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

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

WINGSPAN
Athena Tseng

Athena Tseng, Managing Editor

Athena Tseng is a junior and starting her third year in Wingspan. She spends her free time hanging out with her friends, watching Avatar: The Last Airbender for the 15th time, and taking naps. Athena is also a leader of Diversify Our Narrative, a national non-profit working towards implementing a diverse curriculum. On-campus, she is a part of NHS, PTSA, and other clubs. Besides hosting her podcast, Dumb & Dumber, she co-hosts a podcast outside of school called Coming of Age. She loves procrastinating on everything, stress baking chocolate chip cookies, and coke floats. As a managing editor, Athena is excited to see what will come in this next year of Wingspan.

Contact Athena: athena.tseng.331@k12.friscoisd.org

All content by Athena Tseng

Dumb and Dumber: standardized testing

October 15, 2021
Every month the FISD Board of Trustees meets to discuss school board matters. At the October meeting, new modifications of potential attendance zones.

Proposed attendance zone adjustments announced

October 13, 2021
The Reel Deal: Netflix and Mario

The Reel Deal: Netflix and Mario

October 1, 2021

Dumb and Dumber: The Circle

October 1, 2021

Dumb and Dumber: Disney

September 24, 2021

Dumb and Dumber: “Cheugy”

September 17, 2021

Dumb and Dumber: growing up

September 10, 2021
Marvels newest film release gains world recognition for its Asian representation. “Im proud to be an Asian thanks to this, junior Samantha Natividad said. I am just so happy that were finally being seen in an industry that is typically dominated by people who have cultures completely different from mine.

Marvel’s “Shang-Chi” makes impact with its Asian representation

September 8, 2021
The Taliban’s swift coup of the Afghan government was imminent. A conflict that had been brewing for decades finally resulted in the fall of the Afghan government resulting in many families effected including ones on campus.

Taliban conflict in Afghanistan impacts Redhawk’s families

August 30, 2021

Dumb and Dumber: breakfast foods

August 27, 2021
The Reel Deal: new Spider-Man trailer

The Reel Deal: new Spider-Man trailer

August 25, 2021
Hundreds of parents and some students will be on campus Monday from 6-7 p.m. for Meet the Teacher night.

Parents get to meet the teachers Monday Night

August 23, 2021

Dumb and Dumber: rolled ice cream

August 20, 2021

Dumb and Dumber: back to two

August 13, 2021
Now with three co-hosts, Michael Martin, Athena Tseng, and Jordan Battey talk about everyday things in the light-hearted podcast Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt.

Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt: college tips

May 21, 2021
Continuing the annual ceiling tile project, pre-calculous students put their knowledge to the test as they painted their choice of art incorporating their final lesson in conics.

Pre-cal students decorate school for final project

May 20, 2021
Now with three co-hosts, Michael Martin, Athena Tseng, and Jordan Battey talk about everyday things in the light-hearted podcast Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt.

Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt: AP testing

May 14, 2021
Hate crimes against Asians have increased as much as 1900% according to data from the New York Police Department. “Honestly, I’m extremely disappointed and disgusted that people are committing these hate crimes against the Asian-American and Pacific-Islander community, and especially because they are attacking our elders, who are the least likely to fight back,” sophomore Sherry Hu said. “I think it’s despicable people act on their feeling of hate to assault and murder people, especially when it’s based on race.”

Hate crimes against Asians impacts Redhawks

May 12, 2021
Now with three co-hosts, Michael Martin, Athena Tseng, and Jordan Battey talk about everyday things in the light-hearted podcast Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt.

Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt: future advice

May 7, 2021
Laying out supplies after school, the One Thread Club prepares to make a quilt to donate to people in need. Being its first year, the club features way to learn how to sew as well as receive volunteer hours.

Operation Smile aims to help children across the globe

May 3, 2021
Now with three co-hosts, Michael Martin, Athena Tseng, and Jordan Battey talk about everyday things in the light-hearted podcast Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt.

Dumb, Dumber Dumbezt: injuries

April 30, 2021
Now with three co-hosts, Michael Martin, Athena Tseng, and Jordan Battey talk about everyday things in the light-hearted podcast Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt.

Dumb, Dumber Dumbezt: discord

April 22, 2021
Now with three co-hosts, Michael Martin, Athena Tseng, and Jordan Battey talk about everyday things in the light-hearted podcast Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt.

Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt: The Legend of Korra

April 16, 2021
Now with three co-hosts, Michael Martin, Athena Tseng, and Jordan Battey talk about everyday things in the light-hearted podcast Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt.

Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt: cartoons and painting

April 9, 2021
Now with three co-hosts, Michael Martin, Athena Tseng, and Jordan Battey talk about everyday things in the light-hearted podcast Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt.

Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt: asynchronous learning days

March 26, 2021
Many Redhawks had the opportunity to compete with other schools across the district in what is known as Battle of the Books, a chance for students to read and test their knowledge while having fun in the process.

Trivia tests students’ reading in Battle of the Books

March 24, 2021
“I’m actually really grateful for the extra time we got because of the rescheduling. Three weeks of extra time is super helpful for prep and just going over strategies, so I’m trying to soak in as much as I can,” junior Neha Jarabandi said. “It gave me a lot more time to study.

Rescheduled free SAT for juniors on Wednesday

March 22, 2021
Now with three co-hosts, Michael Martin, Athena Tseng, and Jordan Battey talk about everyday things in the light-hearted podcast Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt.

Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt: TV shows

March 19, 2021
Now with three co-hosts, Michael Martin, Athena Tseng, and Jordan Battey talk about everyday things in the light-hearted podcast Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt.

Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt: the new mask mandate

March 5, 2021
As Lunar New Year celebrations come to an end, the Lantern Festival closes out the celebrations. The lantern reads wishing for fortune, happiness, and wellbeing which encompasses the purpose of the festival.

Lunar New Year’s Lantern Festival teaches the value of family

February 27, 2021
Now with three co-hosts, Michael Martin, Athena Tseng, and Jordan Battey talk about everyday things in the light-hearted podcast Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt.

Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt: Texas weather

February 12, 2021
More than 30 of the most popular Minecraft YouTubers and Twitch streamers have gathered together to create a story based server called the Dream SMP (survival multiplayer). “The Dream SMP includes lore and storylines that these creators generally script out and roleplay to fill in the gaps in the script for an audience,” junior Mia Tremmel said.

Minecraft revived as YouTubers, Twitch streamers create Dream SMP

February 9, 2021
Now with three co-hosts, Michael Martin, Athena Tseng, and Jordan Battey talk about everyday things in the light-hearted podcast Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt.

Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt: anime and K-pop

February 5, 2021
Effective Monday, all four grade levels will be released from class at the same time, whether that be in between passing periods or during dismissal.

Starting Monday, no more staggered release for F2F students

February 3, 2021
Now with three co-hosts, Michael Martin, Athena Tseng, and Jordan Battey talk about everyday things in the light-hearted podcast Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt.

Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt: extracurriculars and study methods

January 29, 2021

Grub Girls: taco taste test

January 29, 2021
Junior Neha Jarabandi presents at her first-ever Tedxyouth talk at Centennial High School on Jan. 9. She focused on CRISPR CAS-9 and Sherlock genetic engineering during COVID-19 for the TedTalk speech.

Junior Neha Jarabandi gives her first TEDxYouth talk

January 26, 2021
Now with three co-hosts, Michael Martin, Athena Tseng, and Jordan Battey talk about everyday things in the light-hearted podcast Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt.

Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt: the presidential inauguration

January 23, 2021
Frisco ISD has many committees throughout the district including the District Improvement Team and the School Health Advisory Council. There’s also a Diversity Task Force, open to anyone, which focuses on race, religion, culture, and more aspects of diversity and equity and uses that insight into Frisco ISD’s departments.

Diversity Task Force aims to to promote inclusion on campuses

January 22, 2021
Now with three co-hosts, Michael Martin, Athena Tseng, and Jordan Battey talk about everyday things in the light-hearted podcast Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt.

Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt: dreams and super abilities

January 15, 2021

Showing life through a lens, Chung finds success on YouTube

January 12, 2021
Now with three co-hosts, Michael Martin, Athena Tseng, and Jordan Battey talk about everyday things in the light-hearted podcast Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt.

Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt: the Capitol breach

January 8, 2021
Now with three co-hosts, Michael Martin, Athena Tseng, and Jordan Battey talk about everyday things in the light-hearted podcast Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt.

Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt: Christmas break

December 18, 2020
Instead of having students log an e-Hall pass to check out books, campus librarian Chelsea Hamilton hit the halls Tuesday, taking a small selection of best-selling books to English classrooms in hopes of students spending some of their free time reading over the upcoming winter break. “I decided that since we are getting close to a break that I was going to pack a lot of our high turnover rates, award winners, Tesha’s books new releases, put them all on a cart and take them to the students without having them come to the library,” Hamilton said.

Rolling in the reading, Hamilton takes cart of books to classrooms

December 15, 2020
Now with three co-hosts, Michael Martin, Athena Tseng, and Jordan Battey talk about everyday things in the light-hearted podcast Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt.

Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt: the new year

December 11, 2020
Now with three co-hosts, Michael Martin, Athena Tseng, and Jordan Battey talk about everyday things in the light-hearted podcast Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt.

Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt: Thanksgiving break

December 4, 2020
With schools adjusting classes for online access from home, some schools across the nation plan to have online learning during snow days. However, in Frisco ISD, snow days are expected stay, as issued by the Texas Education Agency.

Bad weather days may not mean virtual school

December 3, 2020

Inception

December 2, 2020
This years Food Science project requires students to take a vintage approach to recipe making and baking.

Students celebrate Thanksgiving differently amid pandemic

November 21, 2020
Now with three co-hosts, Michael Martin, Athena Tseng, and Jordan Battey talk about everyday things in the light-hearted podcast Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt.

Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt: Thanksgiving

November 20, 2020

Coyote snatches candy from family’s front porch

November 17, 2020
Now with three co-hosts, Michael Martin, Athena Tseng, and Jordan Battey talk about everyday things in the light-hearted podcast Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt.

Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt: homecoming

November 13, 2020
More than a dozen years after the final book was published, Harry Potter is still big on campus, from students to teachers. So members of the staff Harry Potter Club decided to bring the spirit to the library by building a mini version of Hogwarts.

Piece by piece, a mini world of wizardry comes to life in library

November 11, 2020
Students in tenth and eleventh grade have the opportunity to exclude a Fine Arts or Athletics program from their class rank calculation until April 16th. Eligible courses include Theatre, Tech Theatre, Dance, Drill Team, Athletic Trainer, Band, Color Guard, Athletics/Manager, Choir, and Orchestra.

The dangerous side of procrastinating

November 11, 2020
Now with three co-hosts, Michael Martin, Athena Tseng, and Jordan Battey talk about everyday things in the light-hearted podcast Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt.

Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt: the election

November 6, 2020
Now with three co-hosts, Michael Martin, Athena Tseng, and Jordan Battey talk about everyday things in the light-hearted podcast Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt.

Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt: Taylor Swift

October 30, 2020

Grub Girls: nuggets

October 30, 2020

[Video] Celebrating history, teachers become suffragettes for the day

October 29, 2020
In order to spread the Halloween spirit, the library has covered the names of popular mystery books.

Literally a mystery, library spreads spooky spirit

October 27, 2020
It all started in class when Laviolette realized she really had a knack for drawing.

Lexie Laviolette

September 30, 2020

[Video] Grub Girls: coffee

September 26, 2020
Now with three co-hosts, Michael Martin, Athena Tseng, and Jordan Battey talk about everyday things in the light-hearted podcast Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbezt.

Dumb, Dumber, & Dumbezt: Tik Tok ban

September 25, 2020
For her ISM project this year, senior Urja Joshi is taking on photography with an emphasis on Frisco. “I’ve been trying to do photography in multiple places but my go-to location is actually the trail in my neighborhood,” Joshi said. “It’s in the Hunters Creek neighborhood, it’s a beautiful place no matter the season.”

FISD seeks mentors for ISM program

September 24, 2020
From Musical.ly to TikTok, this social media app has been around for a long time. Starting Sunday, TikTok and WeChat will be banned and removed from all app stores.

TikTok ban set for Sunday

September 18, 2020
Frisco’s AP program one of the largest in state

Frisco’s AP program one of the largest in state

September 11, 2020
After being completely virtual the first three weeks of school, Friday brought an end to the first week of face-to-face instruction in Frisco ISD for approximately 900 students on campus. However, some students are taking a crack at hybrid learning, meaning they will take classes with a mixture of both virtual and F2F components.

Face-to-face learning begins 6 months after it ended

September 3, 2020
With campuses across the district opening with virtual learning for the first three weeks, many classes are mixed, with teachers teaching students from various campuses. “We have students from other campuses because not all campuses have the same amount of students who want to do in person and face to face classes,” English teacher Chad Doty said. “We are really trying to handle that overflow especially of those students who want virtual environments so I think it is beneficial in that way. Working with other schools in the district, we are able to kind of shoulder the load and help out our students and facility around Frisco.”

Virtual learning brings together students from across campuses

August 18, 2020
The halls of the school will be empty Tuesday after Frisco ISD canceled school due to inclement weather.

Classroom cleanup begins on campus

May 21, 2020
Students in pre-AP Biology classes such as those of teacher Kristen Newton are learning how to write a science based research paper over a health problem in todays society.

Biology students bring the science into research writing

May 13, 2020
In previous years, debate has help tryouts for its competition teams in person, but with social distancing orders, the auditions have been moved online. While the tryout is unusual, it gives new students and opportunity to get a feel for the team, and officers a chance to look at the rising talent.

