American pride and high spirits filled the halls of Lamar Middle School as senior Maha Ali walked into her seventh grade Texas History class on May 2, 2011. Earlier that morning, news broke that al-Qaeda...

  Adjusting his large green hands, he stood out of view of the audience. The band began playing, and the melody danced throughout the auditorium. The large, thick red curtain opened revealing the...

Growing up in Flower Mound, Assistant Principal Dr. Erum Shahzad was a brown girl in a white town. While she didn’t see herself as being different, when she moved to Marcus her junior year she was given...

Tennis coach Kelly Langdon began his sport hitting the ball at the tennis courts by his house when he was in middle school. He didn’t even know much about this sport except that he liked it. When...

The warm August sun beat down against the windows as senior Caleb Smoot rode with his sister and dad to Panama City Beach. They were once again returning to visit the Florida beach that they were so familiar...

Hot sun. Sore calves. Again. And again. And again. These are things junior Anthony Rodriguez experiences on a daily basis. It's just his life as a band kid. But it's his love of music and the success...

One simple instruction. Go inspect the rock wall. A task senior Andrew Duffy has done many times during his employment at Life Time Fitness. He checks the auto belays, a device that enables people to...

The packed gym buzzed with excitement as the students chanted the pep rally cheer in unison. Each group awaited their turn. As Principal Larry Sigler pointed to one side of the auditorium, an enthusiastic...

She never fails to greet every student with a contagious smile. Students order their morning cup of coffee, and she promptly begins to prepare it, wringing her hands and going straight to work....

Senior Landon Plunkett’s mind is focused on more than just academics this year. His future was decided before he even set foot on a campus for his final year at the school. After considering several...