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Anna Kirby, 11, breaks the school record in the team meet at Northampton on Jan. 30.

Before Tuesday night the Stroudsburg High School record for the 100-meter freestyle was 54.43 seconds. The record was held by Alex Burns in 2013. Kirby beat that time by  0.46 seconds securing the record time of 53.97.

Kirby says, “I hope to keep progressing in the future.” 

Kirby has been working on this goal since her sophomore year of swimming. She has shown tremendous progress since starting, especially over this season.

East Stroudsburg University is pleased to announce that Artress Bethany White, Ph.D., associate professor of English, has recently been published.

Dr. White is the co-editor of a book titled Wheatley at 250: Black Women Poets Re-imagine the Verse of Phillis Wheatley Peters, published by Pangyrus and currently available for purchase.

Wheatley at 250: Black Women Poets Re-imagine the Verse of Phillis Wheatley Peters celebrates the 250th anniversary of Phillis Wheatley Peters’s extraordinary poetry collection, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, by inviting 20 award-winning Black female poets to reimagine the work of this iconic literary ancestor in original poems meant for a new generation.

If you’d like to publish a special birthday message to someone special, fill out the “Birthday Spotlight” form. 

Fun Fact: 

This summer I did a lot of traveling. I went to Atlanta Georgia for FBLA nationals, New Mexico for a week-long backpacking trek, and France with my French class. And that was all in the same month.

What is your passion in life?

I’m a big fan of sleeping.

What is your greatest strength?

I’m pretty good at making paninis.

What is your greatest weakness?

I can’t whistle nor read lips.

How do you judge a person?

How they react under stress.

Which countries/places would you like to visit?

Jamaica; I like Jamaican food.

What is your favorite class in SHS?

AP Physics; lots of fun.

What would you do if you only had 24 hours left to live?