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Road trip to International Conference for DECA

Lucas Barr, Staff Reporter

April 24, 2018

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DECA students wrap up their competitions Tuesday at this year’s International Career Development Conference in Atlanta bringing an end to a long weekend that began Friday when the team left Frisco on a chartered bus with other Frisco ISD DECA teams. “It will be a long competition, it will be exhausting, but I th...

Students join forces for national school walkout

Megan Lin, Kasey Harvey, and Brooke Colombo

April 20, 2018

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Immediately after the bell that signaled the start of Friday’s advisory period, more than 200 students gathered in the rotunda and followed student organizers out to the band parking lot as a part of National School Walkout Day. Faculty was also present in the parking lot, working to direct inco...

Walking out for a change

Brooke Colombo, Editor-in-Chief

April 19, 2018

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Students across Frisco ISD are planning to take part in Friday’s National School Walkout in an effort to bring awareness to political issues and to promote student activism. Scheduled during advisory period, the walkout comes on the 19th anniversary of the Columbine shooting, and a little more than two months ...

Gun discussion draws dozens of students

Megan Lin, Editor-in-chief

April 18, 2018

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Dozens of students filled room C152 Wednesday during advisory for the TED-Ed sponsored gun control discussion; organized with the purpose of educating students before the nationwide walkout on Friday during advisory. “Before the walkout, obviously, a lot of people are still very wishy wash...

TED-Ed club hosting gun control discussion Wednesday

Megan Lin, Editor-in-chief

April 17, 2018

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Two days before a planned student walkout, the school’s TED-Ed club is hosting a gun control discussion on Wednesday in C152. “We think it's really important for students to discuss what’s going on about current events, especially with gun control and all the recent tragedies that have bee...

Water damage disrupts school day for third time in five months

Brooke Colombo, Editor-in-Chief

April 16, 2018

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A pipe supplying water to a coffee maker in the upstairs teacher workroom at the north end of the academic hallway burst over the weekend, pooling on the floor, before seeping through the floor and causing damage to several rooms on the first floor. “It happened because we had a hose come loose from one of our ...

Changing the norm

Keegan Williams, Wade Glover, and Divya Murali

April 13, 2018

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Parkland, Florida was just a small town unknown to most Americans, but on February 14, the town became a center of household conversation when 17 people were shot and killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School by a former student. Although this shooting took place almost 1,300 miles away, Frisco Independent School District is still prepared for this to happen close to home. �...

Civil war not in the past for senior

Wade Glover and Dea-Mallika Divi

April 13, 2018

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The Syrian Civil War, a conflict that takes place nearly 7,000 miles away in the Middle East, is a world away for most students on campus.But for senior Masa Arnaoot, the conflict strikes close to home, real close. The war has escalated to a point where the Syrian regime is accused of using chemical ...

Juniors get jumpstart on college admissions process

Kennedy Williams, WTV Staff Reporter

April 12, 2018

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Juniors throughout Frisco ISD got the chance to jumpstart their pre-college agenda on for next school year at a college preview event Wednesday. Eleventh graders from all Frisco ISD high schools clustered in the Lone Star High School auditorium Wednesday in order to attend Just for Juniors: College Admissi...

Job fair seeks prospective employees

Aliza Porter, Staff Reporter

April 11, 2018

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For the third year, the CTE Center will be hosting its job fair Thursday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. that allows students to enter the job world and get an experience of the whole job process. “The purpose is to connect local employers with students who are looking for summer jobs,” CTEC counselor Kelly...

StuCo hoping small change adds up to big bucks

Keegan Williams, Editor-in-chief

April 10, 2018

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Student Council is hoping loose coins will make big bucks as they collect spare change for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Members can be found outside in the carpool line in the morning or at lunches through Friday collecting for LLS. “LLS is a great organization to support,” junior Aus...

EOC testing begins Tuesday

Olivia Howard, Guest Contributor

April 9, 2018

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With STAAR EOC tests beginning Tuesday with English 1, many core teachers on campus are doing what they can to help students students prepare. “All year long you are teaching the concepts,” Algebra 1 teacher Lanae Rainey said. “Trying to tie them all together, and then right before you are focu...