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The student news site of Richardson High School

The Talon

The student news site of Richardson High School

The Talon

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...

AP Biology Students take field trip to UT Southwestern

AP Biology Students take field trip to UT Southwestern

November 17, 2012

Senior Sarah Curran smiled giddily and clapped her hands as she put on black latex gloves and approached the table in the center of the room. She first picked up a human brain. Then a heart. Then a lung. "Seeing...

Senior Christian Cruz gets resume' help from AT&T employees.

AT&T Employees Offer College Help

November 16, 2012

By Victoria Dennis As a part of the partnership between AT&T’s ASPIRE program and AVID, AT&T employees worked with seniors on their resumes and college applications on November 16. ASPIRE,...

photo by Nate Beer

First Period Fire Alarm Interrupts Class

November 12, 2012

Senior DeVante Branch was showering after football practice when he heard the shrill, ear-piercing alarm at around 9:25 Monday morning. "I was soapy and naked when Coach started yelling at me...

Photo by Patricia Sundara

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...

Junior Berryman Toler and sophomore Patrick Ralston practice Extemporaneeous Speaking in preparation for their Debate tournament. photo by Christina Cantu

Speech and Debate team competes at UNT tournament

November 6, 2012

This past weekend, the Speech and Debate Team competed at a UNT tournament, firmly establishing their reputation as a team to be reckoned with. Many debaters placed among the top five and advanced to quarter...

Seniors Francisco Ordaz, Wayne Winski and Tomer Braff practice before a computer science competition at UTD. Photo by Angelica Fisher

Computer Science team competes at UTD, gets 8th

November 6, 2012

The computer science team competed at a tournament held by the University of Texas at Dallas this past Saturday. Out of 77 schools, the three Richardson teams got 8th, 13th and 14th place, tying with...

English Teacher Receives Teaching Award

November 6, 2012
Senior english teacher Patricia Hofeditz receives an award of excellence in her teaching ability and performance.
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