A lost connection
Story by Joseph Rodgers and Victoria Van, editors in chief
August 12, 2018
Filed under NEWS, TOP STORIES
UPDATED - With the 2018-19 school year right around the corner, administration has decided to discontinue Internet access to students through the STUDENT-NET Wi-Fi. The decision comes after TISD officials discovered that student uses of the bandwidth for non-educational purposes was competing with tec...
Jamming it out
Story by Victoria Van, editor in chief
August 3, 2018
Filed under NEWS, TOP STORIES
Lights flash. Music plays. The annual back to school dance is the event of the summer. High school students from all over Texarkana join together at this year’s ‘Space Jam’ dance. Donations from the dance will go to Texas High’s STUCO.  Students are encouraged to wear their favorite jersey f...
Reporting for academic duty
Story by Victoria Van, editor in chief
June 26, 2018
Filed under NEWS
Parents and guardians received mail regarding their student’s STAAR testing scores within the past three weeks and can further learn about their child’s STAAR performance by visiting www.TexasAssessment.com. Resources are also available to help students improve their scores for next year. To access, log into the website: Child...
Dupree to be approved as new THS principal
Story by Joseph Rodgers, editor in chief
June 22, 2018
Filed under NEWS, TOP STORIES
CORRECTED - The TISD Board of Trustees is expected to approve Carla Dupree for the position of Texas High School Principal on Tuesday at the board meeting. Dupree joined TISD in 2017 as Assistant Principal of Curriculum and Instruction for Texas High School. Dupree brings to the position five years of...
Russian to Moscow
Story by Victoria Van and Joseph Rodgers, editors in chief
June 15, 2018
Filed under NEWS, TOP STORIES
Traveling across the globe, members of TigerVision were presented a chance to collaborate with an exchange program in order to film and interview individuals during the FIFA World Cup. Submission to the Student Television Network (STN) competition resulted in their trip to Moscow, Russia, and partner with Russian film students. “We entered into a contest with the STN,â€...
A piece of history
Story by Joseph Rodgers, editor in chief
June 5, 2018
Filed under NEWS, TOP STORIES
Black words on a page seemed like no more than black words as they fancifully described the French Revolution. European History AP students had read this all year, well familiar with Napoleon Bonaparte. These black words came to life while the students witnessed guillotines, aristocrats and a classic love ...
Music to our ears
Story by Jhovany Perez, editor in chief
June 4, 2018
Filed under NEWS, TOP STORIES
The fluttering of the flutes. The belting of the choir singers. The vibrato of the violins and cellos. They all have something in common: musicality. Yet, they are not unified at school, but band director Steve Bennett plans on changing the disconnectivity between the musical department of the schoo...
Tigers earn their stripes
Story by Katie Biggar, staff writer
June 4, 2018
Filed under NEWS, TOP STORIES
With six TISD schools, over 100 special need students and 300 plus volunteers all participating, the first annual Tiger Strong Field Day was held at the Texas Middle School soccer field. Student Council advisor Susan Waldrep’s A2 Leadership class hosted the event and put it together from top to bot...
Tigers tackle Europe
Story by Molly Kyles, feature editor
June 3, 2018
Filed under NEWS, TOP STORIES
This summer, while most of Texarkana takes on some sunscreen and shades, one group of students, teachers, and parents will be taking to the skies. The group will depart for a ten-day trip to London, Paris, Munich and the Swiss Alps on July 6. Teachers Erin Buchanan, Lance Kyles and Danny Williams are am...
Principal Brad Bailey accepts position as TISD Chief Operating Officer
Story by Joseph Rodgers and Victoria Van, editors in chief
May 31, 2018
Filed under NEWS, TOP STORIES
After serving as principal for 11 years, Brad Bailey will serve as TISD’s Chief Operating Officer beginning July 1 after former Chief Operating Officer Casey Nichols accepted the position of Superintendent for Ashdown ISD. “I am excited for the new opportunity and look forward to working to help build on t...
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire
Story by Joseph Rodgers and Victoria Van, editors in chief
May 25, 2018
Filed under NEWS
You huff. And you puff. And you blow a fat cloud. But unlike asthma, there is no medicine for vaping. Ever since Americans realized the consequences of smoking cigarettes, the tobacco industry has developed various methods to replace nicotine in the cessation, or halting, of smoking. Nicotine patches, n...
The dog days of summer
Story by Emily McMaster, copy editor
May 24, 2018
Filed under NEWS, TOP STORIES
TISD will host various summer camps and programs for a wide range of students. There are opportunities for high school students to learn, expand their thinking and assist teachers in the programs for younger students. “High school students who want to be involved in the camps, but are in the upper gra...