Moved online, debate continues tryouts

May 6, 2020
Although biology students are not physically present in the lab, students have been able to explore protists and fungi from the comfort of their own home, as well as body systems. Students have been taking part in virtual labs helping them learn the material.

Biology teachers provide virtual labs for students at home

April 22, 2020
Freshman Jiya Surywanshi works through her online assignments as a part of Frisco ISD eLearning amidst the COVID-19 outbreak.

Redhawks adjust for 4-day eLearning week

April 14, 2020
As school cafeterias remain empty for the first three weeks, FISDs Child Nutrition Department has come up with a way to ensure all students have lunches.

Social distancing advised to all, not practiced by some

April 2, 2020
20 things to do while social distancing

20 things to do while social distancing

April 2, 2020
Freshman Jiya Surywanshi works through her online assignments as a part of Frisco ISD eLearning amidst the COVID-19 outbreak. “I think that coronavirus is a disease we all need to be cautious about what we do whether it’s limiting interactions, or storing a hefty amount of supplies,” Surywanshi said.

Students adjust to lessons online

March 19, 2020
Former Redhawks Rachel Van Meter UIL One Act competition, with seniors Isabell Kott and Emily Degarmo. The cast and crew will be heading to Lebanon Trail Wednesday, to show off their work, and compete with other companies from across the district.

“Reviving Ophelia” takes the spotlight in UIL One-Act competition

March 4, 2020
The clock is ticking for students looking to join National Honor Society for the 2020-21 school year as applications are due Friday, Feb. 28, 2020 at

National Honor Society application deadline Friday

February 28, 2020
While Frisco ISD doesnt have finals at the end of each semester, dual credit students will end the semester a little different. Because Collin College does administer final exams, some Frisco ISD students are preparing for finals.

Collin College welcomes rising students for a campus visit

February 21, 2020
Junior Mallory Showalter swims backstroke during a 200 yard freestyle. Showalter and three other Redhawk swimmers will compete at the UIL state competition in Austin on Friday and Saturday at the University of Texas Aquatic Center.

Swimmers take final strokes toward state championship

February 13, 2020
On Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020, students will have the opportunity to take a practice ACT at 9:00 a.m. on campus. Due to the partnership between PTSA and The Princeton Review, the practice test will be just $10 for students.

Putting the ACT test into practice

February 12, 2020
Waiting his turn at Outdoor Educations rock climbing field trip, sophomore Simon Nagles watches senior Anthony Ortiz scale the wall.

Outdoor ed heads inside for rock climbing

February 11, 2020
Instead of having students log an e-Hall pass to check out books, campus librarian Chelsea Hamilton hit the halls Tuesday, taking a small selection of best-selling books to English classrooms in hopes of students spending some of their free time reading over the upcoming winter break. “I decided that since we are getting close to a break that I was going to pack a lot of our high turnover rates, award winners, Tesha’s books new releases, put them all on a cart and take them to the students without having them come to the library,” Hamilton said.

Reviewing more ways to earn volunteer hours

February 11, 2020
Yoshi Shabu Shabu serves traditional, tasty hot pot

Yoshi Shabu Shabu serves traditional, tasty hot pot

February 7, 2020
Focusing on course selection for the 2020-2021 school year, Coffee with the Counselors will be hosted in Thursday in the auditorium from 8-9:00 a.m. The meeting is an opportunity for students and parent to learn and ask questions about their students and upcoming course cards.

Coffee with counselors focuses on course selection

January 22, 2020
This semester, the counselors have put together a video to assist underclassmen in making course selections for the 2020-21 year. Students have until Friday to alter their schedules on HAC.

Underclassmen revise four-year plans

January 14, 2020
Freshmen Jake Harvey, Akash Pradeep, Evan Benavides, and Mikel Gevorgyan dance during a pretend quinceañera. Hoping to give students the experience of a quinceañera, Spanish 2 students take part in their very own celebration Wednesday.

A look into Spanish culture with a pretend quienceañera

December 18, 2019
Students in the Model UN club try to mimic the real United Nations by picking countries and having debates. Their first conference of the year took place on Saturday at the International Leadership of Texas Garland High School.

Modeling leadership and respect at Model UN conference

December 16, 2019
Senior Sam Mills wins the primary election for Speaker of the House in the Plano Youth Delegation on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019.

Leading the way, Mills joins Texas Model UN

November 21, 2019
Freshman Athena Tseng wears her mum as part of the Texas homecoming tradition.

1950s mum and garter tradition prevails

September 26, 2019
Freshman Milla Dopson is a fresh face on the varsity tennis team. The sport runs in the family for Dopson who is looking to climb the state ranks throughout high school.

Featured Athlete: Milla Dopson

September 10, 2019
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