SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 • VOLUMEtide 26 • ISSUE 01 • POTTSVILLE linesAREA HIGH SCHOOL • POTTSVILLE, PA 17901 • WWW.PAHSTIDELINES.COM in this issue Style and Entertainment See reviews about summer blockbusters. Page 3 Sports Get insight into how fall teams prepare for the upcoming season. Page 7 Opinion Flip the pages to get opinions TRAVEL — Juniors Logan Derbes and Mykaihla Sternick stop for a moment on their European tour about the evolution of Disney at a rest stop in Switzerland to see the scenery and pose for a picture in front of the water. On their channel. Page 6 tour, they stopped at various famous landmarks including the Eiffel tower and Buckingham Palace. “It was amazing and beautiful,” Derbes said. “I just don’t have enough words to describe [the scenery].” Photo courtesy of Logan Derbes Juniors embark on European trip Alexa Biddle originally built for the 1889 World’s it was 10 times better than the first news Staffer Fair to recognize and remember the time in Austria,” Derbes said. “The Graphic by Abbey Kostyal French Revolution. After the fair, the differences in taste were amazing.” > update Staff Editor structure was never taken down, She also learned how the famous which resulted in the Eiffel Tower that German cuckoo clocks are made. All August 27: School picture People to People is an organization is known today. of the clocks are hand carved and day that sponsors over 40 different travel “The view from the Eiffel Tower very intricate, so one can take weeks programs available for students, and they was breathtaking,” Sternick said. “ to make. September 4: PAHS Back to visit all seven continents. I’ve never experienced anything like “In Germany, it’s the only place School Night, 6:45-9 p.m. According to peopletopeople.com, it, even though I’ve been to similarly where you can buy an actual cuckoo the mission of the ambassador high structures. Just knowing you are with running water in and outside of September 10: Class officer programs is to connect cultures through atop one of the most recognizable it. I really enjoyed watching how they elections for grades 10, 11 education, creating well-rounded citizens landmarks of the world definitely adds were made, and I bought one for and 12 and making a better world for future to the magic.” myself,” Derbes said. generations. The Student Ambassador She also visited tourist attractions in Not many can say that they’ve been September 16: Student Program is the most popular program Great Britain. in a German castle, but Derbes and council elections for grades they offer, and juniors Mykaihla Sternick “During our stay in London, we Sternick can. They visited the Castle 10, 11 and 12 and Logan Derbes visited Europe witnessed the changing of the guard of Heidelberg on their sixth day in through this program. at Buckingham Palace, the Tower Europe. September 19: Senior pictures due for the 2015 Mykaihla Sternick of London, Big Ben, Hampton Court “The Castle of Heidelberg was yearbook Palace and the London Eye,” Sternick probably one of my favorite spots. said. It was amazing and beautiful. The Some say that exploring Europe is After her stay concluded, she took detail inside and out of the castle was September 23: Freshman a dream come true. For Sternick and time to reflect on her trip and the breathtaking,” Derbes said. student council elections Derbes, that dream became a reality experiences she had. She also stayed with a German when they went on a three-week trip to “Seeing the difference between family for a few days. The group she September 29: Mid-marking Europe. the modern London and the historic was traveling with was split up into period reports mailed “I’ve been invited to attend a trip by London makes you appreciate the pairs. Each pair was given a separate [People to People] since fifth grade but culture that we don’t have here in home and stayed there, learning more never seriously considered it until a America,” Sternick said. “It also made about the lifestyle and culture for three family member recommended it … it was Please give us your me appreciate the culture formed here days. definitely all worth it, and I’m glad it all fell in America in the few hundred years “I had a pretty crazy homestay input on this issue into place the way it did,” Sternick said. after it was formed, compared to the experience. I had to get removed from July 8, Sternick was in the of Tide Lines. old world history in Europe.” my original homestay family due to Netherlands, where she had the a lot of problems,” Derbes said. “But opportunity to see how Dutch clogs are luckily, I was able to experience a new carved. Logan Derbes and amazing German family for two “It’s a perfect example of their culture, “I have been receiving invitations days and one night.” Facebook so I now own a pair, and surprisingly from People to People since I was Compared to Americans, Europeans they’re not that uncomfortable,” Sternick www.facebook.com/ in fifth grade,” Derbes said. “People have a very different lifestyle. said. to People offers several different “Europeans are quiet and have pahstidelines July 10, she tasted real Belgian trips that travel the world. This year, I lots of manners,” Derbes said. “Also, chocolates, and she witnessed them finally got my parents to agree to let the eating habits are very different. being made. me attend this three-week European Europeans eat smaller and healthier “Belgian chocolates were more voyage.” meals.” delectable than expected,” Sternick said. First, Derbes went to Montafon, Her stay in Europe continued until “They’re really not like anything we have Austria, where she had the opportunity July 16. By that time, she went to a Twitter here in the United States.” to make her own cheese. total of six different countries: Austria, July 11, she did something most @pahsTideLines “In the Netherlands, we had another Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, only dream of doing: she was on top of Graphics by Abbey Kostyal opportunity to make cheese, and France and Great Britain. Editor the Eiffel Tower. The Eiffel Tower was September 18, 2014 September 18, 2014 2 tide lines tide lines 3 Tide Lines is the online and print news Opinions will be clearly marked and found on the editorial pages or as publication of Pottsville Area High School. designated on other pages. Corrections will be published online or printed in Information It is produced by the students of the the next issue when mistakes are found or brought to the attention of the staff. 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