Precautionary Prom measures pay off
Maggie Cassidy, Print Chief
May 2, 2012
Filed under News, News around JC, Top Stories
For her first Prom as principal, Principal Madelyn Ball had one key task: keeping drugs and alcohol out of the class of 2012’s Prom. To accomplish this task, the administration decided to take new precautions for the class of 2012. According for Ball, seniors who wanted to attend Prom were required... Read more »
Teachers, students react to Twitter being blocked
Brianna Glase, Managing Editor
January 13, 2012
Filed under News
Due to the recent inappropriate tweets written by students, the administration decided to block the social networking site Twitter. The News article can be read here. With this change, members of the school community have had opposing viewpoints about the blocking and the inappropriate tweets surrounding... Read more »
Teacher Spotlight: Tony Del Puppo
Martha Schick, Managing Editor
December 15, 2011
Filed under Lifestyles, Teacher Spotlight
For a man who once made a black bear run away in terror, Tony Del Puppo spends a lot of his time in pursuit of academic glory. Del Puppo is busy studying for his degree in applied economics, although he already has a master’s degree in history. On top of being a full-time history teacher, he is... Read more »
Issue six strikes back
Evan Conley, Senior Staff
June 2, 2009
Filed under Lifestyles
If for no other reason, this issue of "The Patriot" stands out in history because of one thing: There's no article about how great the country fair was. Even in 1976, when the fair was already a six-year-running tradition, editors couldn't think of better news to report than "Volunteers and donations... Read more »
Senior girls, Del Puppo venture into wilderness
Faith Reilly, Senior Staff
June 2, 2009
Filed under Lifestyles
I woke up at 8 a.m. on a Saturday with butterflies in my stomach. I was terrified to go on my first ever camping trip where I would climb the 1,500 foot Massanutten Mountain in Virginia. What was I doing? Everyone else who was going on the trip had gone camping before, owned tents, knew how to pack... Read more »