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A car drives along Durham Road as Advanced Photography students capture panning shots. Red light cameras have been installed at three intersections along highway 99W in Tigard.

Red light cameras: coming soon to an intersection near you

By Olivia Young, Features Editor • February 28, 2019
To all THS students who drive: be on the lookout for new photo red light cameras on your route to and from school.
Several pixelated posters like these can be found throughout the halls of Tigard High.

Pixel art floods the halls

By James Favot, Editor-in-Chief • February 15, 2019

     What started with a few images has turned into a gallery of pixel art lining the halls of Tigard High. The cubic pictures are fun to look at while walking from class to class, but where did they...

The student-led walkout as part of the March for Our Lives Movement was one event that defined 2018. Jessica Woolfolk, Meghan Turley and Baylee Berquist organized the walkout and held the banner.

Parkland: one year later

By Maddie Cooke, Meghan Turley, Multimedia Editor, Online Editor • February 14, 2019

     On Feb. 14th, 2018, a 19 year old took an assault rifle to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. He entered the freshman building and killed 17 students and staff members,...

A teacher lectures to an empty classroom. A 34 percent absence rate equates to about 680 students, or about 19 empty classrooms.

Out of class without a pass

By Jessica Krueger, Staff Writer • February 13, 2019

     Tigard High is at the heart of a national issue: chronic absenteeism. A chronic absentee is a student who has missed at least 15 days of school in one year, and chronic absenteeism rates have soared...

Junior Natalie Scharn and Senior Kara Petrick perform “Campfire Song Song” from Spongebob to wrap up the 2nd Open Mic Night on Feb. 7.

Second Open Mic night hits the right note

By Jalane Hailu, Staff Writer • February 11, 2019

     Last Thursday was the second Open Mic Night of the year. This event allows students to come to the stage to perform music, song, poetry or stories. Photos from the night can be found here. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1V0_BIwyUMwxElr5LnC1-YRMt946kpeLZ?usp=sharing  ...

Throw back photos of the winter formal exist. In this 2006 yearbook page spread, it featured a dance and a holiday court.

Winter formal makes a comeback

By Sophie Fenton • December 14, 2018

For the first time in over 10 years, Tigard is bringing back the glitz and glam of the Winter Formal. This dance is highly anticipated by many students. Sophomore Noah Hofmann may have been a little...

With the option of using the shack ruled out, the Tiger Cage is still waiting for a place to permanently settle.

Tiger Cage still homeless

By Bonifacio Yuzon, Staff Writer • December 14, 2018

     The plan to move the Tiger Cage to the shack near the cafeteria has been cancelled for logistical reasons.      “We just couldn’t get electricity or water to there,” Visual Merchandising...

The weather may be rainy but construction continues on the stairwell in the new commons. Construction is currently running two weeks behind schedule and builders have had to consider some value engineering to keep costs down.

Construction budget soars, “value engineering” begins

By James Favot, Editor-in-Chief • December 12, 2018

     As winter break nears, the school administration is talking budget and deadlines concerning the remodel. Principal Andy Van Fleet shared the current plans for what will be done over vacation and...

Sparrow Club members show Mya her letters after Fridays assembly.

Miracle Minute, Miracle Mya

By Katelyn Wilhoit, Staff Writer • December 10, 2018

     On Friday afternoon at 3:04 p.m., with only a minute left in the school day, students raised $706.40.      It was called the Miracle Minute. Runners with buckets ran into the audience...

To help our sparrow Mya, Black Rock and an anonymous family foundation are donating $10 for every hour of service Tigard students perform.

Sparrow assembly coming to Tigard

By Kaitlyn Wilhoit, Staff Writer • December 6, 2018

     Tomorrow we are on a afternoon assembly schedule to introduce our Sparrow Mya.      The idea for Sparrow Club began in 1992, when  young Michael Leeland was in need of a bone marrow transplant...

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