The Wallkill Wire

Julia Graziano and Tamika Hill, Staff Writers On Saturday, March 24th, hundreds of thousands of people all over the world came together to protest the lack of gun restrictions in the United States during the March for Our Lives event. Emma González and David Hogg, students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and survivors of the February 14th school shooting, have been vocal supporters of the march. The date, according to them, was chosen to give students, families and others a chance to mourn first, and then on March 24, talk about gun control. At the conclusion of the marches, estimates ranged anywhere from the hundreds of thousands to well over a million attendees worldwide; some popular locations for the protests were Seattle, Chicago, Washington D.C., and New York City, but there were over 796 more all around the world. Some other cities that supported the cause were Paris, London, Berlin, and many more. Estimates from the Washington D.C. event alone range from 200...

Sarah Martin, Staff Writer On Thursday April 12th,  the Pop Culture classes headed to Bethel Woods to learn about the antics that were Woodstock. Students met in the lobby at 8:00 am and departed for the hour-long bus ride to Bethel. Once the group arrived around 9am, the bus drove the students down to the original site of the 1969 Woodstock festival to admire the monument and lawn where half a million people gathered for music, fun and demonstrations of peace. After the segment of the trip at the field, which was very brief, the bus took students up to the Bethel Woodstock museum. In the museum, the group was broken into two smaller teams, and each was given a tour guide. From there, one half of students went into the museum and the other half learned about and explored the event hall. Groups then switched so all students had the opportunity to experience both smaller tours. During the museum tour, a portion of the students...

Sophia Soler, Staff Writer On March 14, 2018, Wallkill Senior High School held a respect and unity assembly in between 8th and 9th period. This assembly was held to not only recognize recent tragedies such as the 17 people who died in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school shooting, but also to inform every one of the value and importance of our first responders and to explain how we can help the situation. Throughout the entire day, before each period, there was a message of positivity read and how to spread and increase unity in our school. To honor the 17 who died, there was a presentation visible throughout the entire assembly that had pictures and information about all those who died, including what they did for a living and their plans for the future. Many presenters spoke, and first responders were present. A unity banner was created and signed by the students during their lunch periods. Junior Kaitlyn Silvernail wrote and gave a speech about depression and how it affec...