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Tiger Times

Junior Palin Nichols prepares herself to pitch the ball to an opposing player. The process of building a new softball field began at the start of the 2025-2026 school year and concluded by the time students returned from Christmas break, just in time for softball season.

New beginnings on new materials

Story by Kendyl Franklin and Palin Nichols February 12, 2026

As the new season begins, old things come to an end in order to help strengthen a family bond. A change of scenery welcomes more opportunities for the Lady Tigers Softball team and encourages improvement. The...

Texas legislatures decided that the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) test should be divided into three different sections and given to students at the beginning, middle and end of the year. While this idea remains in the process of planning, the change will be implemented during the 2027-28 school year.

A New Testing Era

Story by Sage Stussy, Staff Writer October 22, 2025

With pencils in hand and Chromebooks on desks, students sit down, prepared for the test of the year. As they log in to the Secure Test Browser, everything they learned throughout the year runs through...

House Bill 1481, passed on June 20, 2025, makes the 2025-26 school year the first full school year that students will experience the effects of restricted cell phone use. The law states that during instructional school time, personal communication devices must stay in the students' backpacks. For Texas High, that means that no phones are permitted for use from 8:20 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Signal Lost, Connection Found

Story by Kendyl Franklin, Staff Writer October 9, 2025

Ambient chatter fills the halls during transition, replacing the lonesome walk to class with a phone in hand.  House Bill 1481, passed on June 20, 2025, makes the 2025-26 school year the first full...

AP Art History teacher, Debbie Nicholas explains perspective to her students.

Historical changes

Story by Anna Cannon, feature editor November 2, 2015

The College Board has made drastic revisions to the AP Art History test and curriculum. Formerly known as one of the most difficult AP tests, the Art History exam could have included any piece of art in...

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