Spotlights focus on the performers as they perform their end of camp concert. The drum beats perfectly in rhythm with the saxophone and piano creating a harmonic environment. The jazz performance comes...
“Hey, you want to join our team?” There, sitting in Introduction to Engineering class, Noah Hempkins was offered a spot on a newly-formed basketball team, and now has an inseparable group of friends.
The...
Growing up, Makenna Ford loved to decorate ornaments. Now, as a junior in high school, her ornament-making has made its way far from home. In this case, the Texas State Capitol.
Ford painted an ornament...
From medical school, to coaching, to Hawaii, John Baker will do it all. Baker is an AP psychology teacher at the high school. He found a passion in teaching psychology.
“In my first year of teaching,...
As the clock hits 8:40 a.m., students begin to flood the hallway on their way to first period. Many students will find that their classes have been temporarily assigned a substitute teacher to fill in...
It’s almost been a year. A year since Officer Chris Smith had his surgery.
He was mid squat. The bar on his shoulders, stacked with plates on both sides. When a searing pain rang through his chest,...
Aliyah Book is one of three drum majors in marching band. She also participates in dance, clubs and spends her free time at the Allen Public Library.
At A Glance:
Band experience: Six years
Pre-game...
Juliana Elandary is the district’s nutrition coordinator. Elandary plans menus and school lunches, coordinates food and supplies deliveries and much more. She has been with the district for seven years.
At...
On their first date, Regina Tomlinson hopped into his suburban hearse. Halfway through their second date, David (Dave) Tomlinson’s pager rang mid “The Man without a Face” movie. He’d received a...
