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The Talon

Seniors Dance Through the Night

May 28, 2014

By Haley Yates Seniors crowded onto the dance floor of the Hyatt Regency Hotel ballroom. With help from the junior ushers, the seniors planned a Casino Royale themed dance complete with a Jazz band,...

Senior Asks Miss Teen USA to Prom

May 8, 2014

By Haley Yates Senior Jonathan Lester posted a tweet April 9th begging Twitter to help him win a date with Miss Teen USA, Cassidy Wolf. Wolf promised Lester she would accompany him to prom on May...

Speech and debate students pose for a picture after advancing six students to nationals at Lucas Lovejoy High School. Courtesy photo of Berryman Toler

Debaters Qualify for Nationals

May 6, 2014

By Prescott Osuchukwu The speech and debate team won sweepstakes at district, qualifying several students for nationals. "I am proud that the hard work and dedication that I have put into debate...

School Holds Career Fair

April 30, 2014

By Mubarrat Choudhury Employers from all around the city crowded in the library to expose students to different career and internship opportunities during the second annual Richardson Career Fair. “It...

School Announces Top 10 Seniors

April 25, 2014

By Peter Mikhael Senior Melody Iro can focus less on placing in the top 10 of his class after the school calculated the fifth six weeks grades, finalizing the seniors' grades and ranks. "I wasn't...

Juniors Elect Senior Class Officers

April 22, 2014

By Mubarrat Choudhury Juniors spilled into the Eagle's Nest during both lunches on Monday to vote in the senior class officers elections. After a long week of campaigning between diverse candidates,...

All Six Richardson Choirs Get UIL Sweepstakes

April 14, 2014

By Mubarrat Choudhury For the first time in Richardson's history, all six of the school's choirs took sweepstakes at the UIL Choir competition last week. The varsity Acappella Choir and varsity...

Students Win in Environmental Competition

April 14, 2014

By Haley Yates Richardson's Envirothon team competed last week against 22 other teams at the Texas State Envirothon Competition at Brazos Bend National Park in Houston and placed third overall....

Sophomores Advance to SkillsUSA Nationals

April 8, 2014

By Sarah Oprysk  Sophomores Morgan Chen and Darren Srivathanakul won the state SkillsUSA mobile robotics competition and advanced to nationals after competing in Corpus Christi. Senior Martin De...

Academics, Speech Advance to UIL Regionals

April 2, 2014

By Mubarrat Choudhury Richardson recently competed at the district UIL Speech, Computer Science and Academics tournament and advanced 13 students to regionals. The competition spanned three days...

Students Advance to Regionals in Journalism UIL Competition

Students Advance to Regionals in Journalism UIL Competition

April 2, 2014

By Haley Yates Juniors Haley Yates and Peter Mikhael competed in the journalism portion of UIL last Saturday. Yates placed first in Feature Writing, second in News Writing and fifth in Editorial...

Senior Kevin Sun, freshman Emily Chen, junior Brian Richer and sophomore Oscar Ward display their awards for placing first in the computer science competition. Courtesy Photo of Henry Vo

Computer Science Team Advances to Regionals

April 1, 2014

By Peter Mikhael Richardson’s Computer Science team advanced to Regionals after placing 1st in the UIL District competition at Townview Magnet in Dallas. The competition consists of two parts....

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