Welcome Back!
October 20, 2011
Filed under News, Top Stories
Welcome back! We are excited to bring you another year of the Helderbarker! Look for us to expand our offerings by bringing you increased sports coverage, more editorial content, and original photos that are updated! Keep looking back for more information and new stories. You never know, it could... Read more »
Do The Ends Really Justify The Means?
October 20, 2011 • Keira Glasheen, Editor
Filed under Opinion
As high school students we have to do a lot of things that we don’t want to do. Whether it’s taking challenging courses or even coming to school at all we are encouraged to stick it out for the greater good: our college education. As a junior I’ve noticed that... Read more »
Are We Finished Yet?
October 20, 2011 • Makayla-Courtney McGeeney, Staff Writer
Filed under Features
Some say your senior year is what it’s all about. It’s the last year in high school, the last year of the best years as a teenager and the last year before everyone goes off to college and has to fight for themselves in the real world. This may sound like a challenge but many senior students... Read more »
Fall Sports Overview
October 20, 2011 • Ryan Clayton and Patrick Sweeney, Sports Co-Editors
Filed under Sports
Voorheesville High School athletics offers a wide variety of fall sports including golf, football, boys and girls soccer, cross country, girls tennis, and girls volleyball. Although the football team garners the most attention, the other sports are extremely important as well. The golf and boys soccer... Read more »
Odyssey of the Mind Team to Meet on October 26
October 22, 2011
Filed under News
IDEAS! ART! SCIENCE! INVENTION! DRAMA! TEAMWORK! Odyssey of the Mind combines them all for a fun-filled adventure! Learn more and sign up to form a team –- even if you’ve never participated before –- on Wednesday, October 26 at 6:30 pm in the Voorheesville Public Library Community Room. Teams... Read more »
Blackbird Football Ends Season Strong
October 22, 2011 • Eric Conde, Staff Writer
Filed under Sports, Top Stories
After a long and tiring season of football it is finally starting to come to an end. At the beginning of the year the team was looking strong and determined. After two camps over the summer at Guilderland and Ravena it seemed as if they would be pretty good this season. Crushing Albany Academy at their... Read more »
It Goes By Fast
October 23, 2011 • Missy Amato, Features Co-Editor
Filed under Features, Top Stories, Uncategorized
As a member of Natural Helpers I was one of a group of seniors who helped out with the freshman retreat this year at Thatcher Park. It was one of the most entertaining days in my high school career, but also one of the saddest. It was interesting to see the excitement on the faces of all the new freshman... Read more »
Facebook: The Ultimate Procrastinator
October 23, 2011 • Maria Ragonese, Features Co-Editor
Filed under Features, Top Stories, Uncategorized
You decide to finally start that three-page paper that is due tomorrow, and you’re stumped on the first sentence. You know exactly what you need to fix this-a little inspiration! So you type in facebook.com into your Google search, log in, and before you know it two hours have gone by because you’ve... Read more »
