Advisory Seen as Success

May 21, 2010 • Jordan Campagna  
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With a year to test out the advisory period, students, teachers, and administrators feel it has been a beneficial addition to the schedule. “Advisory was multipurpose: give students an opportunity to make-up missed work and to help students who struggle with TAKS,” vice principal Synthia... Read more »

Finals Exemptions Change

April 14, 2010 • Jordan Campagna  
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At the last school board meeting, board members approved a new finals exemption policy. “The new policy gives some options to 8th graders,” Stephanie Mullens, an Algebra 2 teacher who was on the committee that led the changes in the exemptions policy, said. The policy states: “If the... Read more »

UIL Budget Funding

April 14, 2010 • Jordan Campagna  
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In a budget crunch year, the district’s UIL teams were unable to travel to as many practice competitions as in previous years. “We’re taking our first trip soon,” Sandra Scheller, Literary Criticism and Ready Writing coach, said. “We’re taking about half the team and... Read more »

Flowers in the Attic Still Rings True

March 1, 2010 • Jordan Campagna  
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For a book written in 1979, Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews has spent a considerable amount of time on various bestseller lists. In Flowers in the Attic, a picture perfect 1950’s family is suddenly torn apart in a terrible accident which kills the father, and the mother, Corrine, is forced... Read more »

Mice Found on Campus

January 8, 2010 • Jordan Campagna  
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Instead of students and teachers being the only things in the school, this year, there are a few new visitors: mice. Deliese Nusser, Food and Nutrition Sciences teacher, doesn’t have a problem with the mice. “The mice we’ve been seeing are adorable,” Nusser said. “They just... Read more »

Picoult’s Plain Truth Worth Reading

January 8, 2010 • Jordan Campagna  
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Famous for writing My Sister’s Keeper, Jodi Picoult has a whole array of other, fabulous books out there, each one usually covering a different controversial topic. In Plain Truth, an Amish girl gets pregnant and has a child. She’s unmarried though. In her world, that is one of the worst... Read more »

Swine Flu: Student stories

November 23, 2009 • Jordan Campagna  
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Swine flu; the pandemic that’s sweeping the nation. Junior Ben Cummings originally thought he just had strep. “I went to the school nurse who then told me to go to a doctor who told me I had swine flu,” Cummings said. “I got the medicine early enough so I wasn’t sick as... Read more »

Rodney Devonte’ Gilliam: Football

November 20, 2009  
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Most proud of this year: I’m most proud of my teammates and how they have kept playing hard and never given up. Biggest accomplishment this season: When we beat the Colony. One thing you can’t live without in your sports bag: The things I can’t live without are my snacks and my iPod. SHARETHIS.addEntry({... Read more »

Kirby Joins Administrative Staff

October 28, 2009 • Jordan Campagna  
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One of the many administrative changes this year includes new assistant principal is Synthia Kirby. Kirby grew up in Durant, Oklahoma and now lives in Henrietta, Texas. In college, she got an undergraduate degree in Elementary Education with a minor in Health and Physical Education. She earned her graduate... Read more »

‘Braving’ Spanish IV; Vice Principal continues teaching class

October 5, 2009  
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New Assistant Principal Peter Braveboy is no stranger to the Rider campus. And even though he’s earned a spot on Rider’s administration staff, students in Spanish IV will continue to see him at the front of their classroom. “I haven’t lost my passion for classroom teaching,”... Read more »