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WINGSPAN

The student news site of Liberty High School in Frisco, Texas

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December 20 Daily Update
December 20 Daily Update
Joaquin Perez, WTV Executive Producer

WTV's Ginger Zander brings you today's news and announcements, including information on the upcoming winter break, a fashion design project, and this week's...

Sophomore Designer Harini Dammalapati (left) receives guidance from editor and senior Shivi Tripathi (right) as she works on her yearbook spread.
Redhawks model their own rooms
Manaswini Gnanasekaran Kumar, Guest Contributor • December 20, 2024

Most students don’t get a lot of say in the architectural design on their rooms at home, but there’s one class on campus that has students creating...

Hung has worked over the past two weeks nearly, learning new skills and techniques to accomplish her goal, ending with an approximate total of 30 stockings.
The stocking santa
Lexi Holding, Producer • December 19, 2024

Combining style and Christmas, fashion design students were tasked with creating a stocking. This project was the very first machine sewing project...

Members of the editing staff sit down with members of the staff to discuss what it's like being in Wingspan.
The Scoop: check in with Natalie
Wingspan Staff December 20, 2024

In this week’s edition of The Scoop, Natalie Marshall will give you a little check-in to update you on her...

From Kwanzaa to Christmas, December is filled with numerous days of celebration.

In Frisco, one of the more popular places to visit for holiday festivities is Christmas in the Square.
Winter celebrations by the numbers
Sanjana Kalavakolanu, Guest Contributor • December 20, 2024

From Kwanzaa to Christmas, December is filled with numerous days of celebrations. Here's a look at some of the biggest days...

It's another spirit week, but for no event in particular. With all of the testing that occurs in the days before winter break, Student Council organized dress up days and spirit themes to celebrate the holidays.
Redhawks migrate for Winter Break
Christine Han, Editor-in-Chief • December 20, 2024

Students ended the week Friday, but will not be returning on Monday. Dec. 20 marked the start of Winter Break and the holiday season. The campus will be vacated for two...

Juniors Ava Clerkin and Mason Classe made a 3D rendering of the Capitol Building for their American Studies project.
American Studies student present their semester projects
Ginger Zander, Guest Contributor • December 19, 2024

American Studies students are taking all the knowledge they learned this year to work on a final project. Students have been separated into groups and tasked with creating...

Students can join the FISD Achieve Mentoring program by attending the next training session and help guide students toward success in school and life.
FISD Achieve Mentor training session Wednesday
Lilian Johnson, Staff Reporter • December 18, 2024

Throughout the year, Frisco ISD community members are given the chance to help guide and support students. The next FISD Achieve Mentor training is Wednesday from 6:00 p.m....

Facing competition from the Dallas-Ft. Worth area, as well as some neighboring states, the boys' wrestling team is competing in the Santa Slam on Saturday in Coppell.
Santa Slam rings in winter break for boys’ wrestling
Owen Higgins, Staff Reporter • December 20, 2024

With the holiday season coming up the boys' wrestling team has one last match on Saturday to hopefully...

The boys’ basketball team seeks to notch their first win in District 11-5A competition over winter break. The Redhawks will travel to Heritage  Friday at 7:15 p.m. before taking a break from conference play for a game against Highland Park on December 28th, closing out their winter break slate with a home game against Independence.
More to winter break than holidays for boys’ basketball
Zachary Moland, Sports Editor • December 20, 2024

The boys’ basketball team seeks to notch their first win in District 11-5A competition over winter...

Hoping to remain first in District 11-5A, the girls’ basketball team (3-0) plays Heritage (2-1) on Friday at 5:45 p.m. The girls will also compete in the Sandra Meadows Classic December 26-28 before resuming district play against Independence (1-2) after the new year.
Busy slate over winter break for girls’ basketball
Samhitha Polimera, Sports Reporter • December 20, 2024

Hoping to remain first in District 11-5A, the girls’ basketball team (3-0) plays Heritage (2-1) on...

Wingspan's Featured Athlete for 12/19 is varsity girls' basketball player, senior Kathryn Murphy (#12)
Featured Athlete: Kathryn Murphy
Addyson Schick, Editor-In-Chief • December 19, 2024

Wingspan: When and why did you start playing basketball?  Murphy: “I started playing basketball...

A&E
In this weekly review, Every Book has a Silver Lining, staff reporter Christina Huang takes a look at books to find their silver lining.
Every Book Has a Silver Lining: The Polar Express
Christina Huang, Staff Reporter • December 20, 2024

Christmas is defined and surrounded by its many traditions. For those who celebrate the holiday, some...

Laufey, a Chinese-Icelandic jazz artist, blends classical and jazz to captivate a new generation with her unique sound. This image does not belong to Liberty Wingspan; all rights reserved to Laufey and her team.
From the start…of Laufey’s music
Natalie Marshall, Staff Reporter • December 19, 2024

Despite starting off as a small artist, the chinese-icelandic jazz singer Laufey has become more and...

From Sabrina Carpenter to Tyler, The Creator, this holiday playlist mixes timeless classics with modern hits to spread festive cheer or cozy winter vibes. All images used in this graphic are the property of their respective creators, including Mark Ambor, Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Dean, Justin Bieber, and their teams.
Holiday hits: a playlist to celebrate the season
Olivia Pulley, Staff Reporter • December 18, 2024

1) “Just For You” (Olivia Dean) British R&B artist Olivia Dean originally created this song...

Real Talk: winter break plans
Real Talk: winter break plans
Natalia Soto, WTV Reporter • December 20, 2024

On this week's edition of Real Talk, WTV's Natalia Soto asks students about their plans for winter break.

Editor-in-Chief Christine Han takes you through the journey of a high school senior, juggling school, college applications, and life in a weekly blog.
Christine Against the Clock: my ED results
Christine Han, Editor-in-Chief • December 20, 2024

As of Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024 at 6 p.m. I was deferred from my dream school.  I applied to Columbia...

In this weekly blog, junior Lilian Johnson takes entries from her Notes app to unpack.
From My Notes: New Year’s resolutions
Lilian Johnson, Staff Reporter • December 19, 2024

I have a bad habit of making resolutions and goals but making no plan to achieve them. At the end of...

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