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New Teacher, Baylee Teagarden

Payton Sheldon, The Reporter October 9, 2015

New teacher Baylee Teagarden said she has adopted Paola Health and P.E. students as her own. Teagarden said she graduated from K-State with a bachelors degree in Financial Planning, and then decided to...

New Teacher, Kathy Wulfkuhle

Jordyn Younger, The Reporter September 28, 2015

Kathy Wulfkuhle, Family and Consumer Science teacher is beginning her education career. Wulfkuhle said she earned a bachelor’s degree at Emporia and taught for a short period of time before changing...

Cybil’s journey to Peru

Tabitha Foster, The Reporter October 21, 2014

“Peruvian culture is a mix of the Spanish who conquered [Peru] and the Incas who the [Peruvians] are descendants of,” junior Cybil Drummond said of her new home in Peru. Drummond is staying in Peru...

Q&A: Anna Karsten

Tabitha Foster, The Reporter October 21, 2014

Q: Where are you from? A: I’m from a small village near Cologne called Uossenack. Q: Why did you decide to come to the U.S? A: It’s very large and famous in Germany and a lot of things, such...

The big unVAILing

Brooke Prothe, Editor-in-Chief September 24, 2014

Megan Vail said teaching was the only career she really considered. Vail said she didn’t know what career she wanted to pursue until she was a freshman in high school, when she decided to pursue teaching....

New tech teacher switches gears

Katelin Anderson, Reporter September 24, 2014

Tech teacher Amanda Waters said she left her corporate desk job to follow her dream of being a teacher. Waters said she first got her degree in marketing, and then went back to University of Central Missouri...

New choir teacher seeks to improve students

Jake Hastert, Reporter September 24, 2014

Allison Enneking, new choir teacher, is adjusting to the high school. Although this is her first teaching job, she said she feels that while the choir is not yet prepared for the concerts this year, they...

Sports long term effects on the body

Sport’s long term effects on the body

Megan Stover, Reporter February 10, 2014

On Sept. 27, Senior Christian Peuser suffered an injury that ended the remainder of his high-school football career. "It was the worst pain I've ever felt in my life," Peuser said. “My leg got really...

Donate to Cops for Tots and Angel Tree

Natalie Eppler, Staff member November 20, 2013

For over 500 children living in Miami County Santa Claus doesn’t just come down the chimney or ride a sleigh. For these kids, Santa arrives riding on a fire truck or in a police patrol vehicle. “We...

Extra step takes time

Audrey Brodie, Reporter November 15, 2013

Math teachers Natalie Steutermann and Darrah Batcheler agree the changes to My Big Campus make it more difficult to work with. My Big Campus is based off of Facebook. Its appearance is similar; you have...

Prepping for ACT

Mariona Olasz, Reporter November 15, 2013

Sarah Phipps, senior, said students who take the ACT should make sure they prepare for it and study. “You should actually study,” Phipps said. “Don’t just assume you’re going to do fine. Make...

Angermayer hired as library aide

Brittany Feugate, Reporter October 29, 2013

Tracey Angermayer is a new library aide at PHS. When Angermayer started working in the district, she was a library aide at Hillsdale Elementary in 2006. The same year, she started as a seventh grade...

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