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The Student News Site of Freedom Area Middle School

Bulldog Barker

The Student News Site of Freedom Area Middle School

Bulldog Barker

Lucia Haney [Editor in Chief] working hard to ensure Ink and Imagination is a success.
New magazine displays students’ artwork
Lucy Tyler, Writer • May 27, 2025

Ink and Imagination is a literary magazine where you can find fun and creative artwork. It has stories that take you on adventures, poems that make you feel all the feels,...

Brooklyn Bundy presents her Science Conference project.
High School and 6th Grade Honors Class Does Science Conference
Jameson McGowan, Writer • May 27, 2025

The science conference was in the high school on May 4. All of Ms. Ging’s honors math class had a presentation. Everyone who is taking physics, whether it’s physics 1,...

Lincoln Murphy prepares his bot for battle on Thursday, April 10.
Robo Sumo
Lucas Schomburg, Writer • May 22, 2025

On Thursday, April 10, the Beaver County Robo Sumo Competition was held at Freedom Area Middle School in the gymnasium. Robo Sumo is a competition in which teams build a robot...

An example of the Firefly 8th-grade mathematics practice test found at https://web-td.drcedirect.com/PA/#retrieve-form/0
Online PSSA testing
Pearl Klaiber, News Editor • May 7, 2025

This year, the school transitioned from paper PSSA testing to online testing, which has brought many new challenges and benefits.  With PSSAs being online, students can...

2023-2024 Staff
Students stand in line to pay for their lunch.
Lunch Extras
Lydia Bair, Writer • May 27, 2025

On March 3, the Freedom Area School District’s lunch extras price increased.  This is happening locally and all around the country due to inflation. Due to inflation, our...

GATE Students Dye Ukrainian Easter Eggs
GATE Students Dye Ukrainian Easter Eggs
Lucia Haney, Writer • May 22, 2025

s Easter passed, Sara Miller’s GATE class worked on Pysanky eggs. [Pa-sank-y] Pysanky eggs are Ukrainian Easter eggs. Students drew their design onto the egg. Then, they...

Freedom Area School paper recycling bin.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Saige Lester, Writer • May 22, 2025

Our school recycles paper and soft plastic. Miss Sara Heiman, middle school librarian, started the idea in 2016.  “I like making the world a better place, it is our...

The 24-25 Middle School volleyball season has come to an end
Brooke Sarvey, Features Editor • May 7, 2025

The Middle School volleyball season has officially ended. This season, the team had seen a couple of new changes. One of the changes was having a new coach. The head coach,...

Kicking off the cheerleading season
Alexa Straile, Writer • May 7, 2025

On March 24, 26, and 28, cheer tryouts took place. Everyone who tried out in Junior High made the team, so there will be a total of 22 cheerleaders on the team. The first...

ASPA Award 2022
ASPA Award 2021
ASPA Award 2020
Lack of student hygiene causes problems in the hallway
Lack of student hygiene causes problems in the hallway
Sophia Bruce, Sports Editor • February 27, 2025

This year, the fifth and sixth-grade wing has been having issues with the stench in the hallways and classrooms. This has been driving kids'...

Mr. Mohrbacher subs for Mr. Knox’s second period class on Thursday, Feb. 20.
Limited substitute teachers affect teachers and students this school year
Alexa Straile, Writer • February 26, 2025

Here at Freedom Area School District, we have an issue when it comes to substitute teachers. We have very few of them and it has affected our...

More than meets the eye with social media
Kaylee Anderson, Writer • December 3, 2024

 Social media has grown over the past few years and some teens still don’t understand the true risks of it. Social media has so many pros...