A mother rises to have her voice heard at the attendance zone community meeting. Fear of her children attending four different schools in four years troubles and drives her to speak out with each of the new rezoning proposals. The school board faces a dilemma: have overpopulated classrooms at Legacy...

Absolutely. Specifically and strenuously trained educators who care more about the lives of their students than their own, who are willing to face the possibility of putting themselves in harm’s way to protect America’s future, can answer almost any threat. An armed presence on campuses maintains...

Superintendent Dr. Jim Vaszauskas traveled to Legacy to meet with students on March 9, and as the meeting neared, students congregated around the doors of the PAC. The doors were locked, and the theater was secure. But what about the school? In light of the Parkland shooting, Dr. V visited Legacy...

This year of pain began with lots of tears, and ended with one. I had never heard true weeping before. I had never heard my dad cry, actually, much less wail. His heart was breaking, and his whiskers were rubbing the tears between our cheeks. I remember the whiskers. He had answered the door at 3...

MISD is looking at and projecting future growth, which may result in another high school. While they do that, though, I decided to focus on what really matters about this new school: a kick-butt name and mascot. LegacyRidge High School Pegai Yes, the plural of flying horse is not Pegusi. Or Pegusus....

[DISCLAIMER: This list is 100% satire (and poorly done at that). TheRiderOnline does not endorse or support any of the following people to run for President. It's a joke.]   Following the events of the 2016 election, where “outsider” Donald Trump won despite never having held public office,...

The Federal Communications Commission, spearheaded by Chairman Ajit Pai, will vote on a proposal to repeal Net Neutrality on Dec. 14. The proposal, if approved, will change the landscape of the internet, allowing Internet Service Providers (ISP) like Comcast, AT&T and Verizon to have free reign over...

Anti-abortion protesters have stood in front of Legacy’s Main Street entrance every morning. The protesters, exercising their First Amendment rights, have signs showing a graphic portrayal of the abortion process. The protesters organize and call themselves the Abolitionist Society of Fort Worth....

Students have the unique opportunity to lend a hand to athletes by serving food after school. Be A Champion, the managing company, prepares and delivers the meals, but lacks distributors. Students who want to hand out meals will earn nine dollars an hour for lending their time to help Legacy athletic...

Freshman Makayla Davis died from a gunshot wound Oct. 28 on her family’s property. Fort Worth Police arrested former Legacy student 18-year-old Sebastian Ramirez-Barcenas and charged him with criminal negligent homicide in the death of Davis. Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office said Ramirez-Barcenas...

Senior Yibran Franco pressed the phone to his ear, and listened to the dial tone uncaringly reach out across the Gulf of Mexico. His dad picked up, and Franco listened again, this time to his father lovingly telling him that they are alright. After Irma, Franco’s family in Puerto Rico simply had a...

Hurricane Sandy made American landfall 1,500 miles away. The Katrina destruction peaked when Legacy’s current oldest seniors were, at the most, six years old. But the newest country-shaking monsoon, Hurricane Harvey, provides high school students in our state with a unique opportunity and responsibility...

High schoolers and early morning commuters cram together in long lines, rear view to rear view. The daily drive slows to a crawl as orange-vested workers scurry around, pouring and paving concrete and moving rebar. The construction on Debbie Lane in front of Ben Barber effects Legacy students directly,...

The district has ordered 12 activity buses for student to use in the upcoming 2017-2018 school year. These 42-seaters will provide an alternative mode of transportation for sports teams, organizations, and student groups who would otherwise be forced to travel long distances in a yellow-dog school bus....

Because of her talent at designing and creating costumes for theatrical performances, senior Clara Griepp traveled to Austin to compete in a UIL Theatrical Design competition. The event prompts participants to build costumes for certain characters in a play. Besides UIL, Griepp designs and acts for the...

For most Legacy students, Louisville, Kentucky is a long way from home. But the Iron Bronco JROTC program is right at home: this is the third year in a row that Legacy has competed at the national level. Legacy took 13th in the nation, of 1625 Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps programs, at the US...

A screeching roar. A sudden smack. A deafening siren. A face awash in pulsing light. A sterilized ER. A somber grave. For nothing more than a simple message or a stupid drink. Put it Down, Save a Life, abbreviated as PIDSAL, is a program that raises awareness about the dangers of drunk or distracted...

Walking into Coach Tracy Burke’s computer lab room, I am met by immediate greetings from the members of Legacy’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA). “C’mon, Stacks, you know you’re fat,” senior Malik Babaa said. “Come get a donut.” As I ate the last sprinkles donut, the meeting...

Shouts of encouragement ring throughout the natatorium, but the cool, chlorine-filled water rushing by her ears retains senior Haley Yelle’s focus. Her arms and legs pump, propelling her through lap after merciless lap, until, finally, she reaches the end of her event, touches the wall and comes out...

