Teens speak up
by Carrieona Moncure, Reporter
May 27, 2020
Vice President of the student council and founder of Black Culture Club senior Tremaine Chappell released the documentary “An Adolescent’s State of Mind” May 22. “He pours his blood, sweat and tears into every piece of work he does,” senior Ava McLeod said. In his junior year English...
Student projects serve front-line workers, elderly
by Saifiyah Zaki, Co-Editor-in-Chief
April 20, 2020
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, students are repurposing their resources and skills to protect, appreciate and comfort front-line workers as well as those most affected by the pandemic. Healing headbands After seeing her mother, a Dallas area hospital nurse, come home with pain around her ears f...
Unity in diversity
by Riya George and Mustafa Syed
February 12, 2020
The Muslim Student Association hosted the annual World Hijab Day event Friday, Feb. 7 in the cafeteria by handing out free headscarves to students. Event organizers want to dispel common misconceptions about Muslim women by having students experience firsthand what it is like to wear a hijab. ...
Learning for life
by Riya George, Reporter
January 30, 2020
As the semester resumes in a blur of assignments, one teacher has double the workload. Dean Malabanan balances both teaching U.S. history and working toward a Masters of Liberal Studies from Southern Methodist University. After three years of AVID tutoring and teaching world history, American stud...
Furry friends
![While held by IB coordinator Karen Stanton, Gus peers into the camera. Gus drank medicine for his mild respiratory infection from a syringe. “I’ll sometimes go out [to the cage] and hold them or take a little break,” Stanton said.](https://www.peshprints.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Gus-Poses-for-a-Picture-475x315.jpg)
by Joelle Tindal, Reporter
December 21, 2019
The IB World School received two new pets over the summer, courtesy of IB coordinator Karen Stanton: “Teddy” Slimfire and “Gus” Brick C. Port. The rats’ unconventional last names come from acronyms for two well-known acronyms within IB. “I think [the rats] kind of give the IB office more ...
Racing to success
by Jad Baajour, Sports Editor
December 5, 2019
Senior Grant Wilcox committed to a Division I college for cross-country on Oct. 21 after receiving an athletic scholarship from Oklahoma State University. “His goal has been to run at a Division I school,” mother Lauri Wilcox said. “I think he’s thrilled that he’s good enough that some amazing program...
Openly transgender student faces issues with identity, policy
by Myh Seyoum, Reporter
December 4, 2019
Mid-last year, junior Max Mosely came out to his friends as genderfluid. He questioned his gender prior to coming out but wasn’t sure of exactly how he identified. He says it helped him emotionally to express how he felt to his friends about exploring his gender identity, though at first, he was afraid ...
Freshman published author reflects on writing progress
by Saifiyah Zaki, Co-Editor-in-Chief
November 15, 2019
Four open notebooks sprawl across a long desk, circling around a laptop open to a fresh new document. Freshman Maryam Ahmed faces the scattered ideas, her mind racing while the computer cursor blinks slowly. As she looks across the smattering of papers, her mind begins to connect the dots and a story...
Fresh start
by Carrieona Moncure, Reporter
November 13, 2019
There’s been modest changes this school year, including the new cheer coach Cheyanne Rose. With a strong ambition to know her future, Rose has always wanted to be an English teacher and cheer coach. “I always wanted to do this; now I'm living my dream,” Rose said. “It doesn’t even feel like ...
Golden boy
![Golden Girls, Golden Smiles: Junior Charles Igbo laughs at something another drill team manager says Friday, Nov. 1. The managers gathered at the beginning of practice on the band pad to prepare for the football game against Plano West later that night. “Usually I ride with band to the games, but before halftime I go with [the Golden Girls] and I stand on the sidelines and do whatever I [need] to,” Igbo said. “It’s always exciting.”](https://www.peshprints.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Golden-boy-475x315.jpg)
by Makayla Herron, Copy and Online Editor
November 6, 2019
Junior Charles Igbo stands with the other managers, discussing the agenda for the practice and watching the dancers warm up, occasionally cheering them on. They meet the directors at the front to help gather supplies, which Igbo quickly jumps at the chance to do. His co-managers and the dancers all smile at hi...
Drill team lieutenant, Pom Squad
by Isis Martin, Reporter
October 24, 2019
Golden Girl and Senior Lieutenant Kaytie Cooke may look like an average dancer at pep rallies and football games, but beyond the field Cooke is preparing for a spot on Texas Tech University’s Pom Squad. “It was really intimidating being next to the Pom Squad,” Cooke said. In early September, C...
Artist’s adieu
by Saifiyah Zaki, Co-Editor-in-Chief
October 2, 2019
After seven years of teaching at the school, AP drawing and IB visual arts teacher Andrea Weide spent her last day on campus Tuesday, Oct. 1 before moving to Seattle, Wash. for her husband’s job. “I’m going to miss the community here [and] the relationships I have with my students,” W...
