Goodbye Midterm Week! Well…Sort of
January 13, 2012 • Maria Ragonese, Features Editor
Filed under News, Top Stories
In May of last year, New York State had made a decision not to have January regents for the 2012 school year because they could not get the money from the State legislator. The State needs roughly $1.5 million to fund the standardized tests and legislature refused to pay for the funding of these tests... Read more »
SADD Makes A Stand During Red Ribbon Week
December 2, 2011 • Eric Conde, Staff Writer
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On the week of November 14th to 18th students against destructive decisions or SADD for short put on Red Ribbon week for the students and faculty of Voorheesville high school. During this week the members of SADD went around to ask students to make a pledge against underage drinking, use of illegal drugs,... Read more »
Fall Fling Firsts
November 4, 2011 • Keira Glasheen, Editor-in-Chief
Filed under News, Top Stories
Every year the Regents physics students look forward to participating in the Fall Fling, an in school field trip that Mr. Simons puts on at the end of the first quarter. Students are required to build human powered devices that can fling a tennis ball across the football field. Well, that’s... Read more »
Voorheesville Singers to Sing on WMHT Music for the Holidays
November 1, 2011 • Carla Planz, Staff Writer
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Just two weeks ago, the Voorheesville female and male select choirs joined together for a one hour long rehearsal, to practice, and to quickly perfect two Christmas songs to be sung for an audition for WMHT’s Music for the Holidays show. As a member of the Phoenix Club, I knew that our choir’s chances... Read more »
Odyssey of the Mind Team to Meet on October 26
October 22, 2011
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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 »
Welcome Back!
October 20, 2011
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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 »
Blackbird TV Takes Off!
February 21, 2011 • Keira Glasheen, Assistant Editor
Filed under News
For the first time this year our middle school has been telecasting its morning announcements. This is a project that’s been five years in the making that just recently got off the ground. The main problem with the idea was that the administration needed to figure out a way for students in all... Read more »
Winter (Wave) Has Come and Gone
February 19, 2011 • Josh Gibbons, Editor
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Friday, February 18 marked another installment of the long-running Winter Wave for all Physics classes. Using nothing but cardboard, duct tape, and sheer ingenuity, students were required to build a makeshift boat. However, if this were a modeling contest, it would be difficult to pinpoint the winner.... Read more »
Art Club Mural
January 27, 2011 • Keira Glasheen, Co-Editor in Chief
Filed under News, Uncategorized
At a time when art and music are disappearing from schools as a result of budget cuts Art Club has given the school a way to celebrate both of these programs. A mural with a musical theme has recently been completed by members of Art Club that has been four years in the making. Because the mural... Read more »
WHAP Students Model History with Pumpkins
November 9, 2010 • Keira Glasheen, Assistant Editor in Chief
Filed under News
AP World History, better known as WHAP, is notorious for being one of the hardest courses offered at our school. Anyone who has taken or is currently taking WHAP could attest to the amount of time and effort it takes to do well in the course. But recently the current WHAPpers were able to apply their... Read more »
