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Multicultural Coordinator Giselle Escobar, (right) met with Dr. Jose Medina, (center) a speaker at La Cosecha. The conference, held in Albuquerque in November, was a national gathering about two-way immersion programs.

Two-Way Immersion is only two years away

By Maria Sotelo, staff writer • December 20, 2019

     Starting with the 2021-2022 school year, Tigard High School will be instituting a new language immersion program called “Two-Way Immersion” or “TWI.” TWI is a program offered at hundreds...

Students finish lunch on the learning stairs and head to their final class of the day.

A step above

By Olivia Young, Online Editor • December 18, 2019

Story originally published in the November 2019 edition of The Paw, our quarterly magazine.      The learning stairs are a new addition to Tigard High School in the new north wing. They’re a series...

Tigard Metro ticket representative Hazhar Kadir holds up a few of the tickets for sale. His goal is to sell enough to meet his quota for the week.

Project Metro aims to unite students around a common cause

By Jared Debban and Meghan Turley • December 12, 2019
Project Metro starts at 8 p.m. on Saturday at 14523 SW Millikan Way #110 Beaverton, Oregon. Tickets starting at $10 available to purchase online or through a representative at various high schools around the area-including Tigard and Mountainside. Additionally, the Instagram page states that a limited number of tickets will be sold at the door day of.
Members from all four FTC teams piloted their robots at the Tigard Library on Sunday. Visitors had the opportunity to pilot the robots for themselves and learn more about Tigards robotics team.

Robotics team lets kids take the wheel

By James Favot, Copy Editor • December 10, 2019

     The flashing lights and whirrs and beeps caught the eyes and ears of many at the Tigard Library. Tigard’s First Tech Challenge (FTC) robotics teams showed off their tournament-ready robots in...

A change in name, not purpose

A change in name, not purpose

By Liz Blodgett, Design Editor • December 2, 2019

     Key Club has been in the Tigard community for 50 years. However, when students walked through Club Rush this year, Key Club was nowhere to be seen. Instead, students saw a new club, Service Club,...

Seniors Aaron Jobe (left) and Aaron Esau (right) placed third in the US Western Region at CSAW this year. their team was also ranked the eight high school team globally.

Esau and Jobe crack the code

By James Favot, Copy Editor • December 2, 2019
Cybersecurity Awareness Week (CSAW) is an event organized annually by the NYU Center for Cybersecurity and sponsored by several computer science institutions. The event is part of a larger celebration of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, held every October in an effort to promote web safety and user security.
Sparrow Ellie and her family join students in the gym for the annual Sparrow Assembly. At the assembly, Sparrow Club partnered with BlackRock Coffee Company to inspire students to serve their community.

Introducing Ellie

By Liz Blodgett • November 26, 2019

     For the past couple years, the Tigard community has partnered with Black Rock Coffee Bar and Sparrow Clubs USA to help sponsor a child with medical issues in hopes to raise money for any additional...

Band Director James Irving, shown here at the Nov. 7 Veterans Day Assembly, takes on a new role as orchestra teacher this year. Orchestra students and teacher have taken the change in stride this year.

Irving adds orchestra to his teaching resume

By Ashley Sample, Staff Writer • November 15, 2019

     The orchestra program has a new but familiar face in the room this year. James Irving has taken on the orchestra program in a positive and energetic way.      At the orchestra’s final 2019...

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.
Photography teacher Kelli Lafferty looks at freshman Aiden Carters work during a recent class. When the freshman wheel rolls out, freshmen wont have the chance to take digital photography because they will end up in quarter-long electives made especially for freshmen.

Freshman Wheel Rolls Out

By Delena Do, Staff Writer • October 4, 2019

This story originally appeared in the June 2019 issue of The Paw. In the fall of 2020, freshmen will begin taking nine-week-long elective courses rather than full-semester electives. This concept,...

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