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It’s Official: PHS Earns NJFEA Banner!

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Education Pathway Students Attend NJFEA Conference

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PHS Partners with Red Cross to Make Blood Drive a Success

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Mr. Wyka Retires after Three-Decade Career: Crimson Teacher Leaves to Find his Clovers

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PHS Catches the Christmas Spirit

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Pep Rally Held at the Stadium

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Living Through History

12 June 2020

By Shannya Morales As of right now we are living through the history of an unprecedented global pandemic. . Something that was on the other side of the world in Wuhan China has been spread throughout the whole globe. This virus has affected every country in the entire world and has damaged the world economy […]

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Coronavirus Pandemic Recap

12 June 2020

By Coby Sylvester In November there were many reports of the first case of a deadly virus that began in Wuhan, China, toward the end of 2019. This virus was no other than COVID-19 which is a type of common virus that infects humans, typically leading to an upper respiratory infection. The first case of […]

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The Garden State’s New Resident

12 June 2020

An aerial view of Ocean City beaches last month. (njspotlight.com/Andrew S. Lewis) Coronavirus Impact Hits Shore Town Economies Hard By Angie Gonzalez COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus, had its first impact on New Jersey on March 4 in Fort Lee. Since then, it has quickly spread; it started off with just one person getting […]

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Do Your Part in the Park

12 June 2020

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Now Let’s Fight for the Economy

12 June 2020

By Daisy Sanchez Since the COVID-19 Coronavirus has reached the United States, it has totally affected all aspects of life here. Schools, supermarkets, laundromats and all other parts of the economy are hurting, and many businesses are being lost and many will not come back. Looking around town locally, this is the case. Passaic’s economy […]

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Schoolwork is Helping Students Cope with Lockdown

12 June 2020

By Evelin Cabrera With the Coronavirus going around and everyone being locked down to stop the spread, we do not know how long all this craziness will continue. It is scary how fast it spread in a matter of just days, and thinking about the future only gets scarier. Remember when we were in class […]

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Prof. Z’s Guide to Keeping Busy During the Quarantine

12 June 2020

By H. Zeiler Even though the school year is starting to come to a close, do not be too sad. There are so many more great things to read in your off time. Poe’s short story, first published in 1842, has many parallels to the events of 2020. (Amazon.com) What better thing to read during […]

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The Government Took Our Prom

12 June 2020

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Timeline: Governor Murphy Issues Over 50 Executive Orders

12 June 2020

Since the beginning of the pandemic, Governor Murphy has issued over 50 Executive Orders. Only two of them were not related to the coronavirus pandemic (indicated with *). (For a full list of Gov. Murphy’s executive orders go to https://nj.gov/infobank/eo/056murphy/approved/eo_archive.html) 102Governor Murphy Signs Executive Order Establishing Coronavirus Task Force 2/3/20103Governor Murphy declares a State of […]

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Government’s Role Was Outstanding

12 June 2020

By Julie Figueroa COVD-19 is something that has affected each and every one of us, in a slight manner or in a total life-changing way. For some people this has affected their economic stability, their physical way of viewing themselves, and for some people their mental and/or physical health. There are a lot of precautions […]

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