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By: Ava Robertson Brownie Crinkle Cookies are festive and fudgy cookies rolled in powdered sugar; the perfect dessert for the winter! This easy to make recipe is excellent for any event or occasion. Ingredients: - 1 cup of flour - 1 cup of sugar - 1⁄4 cup of cocoa powder - 1 tsp of baking powder - 1 tsp of salt - 1⁄2 cup of butter (1 stick) - 2 eggs - 1 tbs of vanilla extract - 1 cup of chocolate chips (optional) - 1⁄2 cup of powdered sugar Directions: First, you want to mix

By: Harper LaLomia On Feb. 7 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., the Quaker Valley Student Council hosted its annual winter formal for all students from grades 9-12. The special event was held in the high school's decorated gymnasium.  Purple, green, and yellow streamers hung around as the hired DJ kept the dance floor lively with different high-energy songs. The winter formal planning committee embraced the colorful theme of “Mardi Gras,” even providing beaded necklaces and other fun a

By: Cecilia Holte The QVHS Varsity Swim team has had an exceptional season thus far. With leadership from QV seniors Kendra Hines, Austin Young, Makenna Kamnikar, Margaret Burns and Alexa Westwood, the group looks forward to upcoming competitions. Most notably, the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League or WIPIALs is fast approaching. During practice, members of the team focus on remaining consistent while also pushing themselves to set new standards. “The swi

By: Evelyn Zutter and Kate Steinfurth On April 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Quaker Valley Student Council Service Committee is holding the QV Thrift event at Chuck Knox Stadium. This is a tentative date that is dependent on weather.  The clothesline sale is meant to fundraise for an environmental organization in honor of Earth day, which will occur earlier that same week. The student spearheading much of the effort is Margaret Burns. Throughout the spring leading up to the s

By: Joelle Muretisch On Feb. 9, the Quaker Valley Pep Band left all of their tunes on the court following the final regular season buzzer at the boys basketball game. The band consists of musicians from grades 8-12 who are unified by the common interest of enhancing basketball games with catchy songs and rhythms to keep the audience, and the players, on their toes and “in the zone.”  This year, the Pep Band was under the leadership of head director Evan James, assistant dir

By: Evelyn Zutter and Kate Steinfurth On Sept. 22, 2025, the National Honor Society Induction Ceremony was canceled due to a sudden power outage. However, the NHS Induction Ceremony has been successfully rescheduled for March 23, 2026. “Dr. Riccobelli and I had to work with our student activities coordinator to make sure there were no conflicts with a new date,” NHS sponsor Ms. Marasia said. “We picked mid-March to avoid getting in the way of the spring musical. And hopefull

By: Victoria Wilmot As the year draws to a close, students have already begun planning out their schedules for the 2026-2027 school year. As always, QVHS has a wide variety of classes for students to choose from, and the Program of Studies will feature new classes for students to take next year. One such class is Manufacturing and Fabrication taught by Mr. Santucci. In this class, Students will learn basic skills for the production and manufacturing industry, handling vario

By: Gwendolyn Taylor  This March, the QVHS Music Department will perform the musical “Alice by Heart.” The show takes place in London during the 1940s. Alice Spencer, a young teen girl who is forced underground into a makeshift shelter due to bombings, escapes only with her old copy of “Alice in Wonderland,” which is quickly confiscated by the callous Red Cross nurse. In an attempt to comfort her best friend Alfred, who contracted tuberculosis during the war, she begins to r

By: Hannah Olawaiye The Quaker Valley Mock Trial season is fully underway. On Jan. 10 and Jan. 11, the Mock Trial team participated in the annual mock trial practice competition at the University of Pittsburgh.  The competition is essentially a practice run for the actual competition. It does not affect how the actual competition works, meaning that wins and losses do not necessarily matter. Each team goes twice, once on Saturday and once on Sunday. The competition normally

By: Evelyn Zutter and Kate Steinfurth One of multiple new clubs started this year, the Lit Club—led by junior Madeline Horton—is off to a strong start. “I started the lit club to read and discuss books with people who love it as much as I do,” Horton said. They meet once a month in Ms. Marasia’s room, typically at the end or beginning of the month, and members have read a total of four books so far. These include “We Were Liars,” “Stepsister,” “Late Night at the Telegraph Cl

By: Lucie Kuyler This October, we saw a new adaptation of “Frankenstein” directed by Guillermo del Toro. Del Toro has directed movies like “Pan’s Labyrinth,” “Crimson Peak,” “Nightmare Alley” and “Pinocchio.” For those of you who aren’t familiar with the story’s plot, it is about a scientist named Victor Frankenstein, whose life’s goal is to create artificial life from body parts. Frankenstein’s efforts result in a tragic, despised creature committed to vengeance against his

By: Cecilia Holte Quaker Valley welcomes back the Gay-Straight Alliance club for the 2025-2026 school year. Led by juniors Isaac Palladini and Rowan Wallace, the club focuses on accessible and lighthearted meetings that address deep social issues. Fresh off the first gathering, both leaders remain hopeful that the club will have time to develop throughout the year. The two hope to incorporate many different demographics within the student body at Quaker Valley. With an empha

By: Adele Hydzik On Jan. 10, members of the Quaker Valley Drama Club attended the 2026 PrimeStage Drama Awards Ceremony at Shadyside. The Drama Club’s production of “The Great Gatsby” was nominated for several awards, including Sevin Leghorn for Best Student Director, Adele Hydzik, Evelyn Bertiaux and Ana Luiza Bacchi for Best Student Costume Design, Bertiaux and Hydzik for Best Student Makeup Design and Bacchi for Best Student Program Design.  In total, the cast and crew p

By: Homer Campbell This year, both the boys and girls basketball teams have had a successful season, the boys team with 8 wins to 0 losses and the girls team with 14 wins to 2 losses. With both teams playoffs-bound, the season is far from over. The head coach of the girls team, Coach Johns, says the hardest team to play this year was the first game against Thomas Jefferson, which was not a section game. He believes the team has fared well this year. “I hope we do well in th