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The Penndulum

The Student News Site of Pennridge High School

  • February 4Check out the final article from our semester 1 journalists! New articles coming soon from semester 2 students!

The Penndulum

The Penndulum

2025-2026 Staff

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Alexander Williams

Alexander Williams, Grade 12. Interests/hobbies include spending time with friends, Key Club, disc golf, taking care of my cat, and watching sports with my family. Zander plans to attend Thomas Jefferson University or Gwynedd ...

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Riley Wayland

Riley Wayland, Grade 12.  Riley enjoys playing in various music ensembles like marching band, jazz ensemble, and indoor percussion.  Riley plans to attend Penn State University or Millersville University to study meteorology...

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Jessica Warrick

Jessica Warrick, Grade 12. Interests/hobbies include working, volunteering at the NHS, watching movies, spending time with friends and family, traveling, building with Legos, and going to the beach. Jessica is applying to many...

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Madelynn Warner

Madelynn Warner, Grade 11. Interests/hobbies include traveling, snowmobiling, shopping, hanging with friends, writing, and going on walks. Madelynn plans to study psychology at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Laura Walters

Laura Walters, Grade 11. She has many interests/hobbies, including singing, guitar, writing, piano, being with loved ones, and traveling. Laura plans to go to college for a degree in music, specifically in worship leading, at...

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Sally Walsh

Sally Walsh, Grade 12. Interests/hobbies include Student Council, NHS, Track & Field, German Club, executive council, traveling, going out with friends, and trying new foods. Sally plans to attend the University of Hawaii...

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Keira Stricker

Keira Stricker, Grade 12. Interests/hobbies include field hockey, going to the beach, hanging out with friends, shopping, NHS, Spanish Honors Society, Key Club, and traveling. Keira plans to attend a college that is down south...

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Dominic Sordini

Dominic Sordini, Grade 11. Interests/hobbies include movies, comics, soccer, and spending time with family. He plans to attend Kutztown University for graphic design, with a minor in communications.

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Cayla Smakula

Cayla Smakula, Grade 11. Interests and hobbies include animals and wildlife, watching movies, particularly those in the crime and thriller genres, hanging out with friends, going on walks, baking, listening to music, and enjoying...

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Kylie Sabol

Kylie Sabol, Grade 12. Interests/hobbies include NHS, Key Club, seeing my friends, traveling, and going to the beach. Kylie plans to attend college in the South to become a nurse.

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Loagen Ruckdeschel

Loagen Ruckdeschel, Grade 12. Interests/hobbies include Sports, Video Games, listening to music, and going to the Gym. Loagen plans to attend Bloomsburg University to study forensic science and hopes to pursue a master's degree...

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Arianna Porter

Arianna Porter, Grade 12. Interests and hobbies include shopping, working out, running, NHS, Unified Club, FBLA, hanging out with friends and family, going out to eat, and going to the beach. Arianna plans to attend the University of Texas...

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Sam Pleibel

Sam Pleibel, Grade 12. Interests/hobbies include spending time with friends and family. Sam is a part of NHS, Key Club, and runs track for Pennridge. He also loves going to the beach. Sam plans to go to West Chester University...

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Ayden Pino

Ayden Pino is a high school senior with a passion for technology, sports, and the outdoors. He enjoys configuring PCs, golfing, and spending time with friends. Ayden plans to study agricultural science at Delaware Valley University...

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Kaya Ostasz

Kaya Ostasz, Grade 12. Interests/hobbies include NHS, Key Club, hanging out with friends and family, traveling, and going on hikes. Kaya plans on staying close for college, like Penn State, to study biology. She plans on becoming...

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Olivia Smith

Olivia Smith, Grade 11. Interests/hobbies include writing, drawing, hanging out with friends, and family. Olivia hopes to attend West Chester University to study journalism or psychology after high school.

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Rylee Nichols

Rylee Nichols, Grade 12. Interests/hobbies include competitive dancing, running, Unified, teaching ballet classes, volunteering at Church, going out with friends, and spending the weekends at Cape May. Rylee plans to attend an out-of-state college do...

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Dylan Nadolny

Dylan Nadolny, Grade 12. Interests/hobbies involve basketball, football, and other sports, spending time with friends and family, and going to the beach. Dylan plans to attend an in-state college to pursue a career in Engineering...

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Dylan Nace

Dylan Nace, Grade 12. Interests/hobbies include watching Philadelphia sports teams and spending time with family. Dylan plans to enter a direct admit BSN program (the University of Pittsburgh is his top choice), then move to a...

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Maddie Mothersbaugh

Maddie Mothersbaugh, Grade 12. Interests/Hobbies include traveling, soccer, NHS, Key Club, cooking, playing with her dog, and hanging out with friends and family. Maddie plans on attending a 4-year college to study communications,...

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Zachary Moskovitz

Zachary Moskovitz. Grade 12. Zachary enjoys playing video games, going outside, spending time with family, and listening to music. Zach plans to attend Shippensburg University or Penn State University to study supply chain management.

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Addy Mills

Addy Mills, Grade 12. Some of her interests include making money, shopping, and hanging out with her friends. Addy plans on continuing her academic and athletic career playing Division 1 soccer at Duquesne University. She plans...

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Addie Metzler

Addie Metzler, Grade 12. Her interests are traveling, shopping, snowboarding, hanging out with friends, and going to the shore. Addie plans to attend West Virginia University or West Chester University to study marketing or pre-law.

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Haley McDonald

Haley McDonald, Grade 12. Interests/hobbies include sculpting, reading, drawing, NHS, NAHS, Key Club, spending time with family, and hiking. Haley plans to attend a liberal arts college in PA to major in art history and minor...

