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Mrs. Balanda instructs her class at the beginning of the period. This is Balanda’s last year teaching at Hershey High School after teaching since 2003. (Ephraim Triscik/Broadcaster)

Personality Profile: Mrs. Balanda

Ephraim Triscik, News Editor January 29, 2026

Lisa Balanda, one of Hershey High School’s most celebrated and influential English teachers, is retiring at the end of the 2025-2026 school year after almost 35 years of teaching. Before she taught...

Personality Profile: Julia Neves

Natalie Colarossi, Assistant Layout Designer November 28, 2022

Julia Neves has never traveled outside of Brazil before, let alone lived in a country 4,000 miles away from her home. Neves is an exchange student with the Hershey Rotary attending Hershey High School...

Lola Berra poses in the library on the morning of May 29th, 2019. Berra spends her mornings before class in the library where she spends time with her friends.
(Broadcaster/Talon Smith)

Organization, Planners, and Drive

Talon Smith, Reporter May 29, 2019

Musical. Dance. Minithon. Honors chem, english, and world history. Precalc. Human anatomy. Volunteering. Tutoring. And a social life. Sounds like quite a lot for a single student to take on, especially...

Ethan Barna: Man Behind the Mics

Laurel Fleszar, Reporter May 28, 2019

Everything’s set. The actors are in their places, and stage crew is placed backstage. Suddenly, the lights brighten, the mics turn on, and the show begins! Ethan Barna is a sophomore at Hershey...

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