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During the extended block when students shared experiences with hate speech, they could be anonymous or identifiable. Some students felt comfortable being identified. Others had an ally read about their experiences. While still others were comfortable being silhouetted.

This is no place for hate

By Addison Flint, staff writer November 29, 2021

     On Oct. 25 administrators added extended blocks for the short week of school. During this extension, students were shown a video. It included students sharing the hate speech they endured here...

Sophomores Natalie Church, Kiki Allen, Sienna Johnson, Flannery Mendenhall, Chira Ahmed, Caroline Johnson, Madelyn Feeney, Madeleine Joule sit together at one lunch table on Nov. 18. after the four per table restriction was lifted. In the before shot signs taped to the tables instructed students to spread out.

The talk around the table

By Aréana Mann, Staff Writer November 18, 2021

     Returning to school amidst a global pandemic has changed much of school as students previously remember, including lunch.       Initially, students were required to sit four to a table...

At the Oct. 17 game students rush the fence by the field. It was the first time of the year that students had ventured down from the stands hoping for a chance to rush the field.

Students say: “Let us rush the field!”

By Elle Ervin, Staff Writer November 18, 2021

     After football games on Friday nights, students want to be able to rush onto the field to support their Tigers, like in past years, but since COVID, that has been restricted.       Due...

Willow waits patiently by the door to Ann Schoblaskes math class. She left her work at school to be united with her human on Oct. 29.

What do you get when you cross a dog and a calculator?

By Abbi Elliott, Editor In Chief November 10, 2021

     A friend you can count on, or math teacher Ann Schoblaske and her service dog in training, Willow.      Schoblaske found that sharing pets was the best way to get her students engaged...

The bathrooms in the lower science are closed due to vandalism. Students in the language and science hall have had a long walk to get to the bathroom.

The long walk

By Molly Fast, Staff Writer November 10, 2021

     On Oct. 18, there was a surprise taped on bathroom doors around campus. It was a pale pink sign that read, “These bathrooms are closed due to vandalism.” Almost a month later the bathrooms...

Choir Director Robert Hawthorne leads a practice for the fall musical All Together Now! The show will be performed by 2,500 theater groups across the country from Nov. 12-15.

Thespians Are “All Together Now!”

By Meileen Arroyo, staff writer November 5, 2021

     After a full year of online school, members of the thespian club are ready to get back on stage and perform in this year’s fall show: All Together Now!”      "All Together Now," showcases...

Madison Hotchkiss (front) and the rest of the band participate in the NWAPA Championship on Nov. 2. The team brought home the title for the 12th time.

It’s going to be spectacular

By Megan Cavanagh October 28, 2021

NOTE: The photo for this story is from the NWAPA Class A/AA Championships in 2019. The photo will be updated on Nov. 1      For the first time in two years, the marching band is headed to the NWAPA...

Sophomore Maalik Barkhadle has his picture taken with Spiderman during school on Oct. 27. Some students dressed up for Halloween on the last day of classes before the holiday. Spidermans real identity remained a secret.

Costumes, candy, cooking and cozying up with a scary movie

By Ruby Kastrava and Bryce Petersen October 27, 2021

     With Halloween right around the corner, cold weather, the leaves changing colors, many students have begun to make plans for the special night. Dressing up, trick-or-treating, and going to parties...

Senior drum major DJ Johnston leads the band during the halftime show on Sept. 24. Band members wore pride flags to show solidarity with students at Newberg after their school board banned teachers from being able to display it in classrooms.

Students protest at football game

By Abbi Elliott, Editor in chief October 19, 2021

     After the Newberg school district announced their ban on Black Lives Matter and Pride items, Tigard students and staff showed up to the Friday Sept. 24 football game in protest mode.      Newberg...

Junior Alyssa Thoren dances her way down Durham Road. On Oct. 8 some homecoming events continued as usual like the parade and football game. Powderpuff and the dance were postponed.

Homecoming? Mostly …

By Madi Vogel and Sophia Simonetti October 14, 2021

   With things (mostly) back to normal, students were expecting one of more well known events of the year to happen—the homecoming dance. When the news that the dance would be canceled hit on...

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