Category: News

Tryouts for spring sports await, student-athletes prepare

For student-athletes, one of the most important, meaningful days of the school year is the tryout day for their sport. Soccer, baseball and softball season are preparing to start their season, and the student-athletes are getting ready for this important event. With the season already underway, basketball tryouts are already in the rear-view mirror, as students had their…Continue Reading Tryouts for spring sports await, student-athletes prepare

Lack of participation sheds doubt on class of 2017 prom

Juniors are faced with the problem of not having enough student participation to raise the funds for prom. Since this year started, the junior class officers have been having a hard time getting all of the students together, and getting them to participate in the meetings to brainstorm and plan for fundraiser. “Our problem is that…Continue Reading Lack of participation sheds doubt on class of 2017 prom

Theatre department presents ALADDIN Nov. 12-13

On Thursday Nov. 12 and 13 in the auditorium, the theatre department will be showing the musical production of Aladdin. Curtains open at 7 pm, and tickets are five dollars in advance and seven dollars at the door. Kids under 12 who dress in Aladdin-themed costumes get in free. The Goldies and choir are joining forces with theatre students…Continue Reading Theatre department presents ALADDIN Nov. 12-13

Gavel News staff awarded national honor, CSPA Crown Award

CAPTION: Gavel staff members hold up the latest edition of the CSPA-award-winning Gavel Magazine just after delivery, along with their ink-stained hands from distributing the issue across campus, embracing the age-old identity of journalists and writers as “ink-stained wretches.” By Amber Villanueva and Janelle Martinez Out of the thousands of high school newspaper and online…Continue Reading Gavel News staff awarded national honor, CSPA Crown Award

Volleyball ends season with win over Marshall, seniors reflect

photo by Stormy Rice The volleyball team ended the season with an astonishing win against the Marshall Rams, even though they had a rocky start the first two matches, they finished dominating the Marshall Rams 15-24, 20-25, 13-15. This win gave the girls a season record of 28 wins and 15 losses. Although this season…Continue Reading Volleyball ends season with win over Marshall, seniors reflect

Public stereotypes at odds with student experience

“Holmes is trash.” “Half of them going to be cutting my grass in five to ten years.” “Holmes is ghetto and are y’all ready to get that L on Friday?” Students on social media a few weeks ago saw these comments as the first thing to pop on their feed or timeline. For many, rage…Continue Reading Public stereotypes at odds with student experience

Cyber Patriots prepare for new season with new leadership

Cyber Patriots have been hard at work in their training sessions these past few weeks, but that isn’t the only new thing going on within the cyber security club. Gerald McCaslin, last year’s photography teacher has taken over from John Carrera, who taught several cyber security classes, and coached the Cyber Patriot team. “Mr. Carrera had…Continue Reading Cyber Patriots prepare for new season with new leadership

Big plays from offense bring excitement, despite loss

CAPTION: Junior lineman Thomas Torres congratulates senior receiver Curtis Farrior in the end zone after a 72-yard catch and run by Farrior off of a double-pass trick play from senior receiver Chris Rios, who played quarterback last year. The score put the Huskies within a touchdown against the Hutto Hippos last Friday night at the…Continue Reading Big plays from offense bring excitement, despite loss

Gavel Online Article Archives Available Here

We are currently restructuring our online news site. Visit us here at studentnews.nisd.net/holmes for all current news and updates. If you are looking for past news articles and stories, you can find them temporarily at http://journalism.nisd.net/holmes/ At a later date, we’ll add past articles and archives to this site. Thanks for reading, Alicia Yanez, Gavel Co-Editor…Continue Reading Gavel Online Article Archives Available Here

FOOTBALL BREAKS 23-GAME LOSING STREAK IN HOME OPENER, WELCOMES ROGERS TO TEAM

By Alicia Yanez and Victoria Falcon In the student section, hearts were racing as the seconds counted down, and the clock showed zero. Water started to fly, as popcorn and cheers filled the air. The cause for celebration was a win with the score of 56-41 against South San. The football team was able to…Continue Reading FOOTBALL BREAKS 23-GAME LOSING STREAK IN HOME OPENER, WELCOMES ROGERS TO TEAM