


In this special report, The Spoke takes a look at the evolution of a soldier, represented by those in the Conestoga community.
According to a recent Spoke survey, 91 percent of licensed seniors think that texting behind the wheel is unsafe.
It’s 4:50 p.m., and most of the Conestoga varsity basketball team has arrived.
Senior Annie Hibbs wanted to disappear when she noticed the 15 other teenage girls clutching their overflowing binders and nervously adjusting their hair.
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Posted on 12 January 2010
Head up to the second floor of T/E Middle School, take a right into room 232 and open wide. Continue Reading
Posted on 12 January 2010
Senior Sam Austin brought fluorescent orange into the wardrobes of nearly 120 Conestoga students. Continue Reading
Posted on 12 January 2010
Arms pumping, legs kicking and hearts hammering: it’s how girls swimming practices, and it’s how girls swimming wins. Continue Reading
Posted on 12 January 2010
They’ll do it through rain, snow, sleet or shine—and we’re not talking about the postal service. Continue Reading
Posted on 12 January 2010
By Seth Zweifler, Editor-in-Chief There is something fitting about me writing this column in the first month of a new year. January, after all, is named for the Roman god of beginnings and endings. Janus (translated to “archway,” for all you trivia buffs) looked forward and backward at the same time. So, today, do I. Looking forward [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 12 January 2010
Around the second week of November each year, the atmosphere around school begins to change. Continue Reading
Posted on 12 January 2010
The belief that we are the best and will remain so is unrealistic and harmful. Continue Reading
Posted on 12 January 2010
By Tyler Laubach, Senior Staff Reporter Fighting a war for peace might seem like an oxymoron. But the irony is lost on President Obama and his foreign policy advisers. On Dec. 1, Obama announced his plans to escalate the war in Afghanistan. His strategy calls for a “surge” of 30,000 troops, reminiscent of what occurred in Iraq [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 12 January 2010
News in brief from The Spoke's Jan. 12, 2010 edition. Continue Reading
Posted on 12 January 2010
I was standing in line for ice cream on the boardwalk in Ocean City, N.J. when a friend texted me with some shocking news: the Philadelphia Eagles had signed Michael Vick. Continue Reading
Posted on 12 January 2010
For now, the best things Sixers fans can do is commit the cardinal sin of fanhood and hope that the downward spiral continues. Continue Reading
Posted on 12 January 2010
Most of us don’t think about what happens to our outdated computers or cell phones once we throw them out. Continue Reading
Posted on 12 January 2010
“This classroom [or office] is a safe learning environment for all students regardless of ability, gender, ethnicity, race, religion, sexual orientation.” Continue Reading
Posted on 12 January 2010
The 76ers won’t be bringing any championship trophies home this year, but the Villanova men’s basketball team might. Continue Reading
Posted on 12 January 2010
The halls of Conestoga are filled with fallen athletes sporting broken arms in casts and strained tendons in boots. Continue Reading
Posted on 12 January 2010
By now, I assume that most Conestoga students have heard about how a friendly rivalry between Upper Darby and Lower Merion erupted into a grim scene. Continue Reading
Posted on 24 November 2009
Election day on Nov. 3 marked the largest change in personnel on the T/E Board of School Directors in a decade. Continue Reading
Posted on 24 November 2009
From the time I could first play catch with my father in the backyard, I’ve been a baseball fanatic. Continue Reading
Posted on 24 November 2009
Voters may not feel that local elections are as glamorous or imperative as national ones, but they miss the immediacy such contests have on our lives. Continue Reading
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