The Student News Site of Conestoga High School

The SPOKE
Subscribe
Setting sustainable standards: Senior Shriya Prakash places a collection box on a table for Conestoga staff and students to recycle pens and other writing utensils. As co-president of environmental club Greening ’Stoga Task Force, she helped audit elementary schools.
Commitments to change: District, community collaboration on environmental efforts
March 21, 2025
Scheduling decision: The school board education committee reviews data regarding programs and systems in school. The administrators sent out a survey for feedback on the schedule at the beginning of March.
School administrators review schedule for next year
March 21, 2025
AI innovation: Anita, the AI assistant integrated into the new kiosks in Chester County, waits to assist visitors. The county installed the kiosks to help users navigate the large courthouse and access court forms.
Chester County installs AI interactive kiosks to assist visitors
March 21, 2025
Slowing down for safety: A “Please Slow Down” sign is posted near Conestoga Road, a street where the speed limit decreased to 25 mph. Tredyffrin Township administration implemented the change to protect students and commuters.
Township reduces speed limit on Conestoga Road
March 21, 2025
Heading to work: Freshman Sana Bhattacharyya arrives at the Trinity Presbyterian Church of Berwyn’s nursery school, where she works with freshman Sophie Norris on the weekends. She has volunteered at the church since middle school and started working in the nursery this year.
Governor aims to increase minimum wage to $15
March 21, 2025
Pro programmer: Junior Jeffrey Wang codes in Python using Visual Studio Code, a code editor that allows users to code in multiple languages. He worked with senior Rohan Anne to develop and create LemonadeChains, which placed second in the state Congressional App Challenge.
Coding with a purpose: Students create online options trading simulator, see success
March 21, 2025
Running the rat race: Personal finance and accounting teacher Bernadette D’Emilio poses in front of the Rat Race Board, an activity in her personal finance class. D’Emilio began teaching at Conestoga in 2006 after working at Sun Valley High School.
Teacher Feature: Bernadette D’emilio
March 21, 2025
Working together: Spanish 4 students complete an activity as part of their class trip to the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. The Spanish teachers gave a list of the artists they focused on in class to the museum tour guides so that they could highlight these artists’ work at MoMA.
Artistic immersion: Spanish 4 students visit Museum of Modern Art in New York
March 21, 2025
Working for change: Junior Louisa Sandorff teaches a writing class for CCATE, a Norristown-based organization that empowers Latin American youth. Sandorff joined the organization three years ago, now mentoring 20 students.
Sisters volunteer at Latin American community center
March 21, 2025
Caffeine Graphic
Caffeine Graphic
March 21, 2025
Caffeine Graphic
Caffeine Graphic
March 21, 2025
Chicago Graphic
Chicago Graphic
March 21, 2025
Gaming on the go
Gaming on the go
February 20, 2025
Foreign Exchange
Foreign Exchange
November 11, 2024
Fall Festivities
Fall Festivities
November 11, 2024
Jeff’s Gist: To be an introvert in loud political climates
Jeff’s Gist: To be an introvert in loud political climates
March 21, 2025
Review: Kendrick Lamar takes victory lap with ‘GNX’
Review: Kendrick Lamar takes victory lap with ‘GNX’
March 21, 2025
Aviation reaches sky-high sensationalism
Aviation reaches sky-high sensationalism
March 21, 2025
Don’t fall for food fearmongering
Don’t fall for food fearmongering
March 21, 2025
TESD needs to do more to support girls in computer science
TESD needs to do more to support girls in computer science
March 21, 2025
Boys lacrosse loses 5-4 to Avon Grove
Boys lacrosse loses 5-4 to Avon Grove
March 22, 2025
Sports Opinion: March Madness is the best sports tournament
Sports Opinion: March Madness is the best sports tournament
March 21, 2025
Dribbling on defense: The boys’ basketball team faces off against Upper Darby on Dec. 17. In addition to winning the game, the Pioneers went on to win the District 1 6A Championship for the first time since 1987.
Boys basketball wins district championship
March 21, 2025
En garde: Senior Howard Kim (left) fences with junior Ritchie Zhang (right) at the Delaware Valley Fencers Club. Kim lost numerous rounds to Zhang but eventually found his rhythm, learning valuable lessons about patience and discipline along the way.
Tryoneer Pioneer: Sabre-ing the challenge
March 21, 2025
Supportive sideline: JV boys squash players watch their teammate play in a squash match. The boys competed at the 2025 National Interscholastic Team Squash Championships and took first place.
JV boys’ squash team wins National Interscholastic Championships
March 21, 2025
Prepping for pep rally: Behind the school-wide spirit event
September 20, 2023
Conestoga holds Wellness Fair to wrap up Wellness Week
Conestoga holds Wellness Fair to wrap up Wellness Week
January 24, 2023
Wellness Week returns to Conestoga
Wellness Week returns to Conestoga
January 17, 2023
A Wrinkle in Time
A Wrinkle in Time
November 16, 2022
Day 12: Spoke Year in Review
Day 12: Spoke Year in Review
December 23, 2021
Day 12: Conestoga Wrapped
Day 12: Conestoga Wrapped
December 20, 2024
Day 11: Newlyweds game
December 19, 2024
Day 10: The Speak
Day 10: The Speak
December 18, 2024
Day 9: News Briefs
Day 9: News Briefs
December 17, 2024
Day 8: Short Story Contest
Day 8: Short Story Contest
December 16, 2024
2025 Issue 5 Sudoku Answers
2025 Issue 5 Sudoku Answers
March 21, 2025
Day 2: News quiz
Day 2: News quiz
December 10, 2024
Day 1: Reindeer Games
Day 1: Reindeer Games
December 9, 2024
Issue 2 Crossword 2024-2025
Issue 2 Crossword 2024-2025
November 11, 2024
2024-2025 Issue 1 Crossword
2024-2025 Issue 1 Crossword
October 4, 2024
The Student News Site of Conestoga High School

