Getting ready to debate
Keegan Williams and Dea-Mallika Divi
October 20, 2017
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Debate has its first tournament on Saturday at Melissa High School with most Frisco ISD schools competing as well as many other schools from the DFW area. “They started working the first day of school on competition prep,” debate advisor Melissa Maier said. “Which is just getting ready with...
Seat belts coming to all new school buses starting in 2018
Melody Tavallaee and Dea-Mallika Divi
October 19, 2017
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According to a new state law, all 2018 and later model school buses are required to have seat belts as a precaution to increase the already safe forms of transport. The addition of seat belts is anticipated to raise the level of safety for student bus riders. “School buses are the safest way t...
Suicide prevention the focus of Wednesday’s Redhawk Rant
Aliza Porter and Keegan Williams
October 18, 2017
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Pulse and the school’s counseling department are hosting another Redhawk Rant session on Wednesday during the advisory period with a focus on suicide in high school and suicide prevention. “Over the years the increase in number of students experiencing suicidal ideation or actual completing sui...
2018-19 preliminary attendance zones released
Kia Dunlop, WTV Staff Reporter
October 17, 2017
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Retaining its status as the fastest growing school district in the state, the opening of 4 new schools next fall brings back another round of rezoning. The schools were expected to open this year, but budget considerations have the schools vacant this year. At Monday’s board meeting, the ...
2018-19 preliminary attendance zones to be released Monday
Keegan Williams, Editor-in-chief
October 16, 2017
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The school board will discuss plans for 2018-19 attendance zones at Monday's meeting at the Frisco ISD Administration building. Beginning at 6:30 p.m., the Board of Trustees will go immediately into a closed session, but will open up for the public at 7:30 p.m. The meeting will discuss many topic...
Pulse tries to brighten day with high fives
Wade Glover, WTV Daily Update Producer
October 13, 2017
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Pulse hosted the first High Five Friday of the 2017-2018 school year this morning with club officers, members, and staff members high fiving students as they entered campus. “High Five Friday was an event that we held for about an hour in the morning,” Pulse Secretary Sarah Qureshi said. “As s...
Flu season here and expected to be worse than last year
Brooke Colombo, Editor-in-chief
October 12, 2017
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Flu season is back and experts are expecting this year to be worse than those previous. There are two different strains of the flu virus: type A and Type B with this year’s strain said to be type A. “It would probably considered bad because of the strain that they’re starting to see,” nurse Emily Mikeska said. “At...
Campus travel delays students
Amelia Pirrello, Guest Contributor
October 11, 2017
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Students this year taking classes at the Career and Technical Education Center are missing class time back at their home campuses because of scheduling conflicts between the two facilities. “I arrive late to my next class all the time,” freshman Angelina Gomez said. “So far right now [it i...
Sophomores and juniors take PSAT Wednesday
Aliza Porter, Staff Reporter
October 10, 2017
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Sophomores and juniors are taking the PSAT on Wednesday where they must arrive at their testing rooms no later than 8:50 a.m with testing beginning at 9:00 a.m. with freshmen and seniors having a half day. “It’s late arrival for freshmen and seniors so they won’t be coming to school until 1...
ISM students get experience at business symposium
Keegan Williams, Editor-in-chief
October 5, 2017
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Independent Study and Mentorship students took part in the Frisco ISD ISM Business Symposium on Wednesday where they had an opportunity to meet professionals, begin networking, and gain experience with mock interviews. “The whole process is done to prepare students for the real world,” senior...
Caribbean hurricanes hit close to home for sophomore
Megan Lin, Editor-in-chief
October 4, 2017
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Nearly two weeks after category four Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, the island has been plunged into a humanitarian crisis, with widespread flooding and virtually no electrical power, as Maria came two weeks after category five Hurricane Irma, destroying what Irma didn’t. For sophomore Vicky Ot...
Standards based grading helps students
Aliza Porter, Staff Reporter
October 3, 2017
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A new grading system is being used in all science classes in 2017-18 after chemistry teachers developed a new system last year that benefits students when it comes to retests. “A lot of our science classes, they do what’s called standards based grading, which is where you receive a grade by standard or topic as opposed to getting a un...
October 23 Daily Update
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Say It Louder: What to do with conflict
Emma Crampton, Opinion Editor
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Band hopes to march its way to state
Kennedy Williams, WTV Staff Reporter
October 20, 2017 • No Comments
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