Registration for summer credit recovery and acceleration courses has started. Students looking to take summer classes should visit www.mansfieldisd.org to complete the registration requirements. “Some students have a lot of extra-curricular activities,” counselor Christy Longoria said. “It’s...

Beginning March 26, the community service class will set up a table in the cafeteria during lunches to collect donations for The Abandoned Ones, a program created to help rescue animals in need of immediate assistance said. “The adoption fees don’t cover all the health expenses the animals need,”...

On Jan. 7, from 8 a.m. to noon, students from student council and teen leadership will host a multi-family yard sale in the school parking lot. “There will really be a wide variety of things to purchase,” StuCo and Teen Leadership Coordinator Dena Schimming said. Proceeds collected will help...

For the fifth year in a row, students, parents and teachers alike will file into the Performing Arts Center for Mission Improvable’s annual Pink Fest improv show: Crunk Comedy for a Cure. Tickets for the show sell for $5 each. From the $5, 100 percent of all proceeds will be added into the total Pink...

With one week left to order senior class shirts, senior class sponsor Stephanie Shackelford collects money and order forms as they come in. “There is a sense of unity and pride that go along with them [the senior shirts]. There is the pride of ‘I’m a senior,’” Mrs. Shackelford said. “...

Every year students, parents and teachers file through the hallways during the annual Open House. Teachers greet parents and students, shaking hands and discussing their plans for the year ahead.  Open house will be held on September 12 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Teachers will have the opportunity...

Recently six teachers joined together to represent Legacy at the annual Bowl For Kids’ Sake fundraiser. The team, made up of Jinna Danser, Jayme Schroeder, Megan Mosavian, Jon Ramon, Sherry Parker and Doug Danser will raise money for Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS).  Bowl For Kids’ Sake was...

Legacy competed with eight other schools for the District 5 5A sweepstakes award and although moved into 5A district LHS won sweepstakes with a final tally of 379 points. Throughout Friday after school and all day Saturday, junior Alejandra Nieto spent time volunteering at the awards booth and competing...

I was surprised when my sister told me she wanted to take me to get my nails done for my seventeenth birthday. I’ve never really been the kind of girl to get a manicure, but I was excited nonetheless. When the day arrived, I thought of nothing besides my upcoming manicure. All my friends told me...

Senior Brenden Glynn loved walking throughout the hallways in his nerd day attire. After turning the corner, he was greeted with the sight of his fellow nerds filing their way toward first period. Nerd day, a traditional spirit day for Legacy, was the fourth of five spirit dress-up days during homecoming...

Mrs. Long’s community service classes joined together to host the Holiday Pet Pals drive, Dec. 8 through Dec. 16. The Pet Pals Drive, similar to Salvation Army’s Angel Tree, will help many different types of rescue animals at the Hillcrest Animal Rescue. To participate in the pet drive, anyone...

No Shave November’s origins are fuzzy at best. However, the celebration is widely believed to have orginated in Melbourne, Australia as a health movement for men. Inspired by the efforts of women promoting breast cancer awareness, a group of men decided to create their own cause. Senior Marcus Miller...

At times there is nothing I want to do more than leave my house, leave the state, and to even leave the mainland of this country. Everything gets so overwhelming, from school to family it all feels like too much for me to handle. I often think of going to my dream college and leaving all of this behind...

Brooke Smitherman gave birth to her son, Brody, on Jan. 28, 2010 with the help of her mom and her husband, Cody Tarrant, and an audience of MTV cameras and crew, filming the birth for the third season opener of MTV’s original series, “16 and Pregnant.” The senior’s pregnancy came as a surprise...

It was the final preview before my movie began but after watching movie previews for the past 10 minutes, I was tired of nodding in approval and booing in disgust. I quickly reached for my phone, wanting to check my texts one last time, when I heard the distinct voice of Zach Galifianakis, an actor most...

Band: “I love band because it’s a social network and challenges you in ways most other activities don’t. Marching band is hard, but when you’re with your friends, hearing your school’s name called out for state--it makes it all worthwhile.” Faith: “My faith is a very big part of who...

Hannah Glaze grinned with excitement as she held a new, red and black Bronco Brigade shirt before the first football game of her junior year. After slipping on her new shirt and arriving at the game, Glaze felt fully prepared to bring encouragement to the crowd and football team for Legacy’s first...