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Students express thoughts after passing of graduated senior

August 8, 2013

Class of 2013 graduate Nick Chase passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 6. Chase was a member of the Academic Decathlon team, DECA, German Club, Mu Alpha Theta and the UIL Academic team. Chase also started his...

Breaking Ground

Madison Ermenio and Austin Rickerson • May 10, 2013

After years of planning, the Marcus Freshman Center is becoming a reality. Ground for the new building was broken on April 23, and the center is scheduled to be ready for the 2014-2015 school year. The...

Teachers create new AP Civics course

Marisa Charpentier • May 2, 2013

Next year’s seniors will have the opportunity to take a combined 18-week AP Government and AP Macroeconomics course called “AP Civics.” The class integrates these two courses by splitting the group...

EHS collects books, helping community

Miranda Chiechi • April 17, 2013

After a regular day at Central Elementary School on Friday, April 19, the students return to school Saturday to see the building transformed overnight. Inside a carnival will have taken over the school,...

Girl Scout raises awareness for local animal organizations

Austin Rickerson • March 22, 2013

Four years ago, Senior Lauren Gariss and her family adopted a dog named Lucy from a local shelter. Gariss can still recall when she first set eyes on the young Rottweiler mix, with its brown and black...

Second look at school security

alyssa schmidt • February 7, 2013

School administrators have been meeting to review security measures after the school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut. "My reaction was shock and then, as probably anybody who works in...

2012-2013 CLASS FAVORITES AND SENIOR SUPERLATIVES

January 30, 2013

FRESHMEN CLASS FAVORITES Zoey Schwolert Jake Nelson SOPHOMORE CLASS FAVORITES Krystal Fox Dylan McKie JUNIOR CLASS FAVORITES Alex Tindall Michael McMillan SENIOR...

Friends of Rachel holds holiday toy drive

Madison Ermenio • December 7, 2012

The Friends of Rachel club and the varsity cheerleaders will be holding a toy drive for families in our community that are in need this Christmas. The drive will be held during all lunches from December...

Journalism staffs win national awards

November 27, 2012

Marcus Journalism had a fun and successful trip to the JEA National Convention in San Antonio this year! Our biggest honors were that Newspaper was awarded 5th place in Best of Show and Lit Mag was awarded...

Students report incidents of hit and runs on campus

Madison Ermenio • November 12, 2012

Hit and run collisions between student drivers in the parking lot have been a recurrent problem this school year. Five incidents have been reported to administration in the span of six weeks, all of which...

Paddling in Springtown stirs up controversy

miranda chiechi • October 18, 2012

Paddling of a Texas student has brought about national controversy on the subject of corporal punishment. As many as 31 states have abolished corporal punishment and 19 states allow it, including Texas....

AP World History Students Recive iPads

Anna Middleton • September 19, 2012

LISD has provided iPads for the AP World History classrooms in the entire district to use. Students that have AP World History receive an iPad for the semester they are in the class. The World History...