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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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Coming Out of COVID-19

12 June 2020

New Jersey’s Governor Phil Murphy has issued many executive orders related to the coronavirus pandemic in an attempt to flatten the curve and keep New Jersey residents safe. (Google.com) By Alexander Manzanares During this pandemic of COVID-19, a lot of problems occurred to places in New Jersey such as the closing most of the stores, […]

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How The Coronavirus was Mishandled by the U.S.A.

12 June 2020

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Keeping Productive During Quarantine

12 June 2020

By Anonymous Reorganizing your room is one good way to stay productive during the quarantine. (pinterest.com) The coronavirus has caused the schools to close down, as I am sure you are aware. My life has been very different ever since quarantine has started. On the weekdays I wake up and do online school. After I […]

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New Jersey’s Response to the Coronavirus

12 June 2020

By Melissa Castillo When there were first suspicions of the coronavirus in late 2019, the United States, specifically New Jersey, didn’t really take it seriously. It was presented rarely on the news channels and when it was spoken of it was the Wuhan China virus. It was not something that would affect us here in […]

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Coronavirus Takes New Jersey by Storm

12 June 2020

By Angel Perez Coronavirus took us by storm, no one wanted to believe it was a true problem until it was too late. Everyone thought it was being blown out of proportion, but when New Jersey started lockdown, everyone panicked. New Jersey has gone through huge changes the past few months, many are sick, and […]

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It Came from Wuhan, But How Did We Deal With It?

12 June 2020

Social distancing is enforced as seen in a line outside ShopRite. Photo by Leandro Matos. By Kiara Rivera A new virus that is now popularly known as COVID-19 has spread through multiple countries. It has spread over every continent (except Antartica) and has changed the way that communities and people go about their lives. This […]

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What PHS Students are Saying about COVID-19 and the Lockdown

20 May 2020

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I Want To Go Outside!

20 May 2020

By Mariana Nunez I hadn’t realized it before, but I hate it indoors. I want to GO OUTSIDE SO BAD. While I have never been one for the outdoors, now that it is impossible to go out, I want to get into the sunlight and enjoy the outside. Although it is so hard to cope […]

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The Difficulty of Daily Life During Quarantine

20 May 2020

By Alexander Manzanares As COVID-19 continues outside, everyone is still forced to stay home and not come out of their house in order to stop the spread of the virus. It seems like everyone is doing the best they can because they do not want to get the disease and also to make the quarantine […]

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Where did the Coronavirus Come From?

20 May 2020

By Juan Tellez The first thing to note is that the coronavirus is actually from a family of viruses that have been with us for a long time. There is not just one virus that has just started now. In fact the first identified human coronavirus was back in 1965, and it caused the common […]

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