Finally. We’ve been waiting since Christmas. MLK day was cool, President's day was great, but neither can come close in length or in anticipation to a week of respite: Spring Break (Duh duh duuuhhh). There are so many things to do, so let’s not waste a day.   Go Camping Time to...

Love confuses people, especially us English speakers. It could almost fit into George Orwell’s newspeak, where certain words take other words under their wings, thus eliminating the meaning and emotion behind those words. For example, in newspeak, a central symbol in Orwell’s book, 1984, old words...

Students aren’t the only things filling the halls during passing periods. Loud music blares over the speakers between classes, and only one thing will stop it: money. Music will play over the school sound system during passing periods for the next two weeks, or until the student body raises $1,500...

The JROTC Iron Broncos Armed Drill Team earned Grand Champion out of 21 competing schools in the Fifth Brigade during the fifth annual Brigade JROTC Drill Championships in San Antonio on Feb. 4. The top five competitors in the competition advance to the Army Nationals Drill Competition in Louisville,...

The lights go down as the Living Church youth band begins to sing and play. Senior Bailey Griffin stands onstage with her microphone in hand and sings to Jesus. Her fellow Christians in the audience raise their hands and praise along with her, and the youth-led worship service kicks off. On Friday,...

Writing makes something out of nothing. It brings out something in each of us, and it can powerfully move minds. It can anger, amuse, belittle, build up. It’s an art form created with ink, graphite, or pixels, formed in the late nights, zero dark 30 mornings and the class before. Writing can be...

Ahh, Dec. 25. The day celebrating gift giving, joy, family and the coming King of Kings. Christmas is celebrated by many different cultures all over the world, so The Rider has compiled a list of holiday traditions in other countries. Brazil: A traditional Brazilian Christmas begins with something...

I have always wanted to have the opportunity to start my testimony in front of a church with the first line of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme song. Since that might be slightly frowned upon, and I’m not supposed to cause a brother to stumble, I suppose I can settle for doing it in writing. So,...

After taking the PSAT/NMSQT (Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test) last October, seniors Shane Boettiger, Eric Cyganowski, Joshua Hogue and Ethan Wikoff were recognized as Commended in the National Merit Scholar program. Each year, millions of juniors in thousands...

In the fall of 1993, Coach Chris Melson and his younger brother Brandon got jobs coaching football at Ada Junior High. They spent their days teaching teenagers how to throw a spiral, catch passes and make tackles. Now, Chris Melson presides as Legacy’s Head Football Coach, and his brother Brandon works...

There’s a moment in my sporting career that I consider defining. I have simply deemed it “The Catch.” No, it was not an Odell for the football win (never have I ever ran a wide receiver route), nor was it a leaping home run steal. In fact, I wouldn’t doubt it if The Catch is totally forgotten...

The air outside of the locker room is electric with the roar of a Friday night lights crowd, but inside the mausoleum of hard work and white walls, the screams of the fans of these athletes lessens to a static rumble. The Legacy football players themselves sit in silence or mutter to themselves, contemplating...

As graduate Kelcey McKinley and hundreds of other students begin to trickle into the empty cafeteria, the silence slowly grows into a dull roar. Over the next three periods, the cafeteria will fill with sounds of raucous laughter, the smell of cheap chicken sandwiches, and thousands of teenagers banding...

I tend to judge the success of a weekend by the disgusted look on my parent’s faces when they get that first whiff of their son after I come home from a camping trip. If I don’t smell like campfire smoke, lake water, and dirt, then I haven’t tried hard enough. That is the joy of camping: being...

The area within the Legacy’s attendance zoning will be seeing major growth and construction in the next few years due to the city of Mansfield’s expanding economy and ever increasing population. The City of Mansfield has begun construction on three large neighborhoods near the southern edge of the...

Every day during lunch, students can come in to the library and race Spheros, baseball-sized robotic balls controlled by apps, using bluetooth from a phone or an iPad. Jumps and races are set up and organized in the library where students like freshman William Sullivan use the bots for a midday brain...

There’s an old saying surrounding Cowboy’s stadium: the hole in the roof is there so God can watch His favorite team play. I don’t know about my Father’s NFL preferences, but I know that God showed up on March 6th for the Harvest America crusade. Two of my brothers in Christ (both Summit Jags,...

There is a spring in the spirit of senior Breton Hawkins, who runs through the halls of Ennis High School with one thought on his mind: state. Racing into a classroom, he tackles and bear hugs his friend and debate partner, junior Ben Speigner, and tells him the good news. “I heard we were in first...

Open House: the annual showcase of all that a school does. But who really wants to go to school when you could be at home, the weight room, with your friends or almost anywhere else? We have compiled a list of reasons that could change your mind about attending this event. New Teachers New semester,...

Christian Hip-Hop artist Lecrae has received love from fans as well as criticism from some in pop culture. Now, with the unannounced release of his latest mixtape, Church Clothes 3, he has surprised loyal listeners and critics everywhere. After his release of “Anomaly” in 2014, the rap icon announced...