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August 31, 2010
Freshman Logan Bertell encourages his teammates in a game during Freshman Frenzy. Mentors and freshmen participated in games such as musical chairs and balloon popping. Photo by Conor Storm. The first week of school was filled with activities for incoming freshmen and their Tiger Mentors. Read More →
May 10, 2010 • Sara Naatz, Multimedia Editor
The debater. Known to be persuasive, argumentative and opinionated. The actor. Aims toward pleasing an audience and being a true performer. These two personality types come together to make up the Blue Valley Forensics team, which placed 6th in the state tournament with five students placing in six...
May 7, 2010 • Matthew Holloway, Staff writer
Sophomore Payton Adams is face to face with speed and danger whenever he races his dirt bike. Adams has been riding since he was three years old, and started racing a couple years ago. “My brother was who got me interested,” Adams said. He chose to ride motorcycles instead of compete in school...
May 6, 2010
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May 5, 2010 • Marissa Locke, Beginning Journalism student
Imagine walking through the streets of a foreign city, knowing no one, without a way to communicate with them. People you can’t understand, just walking by. It was a brand new world for math teacher Anna Toneva when she first came to the United States nearly 17 years ago. She left her home in Bulgaria...
April 9, 2010
Since fall of 2009, five rapes have taken place in the Waldo-area of Kansas City, Missouri. Police believe that the same man sexually assaulted all of the women, but the man still has not been arrested or even identified. Communication Arts teacher Britt Qualls lives in Waldo and she finds the situation...
April 7, 2010
The faces of the middle school students light up as glow-in-the-dark liquids illuminate the classroom and bright, colorful fires burn. This is the Science Outreach Club. Science Outreach gives high schoolers the opportunity to present science-related demonstrations to younger students. “This...
March 10, 2010
It’s that time of year again. It’s time for current sophomores and juniors to apply to be Tiger Mentors for the 2010-2011 school year. Social studies teacher and mentor coordinator Courtney Buffington said that the application process is extremely competitive. “It is tough competition...
January 26, 2010
Senior Erin Pham and Junior Kelly Urso show off thier moves on the dance floor at S.W.I.T.C.H. The dance was hosted on Friday, Jan. 22, by the National Art Honors Society. Photo by Haley Hickman. Read More →
January 22, 2010
The referee calls a foul and one of the athletes disagrees. This athlete stomps their feet and shouts at the referee in anger. Suddenly, this turns into chaos with yelling from coaches, parents and other players. Seniors Kirsten and Anneliese Krull have seen incidents like this too many times, so they’ve...