Julissa Duran, Staff Reporter NEISD will kick off the 2022-23 Academic UIL season next Thursday, September 29. This year the district will include 29 different contests for all eligible high school students. UIL offers a multitude of events ranging from literary criticism, to robotics, and even debate. Those who wish to participate are required to attend practice at […]
Read moreMadison Munoz, Staff Reporter On Monday, September 12, at the North East ISD Board of Trustees meeting, NEISD officials voted in favor of making Election Day – Tuesday, November 8 a student and teacher holiday. Per the Texas Election Code, public buildings including schools are to be made available for use as polling sites. Alongside the district’s efforts […]
Read moreEdder Martinez, Staff Reporter The Fifteenth of September marks the beginning of hispanic heritage month and the day after, the sixteenth of September marks Mexican Independence Day. ISA Spanish Honor Society celebrated this occasion by performing music and dances for ISA students. Thursday The Spanish Honors Society hosted its first dieciséis de septiembre event in two years during […]
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Luke Daines, Staff Reporter On Thursday, September 8, 2022, Queen Elizabeth II passed away on the Grounds of Balmoral Castle in the Scottish Highlands. After over 70 years as the Head of State, She’ll be remembered as the longest reigning monarch in England’s history. In the hours following her death, Prince Charles of Wales (now King Charles III), […]
Read moreAshley Patterson, Staff Reporter LEE High School since the start of the 2022-2023 school year has moved all cafeteria trash cans outside during lunch periods. After lunch, students are prompted to throw their trash outside in appropriate receptacles. This may be convenient to students dining outside, but it leaves students inside and janitors with multiple problems. “It would […]
Read moreJennifer Hernandez, Staff Reporter Many students were shocked to see the new tardy round-up program this 2022-23 school year at LEE High School. English teacher Ms. Amanda Towers has taken charge of rounding up stragglers in the hallways during lunch periods to prevent students from avoiding classes. “There are consequences for ignoring the rules, you can’t hide, so […]
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Chris Loustaunau, Editor-in-Chief On Sep.12 NEISD appointed a new Head of Security, former Secret Service agent Paul Duran. Mr. Duran worked for the government for 29 years and oversaw the south and southwest regions for the Secret Service. Duran said in a statement released Monday that he will; “focus on a comprehensive approach to school security that goes […]
Read moreNoemi Ramirez, Staff Reporter Pierce the Veil is back on tour after six years, since their “We will Detonate” tour in 2017 and has finally released a new single called “Pass the Nirvana” on August 31. Since their last album, “Misadventures,” dropped in 2016. The band is sharing the stage with another Grammy nominated rock band from Detroit […]
Read moreChris Loustaunau, Editor-in-Chief LEE Time is a place where students can participate in multigrade level meetings every week, but STEM’s adaptation of this takes it to the next level. STEM created a system of committees that make the time a whole lot more enjoyable. The committees allow likeminded people to enjoy a whole class period doing activities of […]
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Edder Martinez, Staff Reporter Everyone is familiar with school orientations; a yearly event to get students prepared for the coming school year, and an opportunity to meet new staff. ISA likes to take it a step further by making their orientation a yearly tradition. For 29 years, the Globies have been serving hot dogs at Hot Diggity Dooh Dah. […]
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Ashley Patterson, Staff Reporter Everybody knows how stressful the start of school can be, but nobody knows it like the counselors. LEE High School’s counselors are frantically trying to appease worried students as they’re flooded with scheduling mistakes, course requests, and college application questions. These dedicated staff members and their hard work are being overshadowed by the rush and […]
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Julissa Duran, Staff Reporter On August 10, LEE High School opened its doors for the 2022-2023 school year bringing in a rush of students, and overcrowded classrooms. Within the first few days many teachers found themselves with 35-45 students in classrooms meant to hold only 30. Many began to worry about how it would affect work division during […]
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Chris Loustaunau, Staff Reporter On Jan. 31 Sony announced that they will be buying out Bungie Inc. Now that Sony has Bungie, they finally have a competition with other flagship games, while Microsoft has Minecraft and Halo. Sony just bought the company of the game that made worldwide sales and put Microsoft Xbox on the board. Sony believes that […]
Read moreLesly Rodriguez, Staff Reporter Culinary competition season kicked off in early September with a first place Gumbo Cook-off win at the Medina Lake Cajun Festival, and LEE’s student chefs haven’t taken their foot off the as since. When Chef Jordan-Davis and six of her advanced students decided that they wanted to compete in this year’s Gumbo Cook-off, they chose […]
Read moreMiriam Barba, Staff Reporter The one time a year that students love to look forward to is course selection. It gives students the opportunity to pick their own classes for the next year. With new openings for new courses it is an opportunity for our campus to grow and be better for future classes. Counselors come to every class […]
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