Marcus High School's Online Newspaper

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Marcus High School's Online Newspaper

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Marcus High School's Online Newspaper

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Passing down the number

Passing down the number

austin rickerson October 17, 2012

It wasn’t until the car ride back from the doctor's office that it hit him. Tears streamed down Cole Erwin’s face as realization set in. His junior year football season would never be. No touchdowns....

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Teacher looks back on church shooting

Teacher looks back on church shooting

ryan mcdearmont October 17, 2012

The day was September 15, 1999. A mere four months after the massacre at Columbine High School. It was a regular day for 17-year-old high school senior Amanda McKnight, a current Briarhill Middle School...

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Flower Mound native to star in the television show Touch

Flower Mound native to star in the television show Touch

Madison Ermenio September 25, 2012

The offer every 13 year old has dreamed of is now a reality for Flower Mound native Saxon Sharbino: the opportunity to star in a television show. She will be a regular on season 2 of Touch. “I did...

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Gone but not forgotten

Gone but not forgotten

alyssa schmidt September 20, 2012

The halls have seemed a little emptier this year without one of the school’s busiest teachers. Longtime teacher Marcie Cooley passed away due to pancreatic cancer on July 5, 2012.  Cooley graduated...

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TCBY Review

marisa charpentier, managing editor September 17, 2012

Over the past few years, frozen yogurt has become a nationwide trend. This frozen fad pulled once-devout ice cream lovers away from their double-scooped chocolate cones and into a world of frozen lusciousness....

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District moves to accomodate refugee students

District moves to accomodate refugee students

jasmine sachar April 25, 2012

Their English is broken at best, but it’s better than that of their parents, who speak none. Their schooling, if there was any, has been interrupted by civil war, discrimination and time spent praying...

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Just clowning around

Just clowning around

meghan eurich April 25, 2012

 Senior Zach Pletcher is not your average teenager in the work force.  He does not make a living at a fast food joint or a clothing store, mindlessly standing in front of a cash register.   He does...

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Medical issues lead to early teacher retirement

Medical issues lead to early teacher retirement

Juliana Adame, Entertainment Editor April 12, 2012

Business teacher Kay Ward only had one month behind the desk this year before her life came to a screeching halt, causing her to say goodbye to her 12-year teaching career at the school. Over the past...

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Time heals wounds

Time heals wounds

Vallery Phillips, Reporter March 1, 2012

During a football game in 2010, free safety LC Wright was sprinting to tackle the Plano Senior High running back hurling towards him. As he dived, the player’s knee slammed into Wright’s right shoulder,...

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Junior wins Miss Teen Fort Worth title

Junior wins Miss Teen Fort Worth title

Ryan McDearmont, Reporter March 1, 2012

Junior Aloria Prince stands backstage, waiting for the Miss Teen Fort Worth 2012 pageant to begin. It is only her second pageant, but her hopes are high. All around her is chaos as the other contestants...

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Leaving the print behind

Leaving the print behind

Meghan Eurich, Online Editor February 29, 2012

By the time midterms roll around in a few weeks, the average AP World History classroom will be changed forever.  At the beginning of the second nine weeks, the school district will be replacing all of...

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One-way ticket to adventure

One-way ticket to adventure

Molly Spain, In-Depth/Opinion Editor February 7, 2012

When the school year comes to a close, seniors will be shopping for prom, brainstorming senior pranks or gearing up for graduation, but not senior Makayla Velarde. She will be in Europe soaking in the...

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