By Annabelle Podmore Ever since he could remember, he has loved music. He used to carry around a CD player, and he had a collection of songs he’d listen to. Now, his band’s album is on streaming platforms. Class of 2020 alumnus Truett Heintzelman and his friend Philip Lupton have created a band, Briscoe, which…Continue Reading The story of Briscoe
By Adriana Rao The pros Asynchronous learners are the students that chose to stay virtual, and then chose to work completely independently, meaning that they don’t attend the Zoom meetings for their classes. Asynchronous students are still counted for attendance, they still do their classwork and turn it in; they just don’t do it while…Continue Reading Asynchronous learning- does it work?
By Kira Sandys After a tight presidential race, the Electoral College casted their official votes on December 14, 2020. But how does the electoral college work? First, let’s take a look at the history behind it all! According to Clark High School government teacher Cristina Johnson, the Electoral College was a compromise made at the…Continue Reading A man with a plan
By Annabelle Podmore Honey bees hate the smell of bananas. Bananas contain the same compound as a bee’s alarm pheromone, so they think they’re being attacked. They also don’t like waking up before 10:00 a.m, and they won’t leave the hive if it’s less than 55°. These sorts of things you pick up as a…Continue Reading Bee-ing earthy
By Annabelle Podmore Over the river and through the woods. Social studies teacher Heather Draker lives on 15 acres of land in Canyon Lake. Her mother-in-law also lives on their property, beyond a creek. In a house made out of a shipping container. “When we got pregnant, we knew that we wanted our parents to…Continue Reading Environmental estate
By Amanda Gaupp Thanksgiving break- the perfect time to feast with your family on a variety of dishes, and of course the main prize, a turkey. But my plans were different this Thanksgiving. On November 28, 2019, I became a vegetarian. For a few months I had considered becoming a vegetarian. Frightened by videos of…Continue Reading The vegetarian view
By Kristen Haga Flipping the classroom and learning at home. Three years ago, US History teacher Holly Lennox started a YouTube channel to post reviews, but has since used it to upload note videos for her students to do outside of the designated class time. “Several years ago, a couple of history teachers I knew…Continue Reading APUSH teacher creates Youtube channel for virtual learning
By Kristen Haga A teacher who continues to learn. Physics and Earth/Space teacher Shannon Sahabi has taken extra roles in famous films to learn about filmmaking. “I’ve always wanted to be a teacher but when I was in high school I wanted to be a filmmaker,” Sahabi said. “I have no aspirations to be an…Continue Reading Science teacher learns about film working as extras in movies
By Ian Pumphrey As America continues to break COVID records, and cases in Texas rise rapidly, I ask myself what we can do to minimize the spread of the virus. Quickly however, I am reminded that reducing the spread of COVID isn’t so much about what we should be doing but more about what we…Continue Reading The ignorance of pandemic parties
By Devin Sanchez 2020 has been a crazy year, as we can all agree. In March of this year, the whole COVID-19 pandemic started. Nobody ever would have guessed that nine months later, we are still having to be careful going out in public, and especially working. I started working right before the lockdown started,…Continue Reading A pandemic workplace