A club for everyone
Grace Curry and Kaitlyn Wornath, Staff Writers
September 22, 2017
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Club members handed out free stuff from S.T.U.D.D. headbands to candy to bracelets, while a person ran around in a pizza costume. All in all, Club Rush went smoothly once again. The effort seemed to have paid off for the club members who had meticulously painted their colorful posters and s...
Tech team’s mission is out of this world
James Favot, Copy Editor
July 15, 2017
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As Tech Team Coach Steve Fulton navigates through the remote grassy hills in a four-wheel drive truck, a group of students bouncing alongside him, everyone is starting to get weary. The Flying Tigers had launched their test balloon days ago, but the recovery team is still having trouble getting it back....
Sayounara, Sensei
June 15, 2017
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This year is the last year that Tigard High will have its well renowned Japanese teacher, Noriko Roberts, as she has decided it’s time to retire. Roberts is recognized at the school for not only being the sole Japanese teacher, but also for being an excellent one at that. She started the Tigard Japanese Nat...
CE2 teacher retires
June 15, 2017
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CE2 teacher Susan McGee is walking away from 30 years of service in the Tigard-Tualatin School District. McGee is looking forward to entering the next chapter of her life and spending time with her family and close friends. “Transitioning and moving forward is going to be a challenge. There are parts of workin...
Goodbye, sweet Dessert
June 15, 2017
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After 19 years of teaching at Tigard High, English teacher Joe Dessert is finally calling it good and retiring at the end of this school year. With a lasting impact left on students, he has achieved his goals. Dessert has worked hard over the years to make his classes enjoyable for all of his studen...
Parish makes history
Makayla Schmierer, Online Editor
June 9, 2017
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Sophomore Kennedy Parish will be competing in National History Day June 11, after winning 1st place at Oregon’s National History Day. Parish was trying to find a contest that mixes her love for history with her desire to challenge herself beyond what she thinks she is capable of doing, and she found...
Juarez-Venegas joins the marines
Yulissa Santana, Staff Writer
June 9, 2017
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The 2016-2017 school year is ending, the flowers are blooming and summer is just around the corner. While other seniors are gathering things for their college dorms or looking for a roommate, Isabel Juarez-Venegas is preparing herself to be committed to the Marines. It was not an easy decision to leave family ...
Elizabeth Brands races to the finish line
Emily Paulson, Staff Writer
June 1, 2017
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The bell rings for school to be over and freshman Elizabeth Brands races towards the locker room to get ready for the thing she loves most, track. Track helps Brands put all her worries behind her and forget about the overwhelming homework from school. Track is one of the most popular sports at T...
Penelope Kim gives back to the sport she loves
Grace Lee, Staff Writer
June 1, 2017
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As sweat drips down her chin, an exhausted Freshmen Penelope Kim sits on the sidelines, watching her middle school pupils bumping a white volleyball back and forth. While many students at Tigard High don’t go farther than playing their favorite sport, some go above and beyond. Kim coaches children ...
Philosophy Club makes you think
May 19, 2017
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Philosophy Club is a meeting where a group of people get together and talk about morals, ethics, truths and fallacies of the world. As you explore these new concepts, you come up with standards and opinions of each topic. Each meeting has a different topic to talk about. Sometimes its moral dilemmas,...