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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.
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,”...

Seniors Tevah Beller, Amanda Brown, Victoria Felix, and Olivia Haggerty congratulate each other after finding out they made Homecoming Court. (not pictured: Kayci Barnett) Photo by Kimmy Pilatovsky

Getting to Know This Year’s Homecoming Court

October 16, 2012

  Staff Writer Talia Richman At Friday's pep rally five boys in tuxedos delivered roses to five shocked girls as the 2012-2013 Homecoming Court was announced. Seniors Kayci Barnett,...

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