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The student news site of Richardson High School

The Talon

The student news site of Richardson High School

The Talon

Senior Invents Gameboy Emulator App

September 8, 2013

Senior Riley Testut stared at his iPhone as he watched his Twitter account explode with more than 11.5 thousand active followers, almost all gained over the past couple months. Testut, however, did not...

Math Teacher Wins Tech Titan Award

Math Teacher Wins Tech Titan Award

September 4, 2013

For his “flipped classroom” teaching method and for inspiring students to pursue careers in math and science, BC Calculus and Pre-Calculus teacher Chad Gilliland won the Tech Titan of the Future Award. The...

RHS Holds First Annual Back-to-School Picnic

RHS Holds First Annual Back-to-School Picnic

August 30, 2013

RHS students and teachers from every club and organization gathered Wednesday evening around a long line of tables running the length of the football field setting up t-shirt tables, banners, props and...

Assistant Principal Sharonda Tims Leaves for Lake Highlands

Assistant Principal Sharonda Tims Leaves for Lake Highlands

June 15, 2013

After three years as a Richardson High School assistant principal, Sharonda Tims is moving to Lake Highlands for the 2013-14 school year. "I am looking forward to joining the team at Lake Highlands...

Graduation 2013

Graduation 2013

June 9, 2013
Last Sunday the seniors of 2013 bid farewell to RHS as they walked across the stage of the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland to receive their diplomas.
RHS Becomes Avid Demonstration School

RHS Becomes Avid Demonstration School

June 3, 2013

Since RISD implemented AVID in its schools in 2005, the AVID team at RHS has aspired to earn the highest title AVID bestows on schools. The RHS AVID team was met with success this year as it joined the...

Talon Reporters Take Home Top Prizes at State-wide Competition

Talon Reporters Take Home Top Prizes at State-wide Competition

April 29, 2013

For the second year in a row – and only the second time in Richardson High School's history – The Talon was awarded a Silver Star Award at the Interscholastic League Press Conference (ILPC) in...

Junior Thabit Pulak prepares for a debate competition in early November. Pulak was elected as next year's senior class president. Talon photo by Christina Cantu

Thabit Pulak Wins Senior Class President

April 25, 2013

Junior Thabit Pulak was sitting in Jeff Bivin’s AP Biology class when a yellow slip of paper was delivered to him. Inside was the news that, after two failed attempts, Thabit had been finally elected...

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...

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