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Meet the Van Fleets: Kaylin, Madri, Alexis, Andy and Brooklyn.

Meet the Van Fleets

By Olivia Niemi and Katelyn Wilhoit November 15, 2019

     Andrew Stanley Van Fleet loves a good fire. “When he is unsupervised, Andy lights small fires around the yard,” his wife Madri Van Fleet said.       It’s all in the name of killing...

The Teen Library Council celebrates in the freshly painted alcove of the librarys new Teen Scene. The Council was involved in making the Teen Scene a reality.

Tigard Library organizes new Teen Scene

By James Favot, Copy Editor November 10, 2019

     Whether students are looking for a place to study or simply relax outside of school hours, the Tigard Library’s newly made “Teen Scene” offers something for everyone.      Lisa...

Jessica Woolfolk (12) is president of Climate Club and Dryden Raschdorf (11) is one of the clubs officers. Climate Club hopes to instill a recycling and composting program within the school this year.

Climate Club taking action to make change

By James Favot, Copy Editor November 1, 2019

     Among many clubs new to the Tigard High scene this year is Climate Club, a service-based group dedicated to climate-focused activism. The club’s officers have been busy forming their “plan...

From left to right: Khanh Nguyen (10), Xavier Walker (12) and Jimmy Nguyen (12) look through a sketchbook to compile ideas for their game. Studio Gemini is recruiting members to compete in this years OGPC.

Ready, set, game!

By James Favot, Copy Editor October 22, 2019

     Studio Gemini was one of three Tigard High teams last year participating in the Oregon Game Project Challenge (OGPC), an annual student video game development competition. Although they faced...

Ada Yake gets playing time on the freshman football team. She started playing five years ago and wants to continue throughout high school.

Tackling gender norms: meet Tigard’s girl football players

By Ashley Sample, Staff Writer October 21, 2019

     Two female football players, Jordan White and Ada Yake, made their Tigard debut at the freshman game on Sept. 5 against Sunset.      The Football Association, an organization that oversees...

Students show their spirit at the game against Canby on Sept 21. The new spirit app has increased participation at games.

The new spirit app brings out the best (and worst) in students

By Ashley Sample, Staff Writer October 12, 2019
Leadership introduced a new app called Spirit this year hoping to get students more involved with school events. It motivates students to go to events by making attendance competitive.

Tigard High’s thoughts on new building

By James Favot, Copy Editor September 27, 2019

Q: What do you think of your new room? Jodi Mello: So far, I like it a lot. The rooms are really nice now that the temperature is back to normal[…] The room is nice and clean, and the big windows...

Principal Brian Bailey speaks to students at the Welcome Back Assembly. For some students the assembly was the first time they had seen the new principal.

Bailey gets the grade

By James Favot, Copy Editor September 18, 2019
 The student body didn’t just meet a new building at the start of the month—they also met a new principal. New principal Brian Bailey has many years of school administrative work under his belt and is hoping to employ this knowledge to better the Tigard community.

Q&A with Debbie Ebert

By Bonifacio Yuzon, Staff Writer June 15, 2019

Debbie Ebert is the HR director for the Tigard-Tualatin School District. Earlier this week, she held a meeting during lunch at Tigard High for any curious students to inquire about the hiring process for...

Although it is common knowledge among his peers that he is gay, this identity is something that is only embraced outside of his home. At home, Au is still struggling to be accepted for who he is.

Nothing but Pride

By Maddie Cooke, Multimedia Editor June 7, 2019
Senior Daniel Au proudly shares his identity and continues to embrace it, despite struggles he faces at home
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