Author: Matthew Dyck

Senior Class Predictions

Reesha Bhagat: Reesha rides off into the sunset on horseback in search of a cure for cancer Evan Brown: Evan goes to culinary school, opens his own bakery, and outperforms Gordon Ramsey in every way, shape, and form Josh Cartwright:…

Bethany Choir Tour ’22

Over the first weekend of Spring Break, choir director Bradley Kauffman and his peppy entourage of 11 concert choir students traveled to Ohio and Pennsylvania for choir tour. Mennonite Schools Council (MSC) Choir Festival, the highly anticipated gathering for Mennonite…

Bethany Interterm ’22

The week before Spring Break, Bethany high school students participated in Interterm, the program which allows students to spend a week learning about a chosen topic from a range of options. Unlike typical school day classes though, these classes aren’t…

Worldle-Wide Sensation

Wordle, the word game of trying to correctly guess the word of the day, has become a national sensation overnight. The simple puzzle game was created by engineer and artist Josh Wardle for his partner. The game was born to…

News in the Winter Olympics

The Winter Olympics are underway! What’s more fun than staying up late watching Olympic athletes compete in obscure winter sports on the big TV with your family? Curling (so intriguing) and all the skiing/snowboarding events (I could do that) could…

Thomas Sankara: The brief history of an African revolutionary

Like many African nations, Upper Volta was under the tight grasp of French colonial rule for over 100 years until gaining independence in 1960. After many years of political unrest, 33-year-old Captain Thomas Sankara became President in a military coup…

New Year New You

Do you have a New Year’s resolution? Wanting to lose weight? Keep up on homework? Drink more water during the day? Get more sleep? Not get COVID? A noble quest but how practical is that? According to a study from…

Book Exchange

Have a favorite book you want to share with others? Have one that you’ve read too many times for your own good? Need reading material for Christmas break?  Stop by the Senior lounge outside the cafeteria anytime on Thursday or Friday…

Women of Lockerbie Preview

Bethany’s fall production of The Women of Lockerbie is showing on the weekend of November 19. The show is about a couple from New Jersey who learn how to navigate their grief at the loss of their son who died…

Fall Covid Update

Recently, the FDA approved the Pfizer-BioNTech “booster dose” / 3rd shot for individuals 65 and older as well as for high risk individuals 18+, including health care workers who operate on the frontline. The COVID vaccine is initially very effective,…