Marcus High School's Online Newspaper

The Marquee

Marcus High School's Online Newspaper

The Marquee

Marcus High School's Online Newspaper

The Marquee

New year, new tunes

New year, new tunes

Alex Helm, copy editor January 30, 2015

Say goodbye to last year’s music, and hello to the music of the new year. These new beats are sure to get music lovers out of an old-tune slump. Here’s what’s on The Marquee’s playlist. Female...

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Altitude adjustment

Altitude adjustment

Sanika Sule December 15, 2014

As junior Madeline Stanfield packs her parka and ski boots, she knows she is one day closer to being in the crisp mountain air. She anticipates the next few months, which will be filled with gliding in...

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The Trotter family, Richi (left), Bambi (right) and Camden (bottom) , pose together for family picture before the car accident occurred  in early August.

One percent

Jacob Fontaine December 15, 2014

Bambi Trotter, a kindergarten teacher at Bridlewood Elementary, doesn’t remember the day of her accident. She doesn’t remember the one-hour struggle the first responders undertook to cut through the...

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Back to school

Back to school

Rachel Ramirez, Entertainment editor December 9, 2014

AP US History Teacher Kaitlyn Wilson, Class of 2009 The band has gone to the state competition in San Antonio every other year and has won the past ten years. AP US History teacher Kaitlyn Wilson played...

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Duel in the pool

Duel in the pool

Darci Walton, Sports editor December 5, 2014

Though Duel in the Pool has been a tradition for the swim team to swim against district rivals Flower Mound for the last 16 years, this was the first year for the meet to be held in the new Westside Aquatic...

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Review: The Evil Within

Review: The Evil Within

Madi Schwem November 12, 2014

The game all horror fans everywhere have braced themselves for is one of great ambition and brought to gamers as a fairly straightforward title--The Evil Within. One can tell without even knowing anything...

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Storify: Band wins fifth consecutive state title

Storify: Band wins fifth consecutive state title

Alex Helm, Copy editor November 12, 2014

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Review: Bleachers performs at House of Blues

Review: Bleachers performs at House of Blues

Alex Helm, Copy editor November 11, 2014

Breaking away from Steel Train and the popular band fun., Jack Antonoff performed with his new indie-pop band Bleachers at The House of Blues in Dallas on Nov. 2. Doors opened at 7 pm, and within 30 minutes...

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Elizabeth Pool (front, middle) with her adopted father, Ken Pool (left), her mother, Sarah Pool (back, middle), and her sister, Cara Pool (right) at a football game. The Pools adopted Elizabeth two years ago from Casa Hogar in Mexico.

A tortured childhood

Alyssa Schmidt, Online editor in chief November 11, 2014

Beatings were a common part of Elizabeth Pool’s childhood. When she was 6 her parents divorced, then the beatings became daily. Her mother, Marlena, would come home from the restaurant where she waitressed,...

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Spirited sisterhood

Spirited sisterhood

Jaime Hardison, Opinion editor November 11, 2014

It’s nerd day at school. Glasses. Headgear. Outdated New Balance tennis shoes. A plaid shirt and a long-sleeved turtleneck. As the two girls walk into school, they see others like them. Others with high...

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Algebra II teacher Beth Shelton teaches her  math class. She goes to chemotherapy Wednesday through Friday.

Fighting to teach

Rachel Ramirez, Entertainment editor November 7, 2014

Smiling at the doctor, Algebra II teacher Beth Shelton left the treatment room, got in her car and headed to school. Knowing this treatment had been lighter than most, she felt comfortable returning to...

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Storify: Get in the spirit

Storify: Get in the spirit

Compiled by Cara Crocker October 31, 2014

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