Students collect donated pants for local charities

February 23, 2011 • Chandler Shaw, Online Editor  
Filed under News

Student council members collected second-hand jeans for Aeropostale’s Teens for Jeans program to provide pants to impoverished teenagers in the area. The Teens for Jeans project asks students and schools to donate their jeans, slacks, khakis, sweat pants and other types of pants to give to charities.... Read more »

Freshman fiddles her way to scholarship funds

February 8, 2011 • Jayden Beatty, Assistant Editor  
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Freshman Krystan Haraden has been chosen to bow with the best at the All-state Philharmonic Orchestra competition and, for the second time, was accepted to attend the Sewanee Summer Music Festival during the summer. “I’m really excited because I made it as a freshman, which not many people do,”... Read more »

TX Dot promotes seatbelt safety to students

February 8, 2011 • Chandler Shaw, Online Editor  
Filed under Student Life

The Texas Department of Transportation (Tx-DOT) visited the school Monday, Feb. 7 with informational fliers and a totaled vehicle to promote the use of safety belts as a part of their “Click It or Ticket” campaign. The vehicle, a 2005 Ford F-250 belonged to Ethan Mitchell, who flipped the pickup... Read more »

Teen chefs dish up competition

February 1, 2011 • Hope McGee, Editor-in-chief  
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The scent of sizzling steak mixed with sweet desserts drifted through the room as culinary arts students prepared their entries for the Best Teen Chef contest Tuesday, Jan. 25. Senior Jasmine Slaughter entered a favorite family pasta and seafood recipe, Spicy Shrimp and Spaghetti Aglio Olio. The dish... Read more »