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Students Take on Standardized Tests

Students Take on Standardized Tests

Litzy Casas, Reporter April 1, 2019

Throughout the school year, teachers prepare students for standardized tests by giving exams and quizzes. According to the Texas Business Leadership Council, a student takes around 38 standardized tests...

Picturing New Achievements

Picturing New Achievements

Litzy Casas, Reporter November 1, 2018

Vogue is a fashion and lifestyle magazine that began as a weekly newspaper in 1892, and became a monthly publication in 1973.  Photographers and models are selected for every monthly issue, but it was...

Climate Change’s Impact On Our Weather

Gelila Negesse, Designer October 26, 2018

In the course of a month, four destructive storms have hit the U.S. East Coast and the coasts of Southeast Asia. Hurricane Florence, like Hurricane Harvey last year, is yet another example of what...

The Manafort and Cohen Trial

Gelila Negesse, Designer September 17, 2018

On August 21st, Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen, two men who were key aids to the Trump campaign and presidency, were on trial in which Cohen pleaded guilty on eight counts in a New York courtroom and...

Warriors Big-Three after acquiring elite forward Kevin Durant.

Chasing The Championship

Michael Chambers, Reporter March 27, 2018

The 2016-2017 NBA Finals ended with the Golden State Warriors winning their second title in three years, trumping LeBron James and the Cavaliers 4-1, leaving many to wonder how could they could ever be...

GISD 2014 Bond Still in Effect

GISD 2014 Bond Still in Effect

Braedon Harris, Reporter February 24, 2017

In 2014, Garland ISD passed a $455.5 million bond to enhance student safety, upgrade district technology and improve facilities. The bond put in place five phases, each of which include at least six bid...

What its Like Being a Twin

What it’s Like Being a Twin

Jeffrey Candelaria, Designer February 24, 2017

T he saying, “two is better than one” is true for twins Marilyn and Melissa Jimenez. For 16 years, they have had the pleasure of being identical twins. Though they admit that there are some struggles...

Haircut for a Cause

Haircut for a Cause

Karla Romero, Co-Editor-in-Chief February 1, 2017

Last November, Special Education teacher Mrs. Michelle Sargent came back from Thanksgiving break with shorter hair. She’d donated the rest to Locks of Love in honor of her dear departed friend, Ms. Shannon...

Grajales Martinez and Farias at the courthouse. Photo courtesy of Grajales Martinez.

Young Love

Karla Romero, Co-Editor-in-Chief February 1, 2017

The summer before her senior year Valentina Grajales Martinez and her boyfriend of more than two years started talking about the possibility of getting married once she graduated. Soon after the school...

Why I Love Valentines Day - And You Should Too

Why I Love Valentine’s Day – And You Should Too

Eden Amberber, Co-Editor-in-Chief February 1, 2017

When I was growing up, Valentine’s Day was really only about one thing: candy. Every year, on Feb. 14, insane amounts of candy not fit for an elementary schooler’s bloodstream gave me a sugar rush....

Womans March on Dallas

Woman’s March on Dallas

Miranda Molina, Reporter February 1, 2017

It had not been even a day that Trump was in office when what started as the Women's March on Washington spread globally as an effort to protect women's rights and other causes such as immigration, health...

Keeping it in the Family

Keeping it in the Family

Miranda Molina, Reporter January 4, 2017

In the morning, in an office the size of a closet, English as a Second Language (ESL) and Language Proficiency Assessment Committee (LPAC) teacher Cynthia White gets ready for the day. She signs into her...

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