Indiana Area Senior High School

High Arrow Staff Spotlight: Elia Dietz

By ELLA BARLEY

Elia Dietz is a freshman at Indiana High School and a first-year reporter for The High Arrow. She joined newspaper journalism with the intent to write entertaining yet instructive articles for IHS students and staff to get important information. So far, she has done just that.

As a High Arrow reporter, Elia has written some informative and engaging articles. Her first was titled, Exciting changes bring new energy to Art classes, where she explains information regarding the art classes provided at IHS. She is currently working on a piece regarding Athena club, which she is a member of. Elia hopes to write about many more topics in the future.

Other than the newspaper, Elia is involved in numerous things here at IHS. Along with being a member of the Athena Club, she is a member of the French Club, since she takes French as one of her electives. She is also on the lacrosse team. She has been playing lacrosse since she was in fifth grade.

Outside of school, she enjoys a variety of other activities in her free time. “If I didn’t have to sleep I would probably do homework or other activities that I usually don’t have time for in my regular day,” she expresses. With one of her priorities being academics, she also prioritizes dance. She is a dancer at Sue Hewitt Dance Studio and has been dancing there for about 12 years.

One of Elia’s further interests is TV shows. “Some shows I’m into are The Walking Dead, Breaking Bad, and Community,” she states. She also has an interest in animals. She has three pets, a cat named Theo and two dogs. In addition to dancing and playing lacrosse, she has many other skills. “A kind of job I think I’d be good at is working in food service,” she claims. 

As a first-year writer for The High Arrow, Elia has already proved her spot on the staff by writing enlightening and appealing articles. She enjoys writing articles for The High Arrow and plans on writing more in the future.  

[Photo by Erik Puskar]

Ella Barley​

Reporter

Ella is a freshman and a first-year reporter for the High Arrow. She is on the IHS tennis team. She looks forward to writing factual articles for the High Arrow Newspaper.

Sipping out of fall and into winter

By Katarina Medvetz Winter drinks are always a popular topic at this time of year. There is a mega buzz about winter drinks at IHS. Some people like to purchase their drinks from various places while others like making their own drinks.  Whether it is a student or staff member

Read More »

IHS Drama Department begins 2023-2024 season

By High Arrow Staff To kick off the 2023-2024 season, director Mrs. Leah Lyons and the cast of “A Play About a Dragon” have been working tirelessly to develop a unique and engaging show for the Indiana community.  “A Play About a Dragon,” By Steph DeFerie, is a comedy set

Read More »

‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ parade lights up November

By Anna Cutter The ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ festival and holiday parade fell on November 17 this year. Usually referred to as ‘Light Up Night,’ the IAWL festival is a series of holiday activities that took place on the 17 and the 18 of November this year. The festival was

Read More »

IHS Football wraps up their 2023 season

By Gabi Isenberg The IHS football season came to an end and the team worked hard to achieve their victories. They were 2-8 this season, ending with their last game on October 27.  The team played ten games this season and put countless hours of work into practice. Mr. Brad

Read More »

Mrs. Sabatini joins IHS staff as a freshman English teacher

By Elia Dietz Beth Sabatini has joined IHS staff as a freshman English teacher. She has been teaching for 13 years at other school districts until returning to her hometown of Indiana.  Beth Sabatini was born and raised in Indiana and graduated from IHS in 2004. She attended Penn State

Read More »

IHS Boys soccer shoots to finish strong

By Michael Jadzak The IHS boys soccer team looks to finish strong this season as they close out against Kiski Area. Indiana ended up soundly defeating Kiski Area with a score of 5-1. The IHS Boys soccer team played their final game of the season last week, finishing off with

Read More »