![At the bottom of the third inning, the Lions are still scoreless. Rowe stands at home plate, preparing to bat, while Vandenbrink stands off to the side as the next batter up. Despite having the bases loaded, the team was unable to score any runs. “It’s just the beginning of the season. We’re just going to be playing out best by June, [and] that’s where champions are,” Rowe said.](https://wlhsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_3077-1200x900.jpg)
![All smiles. The group poses for a photo with last year’s book, “This is Our House,” along with their award for third Best in Show. Meikle, who was an Editor-in-Chief for the yearbook last year as well, holds both and stands at the center of the group. “That was an amazing feeling, going and grabbing the third place award,” Meikle said. “All of it paid off. I cried so much over that book, being able to receive [the award] was one of the highlights of my high school career, it was like the coolest thing ever.”](https://wlhsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/8bookpose_philly-1200x800.jpg)
Nepal library fundraiser reaches its goal of $2,000 in ten days
After a series of large earthquakes in Nepal and North India struck, Todd Jones, World History and AP Government teacher, and his students set up a fundraiser with Ten Friends, a non-profit organization, to build a library in a small village in Nepal. With the $2,000 raised, the library will be built in the name of Cooper Hill and Antonio Caballero, juniors, who died in a tragic car accident Feb. 21.
In just ten days, 76 people donated the total amount needed and now that the money has been raised, Ten Friends will begin construction on the library. The purpose is to promote education in the recently devastated area where multiple earthquakes and aftershocks caused destruction and thousands of deaths and even more injuries.
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