The Marquee

Wrestling award dedicated to student’s memory

Austin Rickerson & Miranda Chiechi • December 5, 2012

A new wrestling award was created this year in memory of Jared Corkran, according to Coach Prado. Corkran passed away Nov. 17 in Arkansas due to an ATV accident. Players and coaches will vote for the...

The Marcus band features music by Bach

Sydney Sund • December 5, 2012

The Marcus High School band has won the UIL state championship band competition for the fourth consecutive time in a row. The UIL State competition is a biannual marching band competition that is held...

Student turned storyteller

Alex Helm • November 14, 2012

The ink flows across the lined pages, spilling one word after another: "… I knew something was trembling. A secret, foreboding a new era. A deadly secret – I could feel it in my bones – that would...

Artwork show in honor of Veterans Day

Madison Ermenio • November 14, 2012

Silence fills the classroom. A bead of sweat rolls down freshman Meghan Adams’ face. She focuses intensely on the strokes of the brush, moving her hand ever so slightly. This isn’t any ordinary art...

Fighting for a ‘Kause’

Madison Ermenio • October 17, 2012

A click of a mouse sends more than just a notification to junior Taylor Kuklin and freshman Hope Kuklin. It sends hope. The website www.krissyskause.com was designed as a fundraiser for their mother,...

Flower Mound native to star in the television show Touch

Madison Ermenio • September 25, 2012

The offer every 13 year old has dreamed of is now a reality for Flower Mound native Saxon Sharbino: the opportunity to star in a television show. She will be a regular on season 2 of Touch. “I did...

Gone but not forgotten

alyssa schmidt • September 20, 2012

The halls have seemed a little emptier this year without one of the school’s busiest teachers. Longtime teacher Marcie Cooley passed away due to pancreatic cancer on July 5, 2012. Cooley graduated...

Just clowning around

meghan eurich • April 25, 2012

Senior Zach Pletcher is not your average teenager in the work force. He does not make a living at a fast food joint or a clothing store, mindlessly standing in front of a cash register. He does...

Medical issues lead to early teacher retirement

Juliana Adame, Entertainment Editor • April 12, 2012

Business teacher Kay Ward only had one month behind the desk this year before her life came to a screeching halt, causing her to say goodbye to her 12-year teaching career at the school. Over the past...

Junior wins Miss Teen Fort Worth title

Ryan McDearmont, Reporter • March 1, 2012

Junior Aloria Prince stands backstage, waiting for the Miss Teen Fort Worth 2012 pageant to begin. It is only her second pageant, but her hopes are high. All around her is chaos as the other contestants...

New song writing club comes to Marcus

Kady Kohankie, Reporter • February 7, 2012

Junior Andrew Boyer started the Song Writing Club because he thinks some students have a lot of talent of writing. “I was shocked at how many kids actually knew and wrote their own stuff,” Boyer...

Sophomore defeats cancer twice

Marisa Charpentier, Assistant Feature Editor • February 7, 2012

Sophomore Justin Collins was only 8. Only 8 when the needles began poking and prodding. Only 8 when his immune system began to deteriorate. Only 8 when he became a survivor. "No, I want to stay here,"...