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The fury rises from the field

The fury rises from the field

By Jared Debban, Sports Editor April 25, 2018

      Midway through the 2018 lacrosse season, players feel a lack of support from the school.      On March 17 tempers flared after the fundraiser game for the girls and boys lacrosse program abruptly...

Should yearbook return to the days of the paper ballot, try a different method of voting or get rid of superlatives completely?

“Senior superlatives are rigged”

By James Canfield, Photo Editor April 24, 2018

After the voting for senior superlatives ended and the results were released, students came to Twitter to vent their frustrations about how the voting turned out. Senior superlatives, or “bests...

Students speakers talk to the crowd at the April 20 sit-in.

Students gathered for April 20 sit-in

By Allegra Wesson April 20, 2018

To keep pushing for gun reform, a group of students walked out of their classrooms to participate in a sit-in held in the school cafeteria on April 20.   The event date marked the 19th anniversary...

James Canfield skates through the computer lab set up for testing. Canfield made it, juniors, so can you.

Skating through the SBAC

By Allegra Wesson April 15, 2018

The next two days will be a grand experiment in having all juniors complete their Smarter Balanced testing at the same time. Almost every computer available to students on campus will be in use so that...

Tigers sign to Oregon schools

Tigers sign to Oregon schools

By Jocelyn Paulus and CJ Hilgaertner April 6, 2018

On Friday April 6, seniors Ashley Davis and Nathan Mallory signed letters of intent. Softball player Davis plans to attend George Fox in Newberg. Golfer Mallory plans to attend Northwest Christian University...

March For Our Lives

March For Our Lives

By Elizabeth Blodgett March 26, 2018

Despite the rain and cold temperature, on March 24, thousands of people gathered in downtown Portland, Oregon to have a peaceful protest over the matter. With chants such as “More Chocolate, Less Guns!”...

A getaway to Cannon Beach could be a good spring break day trip. Emma and Liz Blodgett enjoyed a day at the beach.

10 ideas for spring break

By Kaitlyn Wornath March 20, 2018

The end of the school year is approaching fast which means spring break is right around the corner. And with having seven days completely open, the possibilities of what you can do are endless.   If...

IB Literature and Language 11 (SL)

March 16, 2018

If none of the current junior English classes seem too appealing, there’s a brand new option for juniors next year. IB Literature and Language will offer students an IB class with the same academic standards...

Visual Merchandising/School Store

March 16, 2018

Visual Merchandising / School Store is a new business class is being introduced to Tigard High this year. The Tigard Cage, which had been run by leadership in the past, will now be run by students in this...

Reactions to recent assembly

Reactions to recent assembly

By Liz Blodgett, Staff Writer March 16, 2018

On March 5, the THS community had an unusual change of schedule to host a special end of the day assembly to create awareness about the dangers of drug addiction. Former NBA player Chris Herren was the...

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