Easter egg-sploration: Wilson Farm Park hosts egg hunt

Lily Chen Sta Reporter was a major reason that the park decided to host the egg hunt there.

A loudspeaker crackles to life as children line the sides of a field dotted with 1,500 plastic Easter eggs in various pastel colors. On the count of three, kids swarm the field, grabbing at eggs as parents cheer from the sidelines. Within 90 seconds, there is not a single egg left on the grass.

On Sunday, April 2, Wilson Farm Park hosted its first Easter egg hunt. Many participants brought baskets for the egg hunt and engaged in the other activities available around the park, such as face painting, music, food and games.

Originally scheduled for Saturday, April 1, coordinators postponed the event due to expected inclement weather. However, many parkgoers commented that the rescheduling had little effect on the turnout at the event. While this is the first time Wilson Farm Park has hosted an Easter egg hunt, it plans to continue doing so every year as an opportunity for the community to get together.

Hilliary Mallory, the Parks and Recreation Coordinator for Tredyffrin Township, explains that the location and demographic of families living around Wilson Farm Park

“We have a wonderful venue here in Wilson Farm Park, and we know our young family population is very large, so we thought (the egg hunt) would be really a fun event to support,” Mallory said.

Christen Simeo, a parkgoer, found that the event provided her family with a reason to get out of the house and socialize. However, she wishes that there had been better accommodations during the egg hunt for younger children, such as her 3-year-old son.

“I come (to the park) all the time. I think it’s just awesome to have an excuse to come here, meet other people, and have fun music and entertainment for my 3-year-old,” Simeo said. “It’s a fun activity for families to get out and do together, but our issue was that we got here 10 seconds late and all the eggs were gone. It would be nice if they had separate areas for the little kids and big kids, spread out a little bit more, but I think they did a great job. I’m sure it takes a lot of work to get ready for something like this.” says that her family visits the park often on the weekends.

“We come and play (at Wilson Farm Park) on the weekends all the time. I think this event was really fun. It got a lot of kids out in the beautiful weather and it got the Wilson Farm Park name out,” Ploppert said. “My favorite part of the event was having special eggs stuffed with gold coins.

My son, who is 5, got a gold coin, so he was pretty excited about that.”

Despite it being the first time the park has held an event like this, many believed the event was a success. It created a reason for families to get out of the house and enjoy the playgrounds and fields that Wilson Farm Park has to offer.

“It’s always wonderful to be able to bring everybody out and have a little bit of time together as a community and enjoy something,” Mallory said. “But next year, we’ll de nitely need more eggs.”

Wilson Farm Park is a go-to location for families in the surrounding neighborhoods who are looking for playgrounds and fresh air.

Carrie Ploppert

Audacious audio: ’Stoga on Air podcast grows in popularity

Rowan Chetty Sta Reporter ree months ago, Pakistan’s second most-listened-to podcast, according to Chartable, was being recorded from the other side of the world inside Conestoga’s very own TV Studio. e podcast features student opinions on various school and community-related events, as well as global news and trends.

In June 2022, then-freshman Dean Rindner and then-sophomore Sanveer Kashyap launched a student-run podcast, ’Stoga on Air. Since the rst episode aired, ’Stoga on Air has become the 131st most-listened-to Entertainment News podcast in the U.S. on Apple Podcasts. e podcast is available on streaming platforms such as Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music.

“The goal of ’Stoga on Air is for people to talk on (topics) they’re passionate about and bring their voices and perspectives to the school,” Rindner said.

Junior Lex Shah co-hosted the

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“Each one of the episodes so far have been for all Conestoga (students). ( e episode I did) was about changes in school (this year). e next episode was about Cornucopia and (other) schoolwide events,” Shah said. “It’s interesting because everybody can connect to the topics discussed.” e podcast has accomplished more than just reaching local listeners. ’Stoga on Air has also had a global impact. e most recent episode of the podcast was “ e Hotseat,” inspired by the YouTube series “Hot Ones.” “ e Hotseat” was a special episode in which podcasters interviewed a guest while eating spicy hot wings. For their rst Hotseat episode,

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Kashyap and Rindner interviewed 12th grade assistant principal, Patrick Boyle.

“Everybody’s familiar with (Boyle’s) speeches at the start of the year and how they’re imposing, (so) we thought it’d be interesting (to have him on the podcast) because he’s actually a really relaxed guy. A lot of people never get to see that side of him,” Kashyap said. “It was one of the more interesting experiences to learn a lot about people’s stories that you would have never expected to hear.”

Although ’Stoga on Air has been around for 10 months, Rindner and Kashyap still have many plans to improve the podcast, such as entering the NPR Student Podcast challenge. eir main goal, however, is to include more voices on the podcast.

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