So Close and Yet So Far: A Trip to Cuba
By Sophia Caruso, North Allegheny Senior High School
January 17, 2020
Over winter break, my family and I took a week-long trip to a destination few other Americans have visited: Cuba. We left early on December 29th and began our day-long journey to the country's capital, Havana. The flight from Florida to Cuba takes a little over an hour, but while it may seem a s...
Manual RedEye: A year in photos
By Cesca Campisano and Kate Benton
December 20, 2019
As we celebrate the end of the year, Manual RedEye is taking a trip down memory lane with some of our favorite photos from 2019. Mandala Gupta VerWiebe (11, J+C) holds out a cupcake during a photoshoot for Manual Y-Club. The cupcake and others were sold at Y-Club’s Cupcake Wars, a fundraising event for the Y. This was the sixth annual Cupcak...
A whole lot of holiday music
By Scarlet Frese, Evelyn Griffin, Samantha Powers, Lydia Reedy, Elisha Scott, Regan Sims, Bela Tapperson, Kristen Tibbetts, and Grace Van Gorder
December 20, 2019
JINGLE BELL JAZZ: As finals and winter break rapidly approach, band celebrated the festive season with its annual holiday concert on the of Monday Dec. 9. Many band members even dressed up in red and green to add to the holiday spirit. The evening started off with a selection of songs from jazz ...
The same, but different: Birthday twins
By Lauren Wilmore and Isabella Johnsen
December 19, 2019
This story was originally published on Blueprint on December 18, 2019....
New to the Stage
By Meg Rees, North Allegheny Senior High School
December 18, 2019
On December 13, 14, and 15, 7th and 8th graders from all three middle schools came together to put on Elf the Musical Jr. NASH tech students and teachers helped to make this performance great. Two years ago, Mr. Tozier, the Chair of the Music Department, decided to give middle schoolers the chance t...
They can be heroes … or villains
By Anna Bausman, Alysa Bijl-Spiro, Madelynn Niles, and Kennedy Weatherby
November 20, 2019
The McCallum choir performed its most widely anticipated concert of the year: Cabaret, in the MAC, Thursday through Sunday. This year’s theme was “Heroes and Villains of Broadway.” The choir performed songs from a variety of Broadway musicals featuring battles between good and evil. There were...
Killer Comedy
By Meg Rees, North Allegheny Senior High School
November 13, 2019
Occasionally, we all wish we could be someone else. For a lucky 15 students at NASH, that wish has come true, at least temporarily, as they step into the shoes of a mansion owner, a maid, a comedian, and other roles -- including a murderer. They are the cast of this year’s fall play, The Musical...
A trial by fire
By Bella Russo, McCallum High School
November 13, 2019
MAC seniors Ena Nolan and Zach King joined the rest of their LBJ Fire Academy crew in a live propane fire exercise on Saturday Oct. 12 at the Austin Fire Academy. The goal of the practice was for the group of seniors to control the fire enough for a member to get close enough to turn off the tank's...
Blue Jamboree comes to town October 5
By Hunter Musi, Wando High School
November 12, 2019
With over 3,000 attendees, the Blue Jamboree held at The Bend in North Charleston on Oct. 5 housed union strikes and protests, marching bands and speeches from 2020 presidential candidates. The event, held annually since 2010, features live entertainment jazz bands, food trucks and jump castles, attracting...
In the Spirit
By Reese Marsalis, North Allegheny Senior High School
November 8, 2019
High schools around the country hold weekly pep rallies, but until today no student at NASH had yet to experience one of their own. Even NASH Principal Dr. Kreider had not enjoyed such an event since his arrival in 2015. On most Fridays as the day winds down, students anticipate the 2:15 dismissal bell, b...
Photo essay: We got booed at a Trump rally… again
By Gina Nguyen, The Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science
November 8, 2019
At this age, Friday nights are known to be spent at football games, at parties or for some, at home in your bed to finally catch up on all the sleep you lost that week. But, for over 10,000 people, myself included, last Friday night was spent with the President. That's right, the President of the United...
