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The Marquee

Chloe and Natalie White eat dinner with their family. The last time Chloe saw her sister was watching a Netflix documentary about flat earthers together at home. Photo submitted by Chloe White

Robbed of more time

Graduate details how drug use killed her sister
Hyunsung Na March 8, 2023

Looking out the backseat window of her parent’s car, 2019 graduate Chloe White watched her father leaving the motel room. Tears rolled down the former Marine’s face as he walked back to their car,...

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Heart Of The City

November 4, 2022

Mission Statement: “To love others, to serve others, and to help others.  When doing all of this, we do it in the name of Jesus.”   Heart of the City Lewisville is a charity centered on a...

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North Texas Food Bank

November 4, 2022

‏‏‎ ‎Mission Statement: “To create a hunger-free North Texas through expanding community partnerships.”   For 40 years, the North Texas Food Bank provides help to thousands all throughout...

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Christian Community Action

November 4, 2022

‏‏‏‏‎ ‎‎M‎ission statement: “In the name of Jesus Christ, Christian Community Action ministers to the poor by providing comprehensive services to alleviate suffering, bring hope, and...

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The Giving Season

The Giving Season

How to help local nonprofits year round
Hyunsung Na, Kaelen Reed, and Emily Couch November 4, 2022

The months of November and December mark the start of an annual surge of donations, a phenomenon known as — the season of giving. The winter holidays arrive consecutively all sharing one universal thing:...

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Low wages in Texas lead to teacher shortages

Low teacher pay leave teachers and schools struggling
Newton Witter and Caiden Emmert October 26, 2022
Texas has recently been going through a teacher shortage, with more teachers quitting and less teachers coming in than ever before.
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Debbie Brininstool was 14 years old when the school shooting occurred at Carlsbad Mid-High School on Nov 3rd, 1971. (Submitted by Debbie Brininstool)

Armed by the past

Shooting changes the perspective of English teacher
Kaelen Reed, Reporter October 13, 2022

Editor's note: This story won first place for feature in the 2023 ILPC contest. It also won a 2023 Tops in Texas. Michael O’Hearn, 23 had recently returned to his hometown in New Mexico when he breached...

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"Often times, young kids are exposed to and participate in antisemitism without understanding the history behind it."

Staff editorial: Holocaust comparisons are inappropriate

The Marquee Staff February 9, 2022

Editor’s note: This story was part of the Jan. 19, 2022 in-depth package that won superior in-depth package in the 2022 TAJE Best in Texas contest. It went on to win Best 0f the Best for Objective Writing....

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Recent bills spark controversy about history education

Recent bills spark controversy about history education

Hyunsung Na, Aishani Raju, and Harrison Hamre February 1, 2022

Editor’s note: This story was part of the Jan. 19, 2022 in-depth package that won best series/project in the Dallas Morning News high school journalism contest. It also won first place for in-depth...

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Liesl and her father posing on the St. Louis, Liesl clutching her flowers. They were her “first flowers from a gentleman.”

Holocaust survivor’s son recalls mother’s journey to America

Alanna Reed January 25, 2022

Editor’s note: This story was part of the Jan. 19, 2022 in-depth package that won best series/project in the Dallas Morning News high school journalism contest. It also won first place for in-depth...

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Rabbi Geoffrey Dennis visits gravestones cemented into a wall in Kazimierz Dolny, Poland. A survivor created this memorial to commemorate graves destroyed by Nazis.

Fogging history’s lens

Local rabbi responds to Holocaust discussions
Alanna Reed January 20, 2022

Editor’s note: This story was part of the Jan. 19, 2022 in-depth package that won best series/project in the Dallas Morning News high school journalism contest. It also won first place for in-depth...

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