The BASD Echo

Issue 7, Week of Dec. 10, 2018

News

Westminster College hosts PMEA honors band
Practice pays off. Read More...
TLC present drive!
This year, Christmas comes early with the arrival of TLC’s annual present drive. Read More...

Sports

New coach, new seniors, new season
The Beaver Area boys basketball team is getting ready to dribble into the 2018-19 season. Read More...
Hockey still hoping for that first win
Beaver Area Hockey is still skating through the tough season with a losing record 0-9. They might not be winning on the scoreboard, but they are winning the small victories by improving their skills. Read More...

Features

What are students’ thoughts?
‘Tis the season to be warm. Read More...
Popular artists have been dropping releases from all different genres lately, giving us anything from new pop to Christmas music to new alternative jams this season. Here are some of my favorite new things to listen to! Read More...
Santa, we’ve been nice!
As Christmas approaches, students compile their Christmas lists. And with two weeks until the big man shimmies down our chimneys and eats our cookies, what are you asking Santa for this Christmas? Read More...
It’s worth the money
Red Dead Redemption 2 is the sequel to the highly popular open-world Wild West cowboy RPG released to critical acclaim in 2010 by Rockstar Games. Read More...

Opinion

Teach sign language in schools
As most people know, American Sign Language (ASL) is used for communicating with the deaf, hearing impaired, or those who are non-verbal. An essay by Sara Davies, Sarah O’Brien and Matthew Reed from the University of Vermont titled "American Sign Language as a Foreign Language,” defines sign language as a "complete complex language that employs signs made with the hands and other movements, including facial expressions and postures of the body.” Read More...