NOVEMBER 6, 2015 • VOLUMEtide 27 • ISSUE 02 • POTTSVILLE AREAlines HIGH SCHOOL • POTTSVILLE, PA 17901 • WWW.PAHSTIDELINES.COM in this Pottsville and St. Clair reach a settlement Emma Walinsky issue Staff Writer aint Clair students in grades 9-12 Style and Shave been a part of the PASD fam- Entertainment ily since 1989. For the past few years, the Saint Clair Flip through the pages and Area School District has been seeking read a story on the new alternative options, other than Pottsville season of American Horror Area High School, for its students. Story. Pottsville fought to keep the students a part of the family, and October 7, the Saint Clair school board decided to keep their high school students at PAHS. Sports Pottsville’s newest bid called for Saint Clair to pay $1.6 million per year or Read about students’ choose to pay $16 million for a longer opinions on new positive commitment of 10 years. This is a sub- pep rallies. stantial change from their initial offer of Photo by Abby Young $27,442,187 for 10 years. Photography Staffer The offer is based on a flat rate. This new bid was enough to convince Saint WRITE — Junior Rachel Rubright, a Saint Clair native, works on homework during class. Rubright was one of the many who couldn’t see themselves continueing their Opinion Clair to keep students at PAHS. education anywhere but Pottsville Area High School. “I wouldn’t want to go anywhere “We wanted to keep the Saint Clair besides Pottsville, but if I were to go anywhere else, I would want a school built around Learn about an E-sports students in our school district family and the New Philadelphia area to go to,” Rubright said. club being formed on the be able to give those students a high opinion pages. quality education,” Mrs. Linda Grube, neighboring school districts. was from North Schuylkill. The dis- school board member, said. Pottsville placed its original bid in trict said it would ask Saint Clair to At the end of the 2014-2015 school June. pay around $1,454,800 for a 10-year year, Saint Clair began accepting The latest bid was almost an $11.5 mil- period. merger proposals from any schools in a lion dollar decrease from what Pottsville Although this was the cheapest of- 10-mile radius of the town. originally requested. fer, North Schuylkill’s proposal includ- news SCASD received three offers from The lowest bid that Saint Clair received ed the possibility of singling out the > update SEE Pottsville, page 2 November 7: SAT test at Blue Mountain Student Council hosts Niche.com November 16: Parent- Sadie Hawkins dance honors Teacher Conferences 12 a.m. to 8 p.m. Students celebrate with Sadie Hawkins dance Pottsville November 19: Schuylkill Gillian Revenis A race would commence and the County Band auditions at Staff Writer man Sadie caught would become her PAHS 5 p.m. lawfully wedded husband for as long teachers tudent Council used to have] dances Emma Walinsky as they both shall live. after football games, but I have Staff Writer November 26: Thanksgiving neverS been to one like this. My officers The other single women in the town decided we should have one again and thought this day was a wonderful idea ne hundred is great, but let’s see November 30: PAHS picked a Sadie Hawkins style dance,” and made it a mandatory tradition; the Ohow high up we can get,” Dr. Financial Aid Night 7 p.m. Mr. William Rhoads said. “All proceeds dance did not pop up in the strip until Jeffrey Zwiebel, PASD superintendent, will be donated to charity.” later. said when the Pottsville Area High December 3: PAHS choir In the beginning of the school year, “Having a girl ask me wasn’t weird School teachers were ranked 100th on holiday concert 7:30 p.m. Student Council officers got together to be honest. I think girls ask guys to www.niche.com’s “Best High School and decided to host a Sadie Hawkins proms and other events more often Teachers in Pennsylvania” list. December 17: PAHS and dance for everyone in the school, rather than people realize,” senior Christian This ranking is an achievement for Lengel holiday band concert than just juniors and seniors being Witman said. the teachers and the school district. at PAHS 7:30 p.m. able to attend the dance. For a Sadie Sadie Hawkins became a pop No school in the district has ever been Hawkins dance, girls ask boys to be culture phenomenon on college cam- ranked on a list like Niche’s before. their dates, which is different from tradi- puses in 1939. “I was very proud and very happy for tional dances. According to Life magazine, over the staff at the high school. They are Please give us your “I don’t think being asked to a dance 200 colleges celebrated Sadie a hard-working staff and have done a input on this issue by a girl was [odd]. I think it should be Hawkins Day that year. tremendous job in the last four years just as much the girl’s responsibility as Sadie Hawkins dances have been with strengthening our curriculum and of Tide Lines. the guy’s to find a date. It was a nice around for about 75 years now, and providing a world-class education for change,” senior Brandon Daubert said. they do not seem to be going away our students,” Dr. Zwiebel said. The idea originated from a comic strip anytime soon and are still being held Niche.com has been providing in- that was written by cartoonist Al Capp. at colleges and high schools across formation on schools for more than 12 Facebook The cartoon, set in the hick town of the country. years. The website compiles informa- Dogpatch, follows Sadie Hawkins, an According to theatlantic.com, the tion for making school and life deci- www.facebook.com/ unattractive woman concerned with Sadie Hawkins days and dances sions easier. Carnegie Mellon Univer- pahstidelines her lack of prospective husbands, and are meant to give empowerment to sity students founded Niche. the event she and her father created to women. It gives them courage to go “I think what’s neat about this is the solve Sadie’s problem of not being able right up to and ask boys to be their parent and student perception of our to find any suitors. dates instead of waiting around for school. Just knowing when our kids As the comic strip details, her father boys to ask them to the prom or other went to college and were asked about invited all the unmarried men in the dances. this and looked favorably on their Twitter whole town together and declared a “I do think I am going to the dance, education is wonderful,” Ms. Tiffany new holiday held November 17, “Sadie but I am not sure with who. I think that Reedy, high school principal, said. @pahsTideLines Hawkins Day.” it should not matter who asks who,” From a ranking of almost every Graphics by Abbey Kostyal SEE St. Clair, page 2 SEE Niche, page 2 Production Editor-In-Chief November 6, 2015 2 tide lines 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. Communications and Mass Media class. Original stories will carry bylines, although stories by someone other than the and It is written for the Pottsville Area School original author will not receive a byline. District community and is distributed free Commentaries and opinion columns are the expressed opinion of the author of charge. 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