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The Student News Site of Conestoga High School

The SPOKE

District-wide impacts: The district receives some money from the federal government annually for assorted programs. On March 20, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to close the federal Department of Education, which oversees federal funding for education.
Trump Administration pushes to close Department of Education: TESD responds to directives threatening federal funding, DEI
Aren Framil and Jeffrey Heng April 25, 2025

On March 20, President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14242, which outlined major changes to the Department of Education, the federal agency that grants aid to students nationwide and enforces educational policy. The order calls to close the department...

Permitted parking: Senior Jason Xu makes sure his parking permit is attached to his car before heading in for the school day. Conestoga administration started implementing more checks for parking passes this year.
Conestoga increases attention on student parking rules
Rohan Anne, Webmaster • April 25, 2025

Traditionally, the privilege of parking on campus has been researved exclusively for seniors, while students in other grades are not permitted...

Closed down: The Exton Square Mall sits quiet, with numerous vacant spaces. On March 18, Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT) sold the mall to Abrams Realty & Development for $34 million.
Developer buys Exton Square Mall, plans town center
Nolan Talley, Staff Reporter • April 25, 2025

On March 18, Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT) sold the Exton Square Mall, constructed in 1973, to Abrams Realty and Development...

Persistent protestors: Main Line community members gather on the edge of the Devon Tesla showroom with signs and posters as part of the “Tesla Takedown” movement. The movement named March 29 as the “global day of action.”
Residents join ‘Tesla Takedown’
Miya Cao, Co-Copy-Editor • April 25, 2025

On March 29, approximately 430 people gathered on the edge of the Tesla showroom in Devon on Lancaster Avenue from 11 a.m. to noon, according...

Code checklist: Advanced Placement Computer Science A teacher William Dewees outlines tasks for the day. The College Board revised the course and exam.
College Board adjusts courses
Rajan Saha, Staff Reporter • April 25, 2025

In summer 2024, College Board announced revisions to the Advanced Placement Computer Science A course starting the 2025-26 school year after...

Marching for change: Protestors hold up signs to advocate for the protection of national parks. Resistance Rangers coordinated the protest on March 22.
Ranger layoffs inspire protest at Valley Forge National Park
Tvisha Jani, Staff Reporter • April 25, 2025

On March 22, more than 300 people gathered in Valley Forge National Historical Park to bring attention to the nationwide layoffs of National...

Hard at play: Kindergarten students at VFES engage in recess activities. The school board approved a workshop that could affect full-day kindergarten curriculum to take place in mid-May.
District explores Active Playful Learning framework
Paige Vachris, Staff Reporter • April 25, 2025

At the Feb. 24 regular school board meeting, the board approved a TESD collaboration with Active Playful Learning (APL) for a workshop in mid-May...

Poised for perfection: Junior Leo Brown looks over an ACT prep book again in the library. He took the ACT multiple times and feels that the changes to the ACT will help students earn higher scores.
ACT makes changes to test format
Sophia Cui, Staff Reporter • April 25, 2025

In July 2024, the ACT announced it would be implementing changes to the test. The ACT made revisions to online testing this April and will make...

Competing amid change: Student athletes walk to the gym doors. The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association amended its transgender athlete policy, citing the signing of Executive Order 14201 as reasoning for the changes.
PIAA changes transgender athlete policy
Faith Zantua, Co-News-Editor • April 25, 2025

The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA), the governing body for various school sponsored sports games in Pennsylvania, removed...