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Eagles Feel the “Friday Night Fever”

November 9, 2012

Decked out in a peace-sign t-shirt and multicolored beads, Deborah Lemon grooved to “Saturday Night Fever” in front of 2,000 of her daughter’s schoolmates. “The Senior Parent Dance was hysterical,”...

photo by Demir Candas

Short Skirts Get Cut

November 7, 2012

By Cora Seelman Every Friday before school, junior Mary Kelly Chance slips on her gold TOMS, ties her white hair ribbon, and puts on her Eaglette game-day uniform. As of October 18, after numerous...

President Barack Obama makes phone calls while on the campaign trail. Photo by Scout Tufankjian for Obama for America

Law Magnet Holds Mock Election

November 6, 2012
By Elise Garcia In an effort to educate students about the importance of voting, the Law Magnet held a mock election on October 30th.
The Culinary Magnet prepares meals for teachers and guests in addition to competing in competitions.

Culinary Arts Team Takes First in Cooking Competition

November 2, 2012

  Junior Savannah Huffman knows from watching Iron Chef and Chopped, her favorite cooking shows, that something always goes wrong on the day of a culinary competition. At the Iron Chef North...

Biology teacher Jeff Bivins hands back a quiz to senior Salik Mallick during AP Biology.  Photo by Demir Candas

Teachers wear costumes for Halloween

November 1, 2012

Hoping to show a more up-beat side, administrators asked teachers to dress in costumes for Halloween. “I just tried to find something creative and something interesting that no one has done before,”...

Both the girls and boys cross country teams qualified for Regionals. Weve all been working hard since day one, Shazaib Salem said. Im glad its paying off for all of us.  Photo by Jackson Durbin

Cross Country Advances to Regionals

October 31, 2012

By Talia Richman When cross country coach Elizabeth Brown took over the team, there were 11 members. Not even enough to make up a full varsity or jv team for boys or girls. Five years later,...

Shutout Win Tainted by Fighting

Shutout Win Tainted by Fighting

October 5, 2012
Head football coach Brian Chandler is still unsure of what exactly happened during the last 59 seconds of Thursday’s football game against Sunset High School. He knows one of his players intercepted a Sunset pass. He knows one of his players was punched. He knows an additional eight to ten of his players – along with the entire Sunset team – flooded the end-zone to join the fight.
Seniors required to have seven periods

Seniors required to have seven periods

October 1, 2012
Starting with the 2012-2013 8th graders, juniors and seniors will be required to take a full 7-period schedule and the number of quality points for Advanced Placement classes will increase from eight points to 10.

Hydraulic pit to undergo repairs

October 6, 2011

6,000 pounds of set pieces and a theater class stood on the hydraulic pit that is supported by columns that have stood for 60 years. The pit started to shake. The sound of metal crunching on metal...

Dancer overcomes adversity

Dancer overcomes adversity

May 18, 2011

When Laura Ball’s doctor told her that she broke her back she didn’t ask him if she was going to be ok. She didn’t ask him for pain killers to numb the shooting pains moving up and down her spine....

photo by Katherine Ingram

The New Era

April 29, 2011
The purple and gold bleachers of the large gym are usually filled with screaming students cheering on their team. On March 8, when head football coach Brent Whitson gathered his football team to let them know he was leaving for South Grand Prairie High School, the only thing felt in the stands was despair.
photo by Rachel Templer

Fighting to Survive

January 21, 2011

“Your son isn’t going to make it.” ESL aide and mother Valentina Piñedo has been given this prognosis four times. Students and teachers have raised $3,898 through garage sales, bake...

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