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Tiger Times

Bixler
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The School Newspaper of Texas High School

Tiger Times

Bixler
The School Newspaper of Texas High School

Tiger Times

Bixler
Across the campus, many teachers found their passion while sitting in the same desks that their students sit in now.

From teens to teachers

Story by Stephanie Jumper, feature editor January 13, 2021

Four long, grueling years of memorizing textbooks cover to cover, navigating social settings and tirelessly clawing at the top class rank. All for a printed sheet of paper allowing young adults to move...

Across campus, theres numerous of places that are most suitable for crying. With the stress implemented by school on a daily basis, it can be difficult to fight back the tears.

Sobbing around school

Story by Stephanie Jumper, feature story January 7, 2021

We’ve all been there. Shedding tears over a test grade we won’t remember in five years. Slamming our heads on a semi-sanitary wooden desk as the bell snaps us out of our pity parties. If you claim...

Students are finding the act of keeping up with online school mentally draining. While many students have been told that they dont face the same on campus stress, but many students disagree.

The mental impact of being remote 

Story by Margaret Mutoke, staff writer December 21, 2020

It's 11:59 P.M., the computer reads “12 MISSING ASSIGNMENTS” while you frantically try to turn them all in. Your heart races and your breathing becomes louder as the thoughts of failure linger in your...

The school dress code has long been a topic met with debate and frustration.

The dress code doesn’t bite

Story by Maria Rangel, staff writer December 10, 2020

The school dress code has long been a topic met with debate and frustration. To students discontent with dress code, it never fails to leave them feeling ashamed and angry. To them, it may feel like teachers...

Junior Beth Dietze takes notes during an in-class lecture. Being diagnosed with dyslexia ever since she was young, Dietze is faced with challenges on a daily basis.

Adapt and overcome

Story by Graci Henard, staff writer December 2, 2020

Dyslexia is a disability that affects one's ability to read, spell, write and speak. Approximately one in five students are affected by this disorder, varying in severity. Among them is junior Beth Dietze. “I...

English teacher Jordan High poses in her new classroom. High began her teaching career this August alongside being a Radio DJ, dance teacher, an author and a mother.

Let’s begin

Story by Zoe Rushing, staff writer November 11, 2020

A teacher waits anxiously for the school bell to announce the beginning of the new day. Minutes race by as she finishes the final preparations for her classroom. As she finishes preparing, the bell rings...

History teacher Danny Williams leads his class in discussion. Every student on campus is required to be masked.

Conversations stopped

Story by Graci Henard, staff writer October 25, 2020

In years past, teachers, mainly in the English and history departments, relied on discussion to drive the class. Often, English teachers count on discussion to engage students in books, and history teachers...

Gov. Greg Abbott arrives at a news conference on April 10 to give a coronavirus update with Texas Division of Emergency Management Chief Nim Kidd, followed by Texas Department of State Health Services Commissioner Dr. John Hellerstedt and Dr. John Zerwas, University of Texas System executive vice chancellor for health affairs.  [RICARDO B. BRAZZIELL/AMERICAN-STATESMAN]

A Start and an end

Story by Grey Johnson, staff writer April 21, 2020

Within months of the Coronavirus reaching American shores, it seems as though our entire country has shut down. The virus has killed more than 35,000 Americans and has economically wounded many more. Many...

OPTIONS student Hannah Spencer stands outside the OPTIONS building. Spencer has spent her sophomore and junior years in the alternative learning facility.

Another option

Story by Stephanie Jumper, staff writer February 10, 2020

There are students whose laughter drowns out the tardy bell as they stroll between classes with friends. There are students who march along the hallways in stampedes, racing across school to avoid earning...

Student copies worksheet off of classmate. Determination to achieve high standards of academic success often leads students to resort to cheating in order to get by.

May the best cheater win

Story by Kate Morgan, staff writer May 7, 2019

My swim practice ran late. I barely made it to theatre rehearsal on time, and when I got home in the late hours of the night, there was a pile of homework sitting on my desk to ensure that I will not be...

graphic by Victoria Van

A weekly change

Story by Peyton Sims, staff writer March 31, 2019

It’s 12:30 in the morning, and you still have an uncountable amount of homework and tests to study for. You desire a weekend where you have no plans, and you can receive a healthy amount of sleep. Schools...

American Sign Language honor society takes special education students to Central Mall for a field trip.

A step away from the classroom

Story by Ashlyn Winters, staff writer December 18, 2018

As a whole, our school has fewer and fewer field trips every year. You could count them on two hands. Yes, clubs and honor societies leave campus to do community service every now and then but these “field...

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