News, Special Reports, Web Featured
Defining defense
In this special report, The Spoke takes a look at the evolution of a soldier, represented by those in the Conestoga community.
News, Web Featured
Braking the habit: students text behind the wheel
According to a recent Spoke survey, 91 percent of licensed seniors think that texting behind the wheel is unsafe.
Boys basketball, Sports, Web Featured
Basketball looking for slam dunk season
It’s 4:50 p.m., and most of the Conestoga varsity basketball team has arrived.
Features, Student Life, Web Featured
A daring ambition
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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Students open wide at Children’s Dental Clinic in TEMS
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
News
Students organize on popular social networking sites
Posted on 12 January 2010
Senior Sam Austin brought fluorescent orange into the wardrobes of nearly 120 Conestoga students. Continue Reading
Girls swimming, Sports
‘Stoga swims for ten
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
Sports, Track
Winter track braves the cold
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
Op/Ed
From the editor: Looking forward and backward
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
Op/Ed, Students Speak Out
Is work over break beneficial?
Posted on 12 January 2010
Around the second week of November each year, the atmosphere around school begins to change. Continue Reading
Op/Ed
Extreme nationalism diverts attention from issues
Posted on 12 January 2010
The belief that we are the best and will remain so is unrealistic and harmful. Continue Reading
Op/Ed
Obama’s war tactics highlight his year of failures
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
News
Conestoga newsline
Posted on 12 January 2010
News in brief from The Spoke's Jan. 12, 2010 edition. Continue Reading
Column, Sports
2009 was Philly’s year of second chances
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
Column, Sports
Out of left field: Sixers need a boost
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
Op/Ed
Littering e-waste in poor countries causes death and decay
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
Op/Ed
Straight Talk: Acceptance is the only way
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
Sports
‘Nova Nation eyes 1985 Magic
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
Column, Sports
Hidden afflictions can hinder athletic performance
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
Op/Ed
Fighting hate with education
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
News
School board welcomes three new members
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
Op/Ed
From the editor: Honoring America’s pastime
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
Op/Ed, Students Speak Out
Local elections: Our platform for change
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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