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Changing Perspectives: Students discuss cultural adjustments

Jackie Trujillo, Staff Writer • April 19, 2012

Imagine moving to a country where everyone is a stranger. A place where the people speak a completely different language and there’s a sense of anxiety. Junior Miguel Ortiz knows the feeling. Originally...

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Lip Dub 2012

April 9, 2012

More than 800 students and faculty participated in Decatur High School's first ever Lip Dub. This video, shot in one take, showcased the upbeat side of Decatur High School in Decatur, Texas. Lip Dub 2012...

300 words- Hannah Riggs

Jackie Trujillo, Staff Writer • March 30, 2012

Keep holding on and don’t give up. That’s the main message junior Hannah Riggs aims for when she writes her poetry and music. “I remember being a child and doing music nights at my house and...

Melodious Match: band wins sweepstakes

Christy Mahaffey, Staff Writer • March 9, 2012

As band students saw head band director Doug Fulwood approach, they stood and walked towards him. The students were quiet, hearing only each other’s nervous breaths. “Sweepstakes,” Fulwood said. With...

Mock trial advances to state

Madeline Peña, Online Editor-in-chief • March 1, 2012

The Mock Trial team awaits eagerly as they watch Texas Mock Trial Coordinator Steve Gwinn carry a manilla folder. They form a semi-circle and tightly hold each others hands as Gwinn announces Decatur’s...

Making a pawsitive difference

Paris Walther, Health and Opinions Editor • February 15, 2012

A genuine smile crosses freshman Taylor Avett’s face as she helps her mother, Rann Elementary second grade teacher Kay Avett, create posters and fliers for their collaborative community service idea,...

Better to give than receive

Cristin Morgan, Print Editor-in-Chief • February 3, 2012

As Christmas rounds the corner, so does something else: hope. The community is becoming involved in different types of Christmas organizations. Sunday, Dec. 4, Decatur Women’s Club hosted Tour of Homes. “Tour...

Shaping up

Paris Walther, Health and Opinions Editor • February 3, 2012

Hitting the alarm clock early in the morning, senior Erika Lampkin rolls over and wills herself to open her eyes. Her warm bed beckons, but the will to workout perseveres. Pulling into the Fit-N-Wise parking...

Oh boy!

Madeline Peña, Online Editor-in-Chief • February 3, 2012

With a quick flick of the hand, a flag soars through the air and freshman Isaac Caban catches the smooth silver pole. As the first boy to ever spin a flag for the DHS color guard, Caban enjoys this...

New kid on the block

Cristin Morgan, Print Editor-in-Chief • February 2, 2012

Football. Baseball. Algebra I. Geometry. Coach. Steven Valkenaar’s past career include all these subjects, now he adds assistant principal to the list. “This is my first rodeo as assistant principal,”...