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The Orchard Park Voice

The student news site of Orchard Park High School in Orchard Park, New York

The Orchard Park Voice

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Sophie Waterman and Jenny Tribbey at the OPHS Assembly Game against Frontier on April 24, 2025

Unified Sports Foster Inclusivity and Growth

Scout Moskal, Staff Reporter June 4, 2025

According to the Special Olympics Website, Unified Sports is “a program by Special Olympics that promotes social inclusion by pairing individuals with and without intellectual disabilities on the same...

Eugène Delacroix: Liberty Leading the People, oil on canvas, 1830; in the Louvre, Paris.

Romantic Poetry: A History (Also, Earth Day)

John Kelley, Contributor June 3, 2025

Prior to the Great War, Romanticism dominated artistic expression and culture on the European continent. Responding to the Age of Enlightenment--a period characterized by logic, secularization, 'civilization'...

Student Leaders at the ECSLS Conference Walking Through the Halls of OPHS

Chronic Absenteeism: The Quiet Crisis at Orchard Park High School

Salem Ben Abdallah, Staff Reporter June 3, 2025

Each morning, the bell rings to signal the start of a new school day at Orchard Park High School, but for a growing number of students, that bell rings unanswered. Chronic absenteeism, defined by the New...

Mr. Brandon Pafk, new OPHS principal

A Sit-down with Mr. Pafk

Reese Politowski, Staff Reporter November 1, 2023
An interview with Mr. Pafk
OPHS teacher and local cattle farmer Evan DeWald

Mr. DeWald: Tech Teacher and Cattle Farmer

Anthony Piccillo, Staff Reporter October 31, 2023

(This interview has been edited for clarity and length.) Mr. Evan DeWald is a teacher here at OPHS, and he teaches numerous tech related classes, including Principles of Engineering, Small Engine, and...

Jameson Zelasko on His Passion of Music Festivals

Aquinnah Zelasko, Staff Reporter January 21, 2022

Jameson Zelasko travels North America chasing music festivals. Zelasko goes to many festivals each year with his friends. This interview shows his passion for it and why you should go to one too.  How...

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