Author: Sightline Staff

Prom 2017: Just Plain Fancy

Each year, many upperclassmen look forward to their junior and senior prom. At Bethany, the junior class has a prom committee that plans the event. and The night is for the seniors, and having fun. I was on the prom…

Senior Predictions: Class of 2017

  Ari Beachey Decides to make their gap year a gap decade and spends it hitchhiking around the world, protesting for the rights of people wherever they go. Jake Bedwell Sells all of his shoes for charity and becomes a…

MSC Choral Festival Recap

Each year, students at Bethany involved in Concert Choir look forward to the annual MSC Choral Festival. The festival involves six different choirs from various Mennonite high schools across the United States and Canada. Each choir performs their own solo…

Advice: Dear Esther

Dear Esther, My friend at school has a smart phone and I normally don’t go near it, but the other day she pulled it out and randomly shouted “Selfie,” whatever that means, and took a picture of us using this…

Teachers With Outside Jobs (TWOJ)- Calvin Swartzendruber

Many students assume that their teachers at school have one occupation. They believe that teachers only jobs are at school, and that they’re lives revolve around their work. Students  tend to not realize that many teachers have jobs or hobbies…

Dan Shenk – Trail of Death Follow Up

Dear Bethany community — present and past! As the speaker in chapel last Thursday, March 23 on the 1838 Potawatomi “Trail of Death” and 2015 pilgrimage, I wanted to follow up on a few things in a “letter to the…

Teachers With Outside Jobs [TWOJ] – Michael Yeakey

Most people know that a teacher’s salary is not all that great. This sometimes causes teachers to have outside jobs. High school English teacher, Michael Yeakey, however, does not have outside jobs because he needs the money. He works in…

High School Conflicts

In life, people face a lot of conflicting expectations and situations. This is especially true for high school students. Now, this opinion piece is not meant to call out and criticize anyone. It is based off of common trends I…

The Top Five Worst Spring Break Destinations

Every year, thousands of Americans spend their spring breaks on warm sunny beaches. This is an especially common practice in states further north, since often times we are stuck with nasty weather and ice all the way into the month…