End of the Year Celebrations: The End is Near!

This year has undoubtedly been chaotic, eventful, and strange, but despite all challenges, Pennridge is going to be able to give the Class of 2021 one graduation where all the students who have grown up together will get to spend their last day as high school students with one another. Each student will get to walk across that stage and collect their diploma with the support of their fellow students,...

This year has been particularly rough for the class of 2021. I am currently a senior and it is difficult to miss out on the fall football games, pep rallies, and other dances leading up to the spring events. We have not had a prom yet and were worried we might not be able to even have a graduation as a whole graduating class. With everything going on, Shelly Weinberger and Theresa Phillips have continued...

March 13, 2020, the bell rang stating the country was going to shut down for two weeks. The students cheered as they were getting a break from school; little did they know how much their world would change. The shutdown caused the class of 2020 to be known as the “Covid class”. All senior activities were held virtually including graduation. One year later this still is a national issue, something...

Raising over $248,000 in the last six years, Pennridge MiniTHON is a fundraising club that aims to help support those with childhood cancer. Modeled after Penn State’s THON, the club works diligently throughout the year at various fundraising events while making preparations to host the spring main event. THON and every MiniTHON supports Four Diamonds whose mission is to “conquer childhood cancer...

Over 294 schools and 90,000 students participate in Mini-THON to support children battling pediatric cancer. This fundraising club is modeled after Penn State’s THON, where students dance for 46 hours to raise money towards Four Diamonds to help families in need. During the 2019-2020 school year; elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, and colleges raised more than $5.7 million towards...