Senior Josh Highland and other students will work at the fall festival on Oct. 29, from 4-9 p.m. reenacting scenes from popular Disney movies, such as the Jungle Book, Peter Pan, and the Three Musketeers. The festival is located at Vernon Newsom Stadium, including free admission, food, games, and is...

The class discussions simmer down as Mrs. Gent pulls up a power point on “The Industrial Society.” The talk of the class was on the subject of the era right after the Civil War where industry boomed and expansion rose exponentially. “How many of you have ever played the game ‘Oregon Trail?’”...

[see what the audience said opening night] The lights dim and the spotlight shines on the auburn headed principal, introducing the audience to the “perfect” school of Enrico Fermi High, named after ‘the father of the atomic bomb’, set in the nuclear fifties. Four girls in Home Ec. train themselves...

John Bimmerle has departed from teaching Algebra II, taking a new post as TAKS Coordinator. Leaving his class to a new teacher on Oct. 25, he has taken on the responsibility of lending aid to students of all grades who need help to pass the TAKS tests. “At first I had no interest at all,” Bimmerle...

As an eighth grader, sophomore Shane Donovan had a minor heart attack and was immediately sent to the nearest hospital. As he awoke from passing out hours before, he finds doctors and nurses around him, telling each other he's awake. The good news was that they knew what happened to him and he went through...

Fans of Philadelphia, Washington and New York will be coming to watch their rival’s stadium fall to the ground. The old Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Irving will implode on April 11 by the hands of a child after he won an essay competition. The competition rules were to send in an essay to the Kraft...

Eleven students advance to UIL regionals on April 23 and 24 at San Angelo State University. Legacy's One-Act troupe advance to the area competition on April 10. Legacy won second place in the district UIL meet on March 22 and 25. Legacy earned 289 points, 60 points behind Joshua with 349 and surpassed...

Every year it arrives, I always hear students grunt and complain about doing it. I was in English fifth block, which meant my class was one of the first English classes beginning the activity. When I wake up in the morning, running, doing push-ups and sit-ups and all the other stuff is the last thing...

The Mansfield School District has recently been switching the network infrastructure of all computers on school campuses. In April of ’09, an outside technology group reported the technology was outdated and needed to be replaced. Dr. Brubaker, Assistant Superintendent of Technology & Information...

Teenagers tend to turn a blind eye to all the things that happen in the halls. Whether it’s the obscene language within a conversation, or a couple making out in the hall. Any average student can see at least one couple showing their affection for each other as they get to class. The making out in...

With the season swiftly coming to a start, Coach Mayfield and the girls' softball team practice fourth and eighth period every day of the week. Three days of the week contain conditioning and other exercises on the football field and track, while the two other days are inside the weight room. “After...

Playing piano since kindergarten, freshman Haley Downs has developed a passion for classical music. Haley has had an instructor for eight of the nine years she's played piano. “I think it is better to be able to learn from a teacher," Downs said. "I don’t always notice my mistakes and the teacher...

After school on Mondays and Fridays, JROTC splits up into teams completing physical training.  Tuesdays and Thursdays consist of Drill Team practice and on Wednesdays, they practice Color Guard. JROTC also performs extra activities like presenting the flags at PTSA meetings. “JROTC is time-consuming,...

With the arrival of spring, the varsity football team suits up for preseason. Coach Kilgore teaches the team how to switch up the speeds for snapping the ball (slow, medium and fast) while attempting to transit the play from the sideline to the field more effectively.     “If it’s effective,...