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The Talon

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The Talon

The student news site of Richardson High School

The Talon

Principal Charles Pickitt Announces Retirement Plans

Principal Charles Pickitt Announces Retirement Plans

March 8, 2013

With tears in his eyes, head principal Charles Pickitt announced his retirement plans at a staff meeting on March 8. “When you reach my age, you should become wiser in how you spend each day and each...

Avery Johnson, Glenn Morshower Give Motivational Speeches to Students

Avery Johnson, Glenn Morshower Give Motivational Speeches to Students

February 27, 2013

As ex-NBA player Avery Johnson spoke to student athletes in the auditorium, theater students met with actor Glenn Morshower – best known for his roles in “X-Men: First Class” and the Transformers...

Culinary Magnet Students Create Recipes for Middle-Schoolers

Culinary Magnet Students Create Recipes for Middle-Schoolers

February 14, 2013

  For the second year in a row, the RHS Culinary Magnet students were given the challenge: create a snack that a fourth-grader can make. The rules included: you can’t use a sharp knife, oven,...

RHS Academic Decathlon team goes to State

February 14, 2013

For many years, Regionals meant the last competition the RHS Academic Decathlon Team participated in for that year. This year, however, was not like any other. Nine students suited up and began to leave...

photo by Nate Beer

Students Participate in Annual Science Fair

January 30, 2013

Students slowly trailed into the Eagle's Nest, hauling their standardized cardboard display boards. They set them on the tables and sat down, admiring each others' experiments. The sixth period bell rang...

photo by Jonathan Jauregui

Eighth Graders visit RHS for annual Magnet Day

January 24, 2013

Various middle school buses lined the loading parking lot outside the gymnasium on Friday, January 18. Hoards of eighth grade students poured out and entered the gym to fill the stands for the annual...

Rportal Overload

Rportal Overload

December 18, 2012

Waiting for his iPhone internet browser to load Rportal's mobile interface, senior Ahnaf Arefin grew frustrated. "We are at the end of the semester; we should be able to see our grades," Arefin said....

Junior Nicholas Cromwell prepares a marble for his roller coaster project. Photo by Nate Beer

AP Physics Students Build Paper Roller Coasters

December 17, 2012

The roller coaster had loop-de-loops, a funnel, and a hill that looked like a camel's hump and curve. But unlike the giant metal thrill rides that students visit at Six Flags, this roller coaster was...

Seniors Bond at Annual Progressive Dinner

Seniors Bond at Annual Progressive Dinner

December 2, 2012

Without thinking twice, several senior guys jumped into the ice-cold waters of senior Luke Adamson's pool. They surfaced and laughed as people gathered around the edge to take pictures of them. "I had...

Student Council Collects Almost 800 Pounds of Canned Food

Student Council Collects Almost 800 Pounds of Canned Food

November 26, 2012

Over the past three weeks, student council collected approximately 770 pounds of cans to donate to the North Texas Food Bank. “I think it's super impressive, because that's a ton of food,” sophomore...

Guest speaker talks about the importance of what you put online matters. Photo by Demir Candas

Students get crash course in cyber safety

November 26, 2012

By Victoria Denis In the darkened auditorium, Campus Outreach Services speaker April Tatta displayed a series of statistics in front of hundreds of students. 33 percent of scholarship applicants...

Humanities class has Joke Day

Humanities class has Joke Day

November 19, 2012

Principles of Knowledge teacher David Townsend passed around several types of props to the class. Senior Sarah Jones took the chicken hat and eagerly put it on. She exchanged looks with the person sitting...

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