One simple instruction. Go inspect the rock wall. A task senior Andrew Duffy has done many times during his employment at Life Time Fitness. He checks the auto belays, a device that enables people to...

The packed gym buzzed with excitement as the students chanted the pep rally cheer in unison. Each group awaited their turn. As Principal Larry Sigler pointed to one side of the auditorium, an enthusiastic...

She never fails to greet every student with a contagious smile. Students order their morning cup of coffee, and she promptly begins to prepare it, wringing her hands and going straight to work....

Senior Landon Plunkett’s mind is focused on more than just academics this year. His future was decided before he even set foot on a campus for his final year at the school. After considering several...

Tamara Castaneda walked into the Main Street Bread Baking Company in Grapevine to meet her son, graduate Nick Chase, for brunch. He had abruptly chosen to stop going to college, and she was going to ask...

Senior Matthew McClay sat in the chair next to the hospital bed where his girlfriend of two years, junior Chloe Fortune, laid. Both of their moms were in the small white room with them, eagerly anticipating...

The boys’ varsity soccer team battled against Plano Senior High School. The winner of this game would advance to the 2005 playoffs. The school was down by one when suddenly freshman standout Sam Garza...

Every March, the school’s wrestling team sits down to have their end of season banquet. Among the awards being presented, members also vote for one senior wrestler to receive the Jared Corkran Teammate...

Junior Gabbi Morris was speechless. A girl had just told her that she shouldn’t be dating her boyfriend, junior Bryce Osborne. But her reason why was what made Morris cringe. “I had an African-American...

Senior Ally Salls sat on the bench on the side of the soccer field, watching her teammates practice. The girls were scrimmaging, yelling across the pitch to one another. One of the forwards shot the ball,...

Junior Calla Hamlin put on her black visor and yellow shirt as she prepared to go to work, just as she always did. But as she got in her car and cranked the engine, something was different. She was...