The SPOKE
The Student News Site of Conestoga High School

The SPOKE
Ashley Du

Ashley Du, Staff Reporter

Ashley Du is a sophomore and Staff Reporter for The Spoke. She likes to cover T/E Life and Sports stories. Outside of the newspaper, she enjoys swimming and listening to music.

Ashley Du can be reached at [email protected].

All content by Ashley Du
Setting sustainable standards: Senior Shriya Prakash places a collection box on a table for Conestoga staff and students to recycle pens and other writing utensils. As co-president of environmental club Greening ’Stoga Task Force, she helped audit elementary schools.

Commitments to change: District, community collaboration on environmental efforts

Lily Chen, Vanessa Chen, and Ashley Du
March 21, 2025
Administration, staff, students discuss possible changes to device use

Administration, staff, students discuss possible changes to device use

Ashley Du, Zara Samdani, and Faith Zantua
February 20, 2025
Girls basketball dominates Upper Darby 70-20

Girls basketball dominates Upper Darby 70-20

Sophia Cui and Ashley Du
February 2, 2025
Day 5: Holiday Favorites

Day 5: Holiday Favorites

Ryan Ding, Ashley Du, and Mary Wolters
December 13, 2024
Girls ice hockey defeats Radnor 7-2

Girls ice hockey defeats Radnor 7-2

Ashley Du and Emily S. Wang
November 29, 2024
Rising costs: A cafeteria cashier helps students check out at the lunch line. TESD increased meal prices by 75 cents and a la carte items by 6% for the 2024-25 school year.

District raises lunch meal prices for 2024-25 school year

Ashley Du, Staff Reporter
November 11, 2024
Repeat record: (from left to right) Valley Forge Middle School sixth grader Breckin Shefflerwood; science teacher Dr. Derrick Wood; and seniors Charlie Gawthrop, Jeffrey Wang and Matthew Ma pose with their egg drop device. They started reconstructing the contraption last school year.

Fearless fall: Egg drop team re-breaks Guinness world record

Ashley Du, Staff Reporter
October 4, 2024
Girls soccer defeats Springfield 4-0

Girls soccer defeats Springfield 4-0

Ashley Du, Staff Reporter
September 28, 2024
Volleyball seals victory against Radnor 3-2

Volleyball seals victory against Radnor 3-2

Ashley Du and Audrey Kim
September 4, 2024
2024 Senior Destinations Map

2024 Senior Destinations Map

Rohan Anne, Ashley Du, Aren Framil, Howard Kim, Rajan Saha, and Mary Wolters
May 29, 2024
Pennsylvania switches to digital format for Keystones, PSSAs

Pennsylvania switches to digital format for Keystones, PSSAs

Ashley Du and Rajan Saha
May 29, 2024
Baseball falls short to Garnet Valley 4-3

Baseball falls short to Garnet Valley 4-3

Ashley Du and Rajan Saha
May 9, 2024
AmnestyxStoga hosts open-mic Jamnesty event 

AmnestyxStoga hosts open-mic Jamnesty event 

Ashley Du and Lauren Pinheiro
April 15, 2024
Hope and Beyond Club raises funds to improve mental health care

Hope and Beyond Club raises funds to improve mental health care

Ashley Du, Staff Reporter
March 5, 2024
Students defeat teachers in Faculty vs. Seniors basketball game

Students defeat teachers in Faculty vs. Seniors basketball game

Ashley Du and Benjamin Wang
February 29, 2024
Package: Girls’ basketball coach gets 100th win, team reaches milestones

Package: Girls’ basketball coach gets 100th win, team reaches milestones

Emily Wang and Ashley Du
February 15, 2024
Girls’ basketball coach gets 100th win, team reaches milestones

Girls’ basketball coach gets 100th win, team reaches milestones

Ashley Du, Emily Wang, and Alexa Willrich
February 6, 2024
Girls ice hockey dominates Pennridge 8-0

Girls ice hockey dominates Pennridge 8-0

Prashi Agarwal and Ashley Du
January 27, 2024
Girls basketball crushes Harriton 60-17

Girls basketball crushes Harriton 60-17

Ashley Du and Emily Wang
January 20, 2024
Day 5: Movie recommendations

Day 5: Movie recommendations

Ashley Du, Saktisri Gowrishankar, and Emily Wang
December 15, 2023
Leap of faith: Senior Lia Issakov trains in ballet extensively from Monday to Saturday, taking classes and rehearsing excerpts from full-length ballets. Issakov competed Levels 1 to 4 of the Vaganova method at The Rock School for Dance Education.

On pointe: Senior strives for ballet expertise

Ashley Du and Emily Wang
December 6, 2023
Boys soccer crushes Springfield 6-0

Boys soccer crushes Springfield 6-0

Ashley Du and Prashi Agarwal
October 5, 2023
Load More Stories