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Parker Marsee

Parker Marsee, Grade 12. Interests include youth group, attending church, fishing, playing video games, and hanging out with friends. Parker plans to either attend college undeclared for a major or work at PECO after graduatio...

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Megan Manville

Megan Manville, Grade 12. Interests/hobbies include hanging out with friends, traveling, going to the beach, shopping, snowboarding, and wakeboarding. Megan plans to go to college after graduating and major in business. She hopes...

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Caroline Magovern

Caroline Magovern, Grade 12. Caroline is a member of the field hockey team, ski club, National Honor Society, National Language Honor Society, and Key Club at Pennridge. Her interests/hobbies include hanging out with friends,...

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Ava Maciocha

Ava Maciocha, Grade 12. Interests include yoga, shopping, making money, hanging out with my friends, and going to the beach. She plans to attend Moravian or Penn State University and major in education. She hopes to get her bachelor's...

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Ethan Luginbuhl

Ethan Luginbuhl, Grade 12. Interests/hobbies include robotics, water polo, swimming, hanging out with friends, video games, and taking naps. Ethan plans to study mechanical engineering in college and possibly pursue a master's...

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Madi Little

Madi Little, Grade 12. Interests and hobbies include traveling, music, art, and hanging out with friends and family. Madi plans to attend college to major in psychology, and she hopes to focus on developmental psychology to work...

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Katie Leatherman

Katie Leatherman, Grade 12. Interests and hobbies include playing field hockey, NHS, Key Club, and hanging out with friends. Katie plans to go to Lackawanna College to study sonography or West Chester to study early childhood...

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Jack Laincz

Jack Laincz, Grade 12. Interests/hobbies include snowboarding, golfing, lifting, traveling, and spending time with family and friends. Jack plans on attending Penn State University for mechanical engineering.

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Julia Kuhns

Julia Kuhns, Grade 12. Interests/hobbies include playing ice hockey, traveling, watching sporting events, and spending time with friends and family. Julia will be attending Slippery Rock University to study sports management and...

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Meghan Kacerik

Meghan Kacerik, Grade 12. Interests/hobbies include listening to music, going to concerts, baking, NHS, hanging out with friends, going on road trips, and shopping/thrifting. Meghan plans to attend Drexel University or West Chester...

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Nora Heying

Nora Heying, Grade 12. Interests/ hobbies include paddleboarding, traveling, playing pickleball, and spending time with friends and family. Nora plans to attend college after high school, possibly at West Chester University or...

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Reese Hendrie

Reese Hendrie, Grade 12. Interests/hobbies include woodworking, listening to various types of music, playing the guitar, taking walks, and spending time with friends. Reese isn't completely sure what she wants to do after high...

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Surabhi Gupta

Surabhi Gupta, Grade 12. Interests/hobbies include Tennis, Debate Club, Student Council, playing pickleball with friends, going to parks/lakes, and learning more about different cultures. Surabhi plans to study Industrial/Computational...

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Gigi Guido

Gigi Guido, Grade 12. Interests/hobbies include playing softball and field hockey, NHS, hanging out with friends and family, going to the beach, and going to new places. Gigi plans to attend a 4-year university to study criminal...

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Sloane Gochin

Sloane Gochin, Grade 12. Interests/hobbies include volleyball, NHS, hanging out with friends, shopping, and traveling. Sloane plans to study psychology in the future.

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Ella Glowacki

Ella Glowacki, Grade 12. Interests/hobbies include softball, NHS, Unified Club, Key Club, executive council, traveling, and skiing. Ella hopes to attend Salve Regina University to study Political Science with a focus on International...

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Dylan Gladwell

Dylan Gladwell, Grade 12. He likes to write songs, perform, make art, hang with his band, and be goofy. He doesn’t know exactly what he’ll be doing in the future, but he hopes to be constantly creating things and be a source...

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Keigan Fabey

Keigan Fabey, Grade 12. Interests/hobbies include music, film, traveling, and going out with friends. She also works a lot in her free time. Keigan is a part of the Newspaper Club and NHS. She likes to be an active member of the...

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Luke Estep

Luke Estep, Grade 12. Luke loves to fill his free time with music, outdoors, exercise, reading, learning new things, watching TV, and snowboarding. The most important thing to Luke is learning how to live for Christ and love others....

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Madison Decker

Madison Decker, Grade 12. Madison likes to paint, listen to music, and spend time with her friends. Madison plans to attend St. Joseph's University to study Psychology and hopes to study abroad to broaden her perspective. She...

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Sofia Cassidy

Sofia Cassidy, Grade 12. Interests/hobbies include Key Club, Executive Council, hanging out with friends and family, going to the beach, listening to music, and being in nature. Sofia plans to attend college after high school...

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Lexi Capo

Lexi Capo, Grade 12. Interests/hobbies include field hockey, hanging out with friends and family, traveling, hiking, and going to the beach. She is a captain of the field hockey team and is involved in NHS, Key Club, and link...

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Emma Block

Emma Block, Grade 12. Interests/hobbies include painting, reading, baking, and spending time with friends and family. Emma plans to attend West Chester University to study early education and special education.

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Ananya Bhatt

Ananya Bhatt, Grade 12. Interests/hobbies include Key Club, tennis, NHS, Executive Council, traveling, spending time with friends and family, crocheting, and baking. Ananya plans to attend college to study biology or biotechnology,...

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Chloe Benner

Chloe Benner, Grade 12. Interests and hobbies include physics, reading, crocheting, tennis, traveling, and the debate team. Chloe plans to attend Boston University or Tufts University to study astrophysics and pursue a caree...

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Abigail Arnold-Treanor

Abigail Arnold-Treanor, Grade 12. Interests/hobbies include swimming, water polo, robotics, traveling, and reading. Abigail hopes to study bioengineering in college and, hopefully, attend medical school to become a doctor.