The Hi-Rocket – The Student News Site of Slippery Rock Area High School

Dynasty for “A” Day
May 23, 2019
Kenneth Foran, Staff Writer
It’s almost the end of the year, and you know what that means. Activity Day is upon us and everyone is rearing to be declared champions of SRHS. Last year, things seemed...
“Safe2Say Something”: Safer or Slower?
April 5, 2019
Kenneth Foran, Staff Writer
On Monday, January 14th, the "Safe2Say Something" program (or S2SS) was launched among Pennsylvania public schools. Safe 2 Say Something is a student safety program that runs...
SRHS Gets “Whitmer Fever”
December 14, 2018
Jordan Longdon, Staff Writer
The Rock'n-ettes and the teachers competed in the second annual Dancing with the Staff on November 20th in the high school auditorium during an in-school assembly. This year’s...
Slippery Rock’s Got Talent
December 13, 2018
Heston Suorsa, Staff Writer
Slippery Rock High School held its annual talent show in the auditorium on November 16th, 2018. The talent show had acts that ranged from music, dance, comedy, and magic....
Students Sign Second Ranch Petition
December 11, 2018
Emily Tasker, Editor-in-Chief
On October 5, senior Todd Heasley decided that enough was enough, and drafted the second ranch petition within two years for the school cafeteria. Last year the cafeteria...

December 13, 2018 • No Comments

Slippery Rock High School held its annual talent show in the auditorium on November 16th, 2018. The talent show had acts that ranged from music, dance, comedy, and magic. The show lured quite a crowd...

Painting the Plow

Kenneth Foran, Staff Writer

December 11, 2018 • No Comments

Every fall, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) holds a competition where they give out snow plows for people to decorate. This year, one of Slippery Rock’s own has a shot at...

Marching Around the Big Apple

Jordan Longdon, Staff Writer

May 1, 2018 • No Comments

On April 21, 22, and 23 the Slippery Rock High School Marching Band took a trip to New York City. While in New York City the band performed in Battery Park. The performance included their full halftime...

SAGE Sponsors Penny Wars Fundraiser

Mackenzie McMillin, Staff Writer

April 30, 2018 • No Comments

The SAGE Club advised by Mrs. Richeson held its annual Penny Wars fundraiser to raise money for TASOW from April 23-27. This year, Mr. Campagna's first period class won the competition. Altogether,...

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Video

New First Aid Bags Appear in Hallways

Have you ever been roaming around the halls and seen the new black drawstring bags hanging from the walls? These are the new first aid bags that have been...

Rocket Media Class Accepting New Members

Rocket Media Publications is accepting applications for the 2018-2019 school year. Those interested in being part of the class need to apply online by filling out a survey, and attaching a writing and photography sample. This class creates and publis...

Dancing with the Staff Competition

The Rock'n-ettes and the teachers participated in the first annual Dancing with the Staff competition on November 21st during an in-school assembly. Seven...

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Opinion

“Safe2Say Something”: Safer or Slower?

Kenneth Foran, Staff Writer

April 5, 2019

On Monday, January 14th, the "Safe2Say Something" program (or S2SS) was launched among Pennsylvania public schools. Safe 2 Say Something is a student safety program that runs...

Common Core is a Common Bore

December 13, 2018

Standardized Stressing

December 19, 2017

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Features

Dynasty for “A” Day

Kenneth Foran, Staff Writer

May 23, 2019 • No Comments

It’s almost the end of the year, and you know what that means. Activity Day is upon us and everyone is rearing to be declared champions of SRHS. Last year, things seemed to be geared towards the seniors...

New Time Board, New Beginnings

Heston Suorsa, Writer

February 1, 2019 • No Comments

It was about time to replace the old, scrappy, one-lane time board in the Slippery Rock Morrow Field House pool for our SRHS swimmers. The possibility of a new time board was made a reality in August of...

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Entertainment

Drama 2 and Art of Film Get A “CLUE”

Kenneth Foran, Staff Writer

May 23, 2019

For the first time, Drama 2 is putting together a play that will be filmed by Mrs. Huth’s Art of Film class and potentially performed live on stage. The play in question is “Clue”. The play is based...

SR Goes to the Movies

Kenneth Foran, Staff Writer

December 13, 2018

Hollywood finally decided to release some good movies after recent flops such as ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ and ‘Skyscraper’. With new releases such as ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’,...

Movie Review: Black Panther

March 8, 2018

On February 16th of 2018, Marvel Studios released their new movie Black Panther. This action-packed movie is also filled with suspense. The character known as Black Panther first made his appearance in...

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