Story written by: Emma Villegas,

At 9:00 am on Thursday, February 1, 2024, the UIL announced district realignment for Texas high school football, basketball, and volleyball. For the next two years these realignments will remain in place until 2026 when they go through the same process.

“For the next few years, I am glad we are playing district games closer to Marshall High School,” soccer coach Robert Gonzalez said.

The following schools in NISD organized to District 28 are: Brennan, Harlan, Holmes, Marshall, O’Connor, Sotomayor, Stevens, Taft, and Warren. 

“We will play whoever we need to and do the best we can, “ softball coach Larissa Cover said, “We are proud of our softball program and we know that each game in either district is always tough but one thing is for sure- that we are going to try our best.”

The realignment brings Marshall back to compete for District with our own NISD schools. We moved from District 28 to District 27, meanwhile schools like Brandeis and Clark remain in District 27.

“Marshall is changing from NEISD to NISD, which is our original district, and we are ready for whatever comes our way.” Coach Cover said, “It is always a challenge when you have to change but we know that each district has its own pros and cons.”

Students overall don’t hold many strong opinions about this decision, however it is still definitely a big shift in the athletics department.

“ I feel no difference to the decision, the competition is still challenging with NISD or NEISD teams.” Coach Gonzales said.

Story written by: Alliyah Azlan,

In partnership with the Alamo Association of Student Councils, Student Council hosted a food donation drive this past week. The drive lasted from January 18th until February 2nd. On Saturday, February 3rd, AASC will host the food drive at their Leadership Workshop where each student involved will be expected to donate two items.

As the Food Bank always needs donations, Student Council thought a food drive would be the best option for their community service workshop project. By opening the drive to the Marshall community, the opportunity for food donations gained. Despite how widespread the donation drive became, however, many students still didn’t take up the opportunity.

“We were hoping to expand our footprint and get more donations this way,” Kimberly Ahokas, the co-sponsor for Student Council, said. “Unfortunately, we have received only a couple of items to donate.”

According to students on campus, however, the lack of donations had nothing to do with the reach of the donation drive, but more so the lack of student interest in donating.

“I think a food drive could really help those in need,” Katherine Putnam, a sophomore, said. “If there was a prize for the homeroom with the most donations, or even for an individual student, there’d be more student interest and we’d have more donations.”

Although the food drive has ended at Marshall, there are still opportunities for students who wish to contribute to their community. For the students who were unable to donate this time around, but have wishes to donate some time in the future, there are places where they can do so. Apart from the San Antonio Food Bank, all Goodwill stores and donation centers have a red barrel for non-perishable food items.