From art history to design, there are various AP art exams on the docket for the 2020-21 school year exam season. Here is a rundown of the tests and their dates:  AP Art 2-D (Thursday, May 20, 11:59 p.m.) Sustained Investigation of 15 images and...

I am always on a constant search for new music and this week I found five new songs that I really enjoyed! These artists are lesser-known in the musical world and so I wanted to give them some recognition. The first song I found was “Nena” by YEИDRY....

The 2021 TMEA All-State Convention was cancelled, so in the effort to make up for it, the orchestra director Julie Blackstock planned a picnic outside the orchestra doors Monday at 7 p.m. for the students that made the All-State Orchestra.  “We...

Throughout my entire life, I had gone to school with something my mom would pack for me from the day before or with something she woke up early to cook. It would never be a sandwich, pasta or pizza like what other kids had. I would always carry a very...

In a year with dozens upon dozens of events disrupted in one way or another, the show goes on for Red Rhythm as they are set to perform this year’s spring showcase, Ultimate Adventure: Elements of Earth Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. in the auditorium. “The...

Throughout my entire life, I had gone to school lunch with something my mom would pack me from the day before, or with something she woke up early to cook. It would never be a sandwich, pasta, or even pizza like what other kids had. I would always carry...

Just days before the finale of Marvel Studios The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Marvel released the first trailer for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Coming to theaters in September, the film will follow Shang-Chi, an extremely skilled martial...

Hip Hop lost one of its greatest two weeks ago due to an overdose and several complications that followed. DMX was an incredible, fantastic, lyrical, and overall great rapper. I wanted to honor his legacy in my own way by sharing my top three favorite...

I want to go on a bit of a rant. I love going to India and Kolkata - I really do! But, I am sick of it taking two hours to go five miles. Don’t get me wrong, I understand that the country has over a billion people, but citizens there are so confident...

With a mix of both face-to-face and virtual orchestra students, four of the orchestras participated in the UIL Concert and Sight Reading Adjudication this year. For assistant orchestra director Victoria Lien, it was enjoyable to be able to perform...

Following Godzilla in 2014, Kong: Skull Island in 2017, and Godzilla: King of the Monsters in 2019, fans were eager to see the twin titans of movie history, Godzilla and King Kong, fight against one another to see which mighty beast was strongest.  The...

An appreciation of Asian culture is part of a current mixed media project PreAP Art II students are working on as they learn about Japanese styles and skills, and the history behind them.  “I wanted my students to have a basic understanding of Japanese...