Blue Print

$Behind the screen \\ Sophomore Elena Flores is a remote learner in culinary class. She cooks along at home as she watches Chef Calin and the on-campus learners prepare food in class. “I recorded myself cooking an omelet and just last weekend I recorded myself cutting a watermelon,” Flores said Flores said.$

Home cookin’

writer: Mallery Koehler, journalism student
February 25, 2021

Foreign exchange student comes to America during global pandemic

writer: Cali Scott, journalism student
February 24, 2021

$Back to school \\ Warming up the Dance I students, Wylie East Alumna Brooke Hogan returns to fulfill her student teaching requirements as a dance education major. Ms. Hogan was a member of the Sapphires which influenced her decision to continue dancing for her college’s team and the reason she chose to pursue dance education. “Being a coach is weird, but it helps me understand Sapphires as a whole, both dancing and directing,” Ms. Hogan said.$

Full 360

writer: Brie Garrett, journalism student
February 24, 2021

$Helping hands \\ Giving a teacher her lunch, senior Bradley Davidson helps to pass out baked potatoes as a part of the Takin’ Taters event for his Practicum of Human Services class, taught by Coach BJ Smith Jan. 28.$

Hot potatoes

writer: Hannah Hansen, Staff Reporter
February 23, 2021

$Head of the class \\ Class of 2019 graduate Emily Wygant is among many alumni who returned to their former stomping grounds to substitute teach. Due to quarantines, the need for substitute teachers is on the rise. “I wasn’t nervous to sub at the elementary school level, because to them, I look like an adult,” Wygant said. “but for the high school level, I get a little bit nervous because I really am only a couple of years older than the students and I blend in with them.”$

Back to school: when the student becomes the teacher

writer: Shelby Perry, Staff Reporter
February 10, 2021

$Main event \ Marching at the first-ever Fine Arts Half Time Show, senior Brayden Judge lines up to perform the halftime show: Hamilton. Due to football game cancellations, the marching band performed for the very first time Oct. 16.$

Band together

writer: Andrea Ensign, Staff Reporter
February 9, 2021

$Goofy Grandpa \\ During one of the theatre's dress rehearsals, junior Robair Sedarous acts as Grandpa Gordon in the week before opening night. Later, he was quarantined on opening night and did not get to act in the musical for most of the showings. “Theater is important to me because that is my only time of day when I get to speak to my friends about something other than homework,” Sedarous said. “It's my free time during the day. It puts in a space of mine where I can forget about all my academic responsibilities for just a couple of hours.”$

Quirky quarantine

writer: Heath Hadley, Editor in Chief
February 2, 2021

NHS tutoring

writer: Jaylee Paredes, Staff Reporter
January 25, 2021

$To the office \\ The counselors' offices are located in room 319 along the main hallway. Students can make an appointment through Mrs. Ragsdale to see their counselor.$

Back to basics

writer: Hannah Hansen, Staff Reporter
January 25, 2021

$Record Raiders \\ Junior Elbert Haney plays a part in the theatre’s performance of A Midsummer's Night Dream at the first ever$

Choir sets record with All-State

writer: Heath Hadley, Editor in Chief
January 20, 2021

Cycle of learning

writer: Heath Hadley, Editor in Chief
January 19, 2021

$Future prep \\ Senior Delia Martinez takes notes in Mrs. Newton's precal class Dec. 17. She, like most seniors, is currently applying for colleges. “It’s hard to pick your future when you’re little, it's intimidating,” Martinez said. “It’s even worse when you think about getting in, paying for [college], or handling the workload.”$

College is in the air

writer: Breanna Kim, journalism student
December 17, 2020

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