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The THS Tech Team launches their balloon on eclipse day.

Epilogue of the eclipse

By James Favot, News Editor • September 29, 2017

For over a year, Tigard High’s Technology Team had been working with NASA on an enormous project. They were preparing for eclipse day, when they would launch a balloon to record the beautiful overlap...

A club for everyone

By Grace Curry and Kaitlyn Wornath • September 22, 2017

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...

The tech team practices a tethered launch in preparation for the Aug. 21 balloon launch.

Tech team’s mission is out of this world

By James Favot, Copy Editor • July 15, 2017

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...

Sayounara, Sensei

By Allegra Wesson • June 15, 2017

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...

CE2 teacher retires

By Tor Gullholm • June 15, 2017

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...

Goodbye, sweet Dessert

Goodbye, sweet Dessert

By Jared Debban • June 15, 2017

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...

Kennedy Parish with US History teach Dani Rowe, smiling at the Oregons History Day as Parish received 1st place in her division.

Parish makes history

By Makayla Schmierer, Online Editor • June 9, 2017

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...

Juarez-Venegas joins the marines

By Yulissa Santana, Staff Writer • June 9, 2017

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...

Elizabeth Brands races to the finish line

By Emily Paulson, Staff Writer • June 1, 2017

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...

Penelope Kim gives back to the sport she loves

By Grace Lee, Staff Writer • June 1, 2017

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...

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