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06/15/2025

Representing important events throughout the school year, The Spoke’s Year in Photos highlights key moments throughout the 2024-25 school year.

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04/23/2025

On Tuesday, the boys’ tennis team defeated Radnor 6-1, continuing the team’s winning streak. The team is currently ranked first in the Central League.

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On Tuesday, the girls’ lacrosse team dominated Lower Merion, winning 16-3.

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04/06/2025

Flowers and balloons decked the gyms as students and staff members flooded in, wearing pink T-shirts to show their support for pediatric cancer patients and their families.

On April 4, Student Council and Key Club hosted their fourth annual Mini-THON fundraiser. The four-hour event consisted of various activities like line dancing, sports and arts and crafts, as well as dinner. Mini-THON is based on Penn State’s event, THON, which fundraises for Four Diamonds, an organization that aids childhood cancer patients through supporting their care and investing in research. Prior to the event, the Mini-THON planning committee held fundraisers throughout the year to contribute to its year-long goal of raising $25,000.

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04/03/2025

After five days of competing in individual and team swim and dive events, both the girls and boys’ swim teams became Central League champions for the 10th year in a row.

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04/01/2025

Last month, longtime fans of hip-hop tuned in to see rapper Kendrick Lamar perform at the Super Bowl LIX halftime show. Much of this performance consisted of his most recent project “GNX,” a compact 44-minute record that proves his mastery of both mainstream appeal and artistic integrity. Released on Nov. 22, 2024 and spanning 12 tracks, the album returns Lamar to his West Coast roots, blending punchy beats and G-funk with multi-layered, introspective lyricism.

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03/29/2025

Flying has never been safer, yet it’s never seemed more dangerous. This year, January and February saw significantly fewer aviation accidents compared to historical averages. January recorded 10 fatal incidents, and February had six, both well below the typical averages of 15-17 per month across all aviation types in the past 15 years, according to data from the National Transportation Safety Board. The odds of dying in a plane crash sit at roughly one in 11 million, according to the International Air Transport Association, making commercial aviation one of the safest forms of transportation. Despite these facts, today’s media seems determined to convince the public otherwise.

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03/28/2025

This year, ‘Stoga Theatre presented “Chica-go: Teen Edition,” a jazzy Broadway musical about two women in jail for murder and their lawyer’s attempts to turn their trials into glamorous shows. Seniors Emma Arruda and Caroline Morrissey played the roles of Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly, respectively, and senior Orlando Campos Cruz as their lawyer, Billy Flynn.

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03/27/2025

In 2022, biology teacher Derek Bosworth began researching yeast after meeting Dr. Robert Ballard, a professor at Clemson University who found a new species of yeast. Bosworth had the question of where somebody might go for yeast. He decided to answer this question in his biology master’s final project at Clemson University. Since then, he has continued his research and brought it to Conestoga. Senior Mahlon Bierly got the opportunity to work with Bosworth through his Science Olympiad class, which Bosworth teaches.

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📸✏️ Sadie Chronister

03/24/2025

In January, the Chester County Court Administration installed artificial intelligence-powered interactive information kiosks in several locations throughout the county. The touchscreen and voice-activated kiosks assist users with accessing court forms, locating court offices and paying fines or bail with a credit card. The kiosks can also access the county’s Human Needs Network, other court departments and community partner organizations.

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📸✏️ Nolan Talley

03/21/2025

The Spoke’s fifth issue of the year is out today!

Pick up your copy around school this week.

03/04/2025

When I thought of archery, I used to imagine my distant ancestors perched behind shrubs, hunting for food to make it through the day. They must have been strong and poised to secure their target, knowing very well that the fine line between success and failure often meant the difference between life and death.

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02/27/2025

In my Spanish class, I watched “30 Days” and “Which Way Home,” two films part of the AP Spanish Language curriculum that followed the grueling journeys of Mexicans who risked crossing the Mexico-U.S. border to make a living for their families. But with the difficulties of obtaining U.S. citizenship and the Trump administration’s plans of mass deportation, this dream becomes nearly unattainable.

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