We Will…We Will…Block You: Homecoming Game Recap
By Kira Zizzo, Rock Canyon
November 6, 2019
Gianni Bonnici '20 reaches for the hail during the third quarter of the homecoming game at Echo Park Sept. 19. Bonnici is one of the four football captains for the Fall season. “The game kept getting more exciting and the crowd was going wild. We cheered a lot when we scored the first touchdown,” Tanvi Rami ...
Setting the stage for Day of the Dead, Halloween
By Zada Cook, Scarlet Craig, Alex Dowd, Anna Nagle, Lily Prather, Camille Wilson, and Lily Wilson
November 6, 2019
Art Society members hang streamers, inspect them then take them down and try again. Art teacher and National Art Society sponsor Jeff Seckar-Martinez moves between the main hallway and the cafeteria critiquing the work of his Art Society students as they decorate the main hallway for Dias de Los Muertos...
Up Close: Trick or Trot 2019
By Alexis Franczyk, North Allegheny Senior High School
November 1, 2019
The annual North Allegheny Foundation Trick or Trot Race took place last Saturday. An event that was originally designed to raise money for the foundation, which awards student scholarships and staff grants, Trick or Trot has quickly become a tradition that involves exercise, entertainment, and no...
Photo essay: 13 birds for the 3 billion lost
By Cedrik von Briel, Woodside High School
October 21, 2019
A startling report recently published by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology states that North America has lost about 2.9 billion individual birds of many different species since 1970; that’s just over one in four individual birds lost. The populations of many different bird species have shown steep declines...
The new generation: How teens use fashion to express themselves
By Isabella Johnsen, Downers Grove South High School
October 21, 2019
Sophomore Olivia Seery: I make most of my own jewelry. I make my bracelets most of the time, and I make my own earrings. Most of the earrings I wear are made by me. I like wearing silly T-shirts with goth stuff. I want to look funny. I don’t want to look like fashion. I want people to say ‘wo...
Final Countdown: Friday Night
By Meg Rees, North Allegheny Senior High School
October 9, 2019
Each Friday night during the fall, thousands of spectators witness the Marching Band's performance. Significantly fewer, however, see what the group does before and after the big night. The timeline below shows how, from the moment the school day ends until nearly midnight, a typical fall Friday...
Calling out for change
By Samantha Powers, Stella Shenkman, Alysa Spiro, Risa Darlington-Horta, and Elisha Scott
October 1, 2019
A CRY FROM THE YOUTH: The morning of Friday, Sept. 20, over 300 students and adults alike gathered at the steps of the Texas State Capitol to protest climate change. The strike, which was organized by the Austin Climate Coalition, had students all over Austin walking out of their first-period cla...
Photo essay: Surveying South Congress
By Anna McClellan, McCallum High School
April 19, 2019
South Congress, also known as SoCo to local Austinites, is home to Amy’s Ice Creams, Homeslice Pizza, and many other local hotspots. Whether you walk, drive, bike or scooter, SoCo is definitely worth a visit. BUILDING UP AND OUT- South Congress leads right up to the Capitol. This means that whether you are renting scooters and b...
Improving improv skills under the bright lights
By Madelynn Niles, McCallum High School
March 7, 2019
Members of the jazz band had the opportunity to play Sunday night at the packed Parker Jazz Club on Fourth Street, a prestigious club known for its incredible music. Along with raising more than a $1,000 for the jazz band program, the members also got the chance to play with the owner of the club, Kris...
24 hours across West High
By Pathfinder Staff, Parkway West High School
February 14, 2019
A photo essay by the Parkway West Pathfinder staff.
Photo essay: A broken family. A broken home. A broken heart.
By Maeve Walsh, McCallum High School
February 5, 2019
Shane (not his real name) has been homeless for 6½ years. He has been living in this place for one month now. He has decorated his place with graffiti and things he has found for free rather than typical home furnishings. When Shane got out of jail, he learned that his dog had been given up for adoption,...
Gallery: Watertown shocks Lynnfield
By Elizabeth Allen, Watertown High School
November 13, 2017
There was something special in the air on Friday night in Lynnfield -- and it wasn’t the 12-degree wind chill. Down by 10 points with less than three minutes remaining, the sixth-seeded Watertown Raiders came away with a stunning upset victory against the top-seeded Lynnfield Pioneers, 38-34, to...