The idea of drug testing in LISD schools isn’t new. In April 2008, LISD implemented a plan to collect urine samples from students who were involved in extracurricular activities at school or parked...
Board of Trustees Vice President Tracy Scott Miller sparked the discussion of drug testing on campus when he shared his goal of implementing the tests over the announcements in late October.
“People...
“The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” by John Boyne
Summary
We’ve all been taught about the Holocaust, and we’ve all been told that it was horrific, but in “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas,”...
“Ruby Bridges”
PG | 1998
Content warning
This movie contains racial slurs and scenes of threatened assault towards a child.
Summary
I initially thought this movie would follow the...
Senior Yasmeen Siddiqi has been seeking out cheer scholarships. However, due to the coronavirus, the recruiting process looks different this year.
“Given the circumstances with COVID, everything got...
Senior Boris Fosso is applying to Harvard, Princeton and Rice among other top colleges. He plans to study the pre-med track.
Fosso says that besides academics, the school’s environment is important...
Senior Liv Hendrick visited Louisiana State University during Memorial Day weekend. According to Hendrick, who will study film, her group wore masks and had social distancing measures in place.
Hendrick...
Other plans have been affected by COVID-19. In addition to the mural, Skelton had hoped to bring back charter staff members as part of celebrations, but instead has had to adapt to the current situation.
“We’re...
The mural’s design will depict the original campus in 1981 and show where the school began. Being the school’s first year, every club, program and sports team had just been formed. It was a new experience...
LISD has its own team of people from the communications department working on the mural. Lee Ann Brandy is in charge of the graphic design.
“During my research I learned that the town of Flower Mound...