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Students Planning to Participate in National School Walkout Tomorrow

(CAPTION: Students design posters after school in a classroom for the April 20 walkout during 2nd period.) Students have organized a walkout to remember the lives that have been taken through mass shootings, and to promote safer gun laws, which takes place Friday, April 20, and marks the 19th anniversary of the infamous Columbine mass shooting at Columbine High…Continue Reading Students Planning to Participate in National School Walkout Tomorrow

Gavel Staff Wins Gold Crown for Print, Online Hybrid

The Gold Crown Award from Columbia University is a national honor given for the top hybrid publications (online and print) in the nation, and The Gavel was the only school in San Antonio to receive the award this year (other schools in town won in the print only and online only categories). One of only…Continue Reading Gavel Staff Wins Gold Crown for Print, Online Hybrid

9/11 Ceremony to take place Monday morning

AFJROTC will honor the 16th anniversary of the traumatic event that shook the world on September 11, 2001 this upcoming Monday. Cadets will begin the ceremony at the flag pole Monday morning promptly at 8:03AM; They will honor the lives lost, and remind us all of the historic day in our history. “All we are…Continue Reading 9/11 Ceremony to take place Monday morning

District Champ Softball Rolling into the Playoffs This Weekend

photo by Madison Casanova After completing their regular season with a record of 21 wins and three losses along with the district title, the softball team is headed to their first round playoff series against Clemens high school tomorrow at 7pm at the NISD softball fields on Culebra Rd. Despite their dominating performance in the…Continue Reading District Champ Softball Rolling into the Playoffs This Weekend

Journalism students continue winning ways, earning 25 individual state awards

  Journalism staff members brought in 25 individual state awards from the Interscholastic League Press Association (ILPC) along with another prestigious national Silver Crown Award from Columbia University’s Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) for The Gavel hybrid print and online publications. The Silver Crown is the first back-to-back Crown Award received in Holmes’ 50-plus year…Continue Reading Journalism students continue winning ways, earning 25 individual state awards

Art Club takes first place at Los Leones Art Festival

This past Saturday, the Art Club students competed at the Los Leones Art Festival at Marshall High School. They competed in the chalk event and brought home a first-place trophy for “Outstanding High School Visual Arts”. The following students are apart of the Art Club and vital to the group’s success: Camrynn Cardenas, Jessica Lim,…Continue Reading Art Club takes first place at Los Leones Art Festival

Move for A-building classes sooner than expected, teachers and students prepare

CAPTION: Earlier today, contractors from Dodson House Moving along with NISD building and construction staff, move one of fourteen portables into place on the band marching pad, where most of the fine arts programs will be housed during the demolition of the A-building and construction of the new fine arts facility and auditorium, starting Spring Break….Continue Reading Move for A-building classes sooner than expected, teachers and students prepare

BREAKING: New Football Coach Morales meets team, talks expectations

photo by Brittany Volz CAPTION: Newly hired athletic director and head football coach Juan Morales speaks with Gavel Executive Editor Alondra Martinez today during a fifth period meeting with next year’s football players. Coach Morales joins the Husky campus after taking Highlands HS to multiple playoff appearances in recent years. As coach Eddie Salas and…Continue Reading BREAKING: New Football Coach Morales meets team, talks expectations