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By: Drew Travis In what ways have you helped your community in the past school year? Former Guidance Counselor Amy Buchman started Federal Hocking High School Community Service Day in 2016.  This is a day to give back to our communities and show people just how grateful the students at FH really are. Internship Coordinator Renee Ripple took over the organizing of the event after Buchman became the middle school counselor in 2022. “Part of our graduation requirement is earning citizenship points and I think students need a structure for this.  It is also a valuable lesson in teamwork, serving,…

By: Raelynn Ward Have you ever wondered what bus drivers' lives are like outside of picking and dropping students off? Here is a little bit of behind-the-scenes for Amber Tabler, who drives a bus for Federal Hocking Local Schools. Tabler grew up in Marietta, Ohio. It was a bigger city than what she is used to now and there was a lot more to do than where she lives now.  Tabler has been a bus driver for nine years and she wanted to become a bus driver because the job position became available and it allows her to spend more…

A bunch of people love the summer, right?  Shawn Farthing is a 9th grader and has a pretty open summer. “I don’t have any plans yet. Go to the gym, the rec center, and not be a couch potato.”   English teacher Katelynn Jarrell is excited. “I am going to a music festival in July, then a couple vacations with friends.  Going to be outside hiking.” Sophomore Brayden Holland is going on vacation in four weeks to Florida, spending time with family, playing games, hanging out with friends, and going to the pool, and also venturing to the rec center.”…

Have you ever been a senior ready to graduate? Have you ever been so eager to get out of school? Well many seniors at Federal Hocking High School are. The seniors are eager to get out of high school and go to college or find the career they want to begin. Many are in internships related to their future career such as early education, veterinarian offices, construction, or anywhere they are interested in working at to get a feel of how that job works.  About half of Fed Hock seniors are located at FHHS and the other half are at…

Nicknamed Winner Woods, the Lois Busch Winner Nature Preserve was established by the Athens Conservancy this spring. I would even call it a little piece of heaven right next door. With 106 sprawling acres of tall Oak trees and tiny Pawpaw trees, the land was donated from the Winner family as a way to honor the benefactor’s late mother, Lois Busch Winner. The land has been in the family for over 100 years, but the family wanted the people to experience the land’s beauty just as they had, first hand. Athens Conservancy Board member Aimee Delach really loved that the…