ended up losing in double overtime by five points the team was Kennedy Catholic. The next year, I observed that their best player sat the bench because of them recruiting seven new players better than he was. Continue reading Shooting into Playoffs

Observing Black History Month

By: Drew Bearfield

Do you know what Black History Month is, and who is part of Black History? Black History Month is when Americans and Canadians remember the history of African Americans. According to http://www.history.com/, since 1976 every U.S. President has chosen February as Black History Month. Other countries have a month to celebrate black history as well, although some chose different months than the United States. The story of Black History Month in the United States started in 1915, 10 years after the thirteenth amendment ended slavery. The reason why the month is February is because Abraham Lincoln’s and Frederick Douglass’ birthdays fall in February. The event sparked schools and communities around the world to plan local celebrations. The Emancipation Proclamation and the March on Washington, highlights the 150th and 50th anniversaries of two critical events in African American history. Continue reading Observing Black History Month