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Nathan Feuerstein performs in front of a smoky red-lit backdrop. Feuerstein was at the Portland Moda Center on Oct. 8.

NF comes to Portland

By Talia Yake • November 5, 2019

     After releasing his newest album “The Search” on July 26, 28-year-old rapper Nathan Furstein (also known as “NF”) announced he would be coming to the Portland Moda Center on October 8....

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...

Protestors on May 8, 2018 advocated for the passing of the Student Success Act, which was signed into law July 1, 2018 by Governor Kate Brown.

Student Success Act secures the bag on funding

By James Favot, Copy Editor • October 17, 2019
 The Student Success Act aims to generate an extra $1 billion annually to be distributed statewide among all Oregon schools. On top of that, the act promises a slight reduction in personal income tax rates. The money for the act will come from a raised business tax.
The Varsity Volleyball team throws candy at the people observing the parade. “It was very exciting and fun mainly because I love spending time with my teammates.” Junior Avery Croxton said. Being on a float in the parade can be a lot of fun for clubs and teams because you get extra time to hang out with the members of it. The homecoming parade is a great way to have people in the community come together to congratulate students on their achievements.

Homecoming Week: Parade rocks community’s world

By Liz Blodgett, Design Editor • October 15, 2019

Senior Max Lenzy pushes through the lines of defense to score another goal for Tigard. “It feels great just having everyone coming out to the game and everyone just supporting my team and I,” Lenzy said. The Tigers managed to have a shutout game against Sprague with a score of 56-0.

Homecoming Week: Tigard defeats Sprague

By Liz Blodgett, Design Editor • October 15, 2019

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.
Aaron Leininger fixes school computers and doles out the Wi-Fi password. Students returned to school to find they could no longer log into the TTSD guest Wi-Fi with their phones.

What’s the password?

By Zoey Westby, Staff Writer • October 2, 2019
Students no longer have access to the Wi-Fi at school... unless someone leaks the password
During Fridays game against Lake Oswego, the student section shows some spirit. The cheer, Truckin, was banned mid-game when cheerleaders and administration deemed it too dangerous.

Wave goodbye to “Truckin'”

By Jared Debban and Meghan Turley • October 2, 2019
This past week #beststudentsectioninthestate ran into some trouble with new Principal Brian Bailey. As the Tigers rolled to a 31-7 win over Lake Oswego, Tigard students rolled over each other in the stands which led to rising concerns from the sidelines of the football field by Principal Bailey. Students falling off of the bleacher’s while participating in cheers throughout the game led to a temporary ban of THS’ beloved “Truckin’” cheer. 
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