Communities in Schools collecting food and toys
Natalie Phillips, Managing Editor
December 16, 2010
Communities in Schools will be giving two gift baskets, one to a girl and another to a boy, to those who have donated either a toy or canned food to their Christmas Drive. “We’re collecting cans to forward them to Love Inc. and C.I.S.C.,”said Dolores Pérez, Liaison for Communities in Schools. As... Read more »
Christmas Spectacular set for tonight
Amber Hadnot, Staff Writer
December 16, 2010
The Panther Pride will be presenting the fourth annual Christmas Spectacular tonight and this year, there have been a few changes. Some of the dances have been re-choreographed from the past three years, but the songs will stay the same.The audience should expect a fun and exciting show filled with traditional... Read more »
District looking for fairness in school funding
Vicky Camarillo, Editor-in-Chief
December 15, 2010
The district is facing a reduced budget for the 2011-2012 school year. Superintendent Roy Knight said administrators were officially notified last spring when Governor Rick Perry ordered budget cuts for state agencies. According to Knight, the state of Texas predicts a budget shortfall for the next... Read more »
18 early graduates looking toward next stage
Natalie Phillips, Managing Editor
December 15, 2010
Eighteen Lufkin High School seniors, 17 girls and one boy, will be graduating a semester early at the beginning of the new year. Director of Counselors Julie McManus believes that the difference in the number of males to females may be attributed to the fact that girls have a tendency to prepare more... Read more »
Administration deems soccer T-shirts ‘inappropriate’
Vicky Camarillo, Editor-in-Chief
December 14, 2010
Two T-shirts created by LHS students have been banned for the inappropriate messages on them. One of the shirts says “He11 yeah,” and the other, which was created by senior soccer team member Katie Kimmey, says “If soccer was easy it would be called your mom.” “With the wording on the shirts,... Read more »
Anchor Club volunteers at Salvation Army
Vicky Camarillo, Editor-in-Chief
December 14, 2010
The Anchor Club volunteered at the Salvation Army Adult Day Care Christmas Store Friday. “The people who go to the Salvation Army chose their gifts, and we wrapped the gifts for them,” sophomore Kim Chong said. “We let them choose wrapping paper, boxes, ribbons and bows, and we wrapped the gifts... Read more »
Whew! And the hard work continues
Natalie Philips, Managing Editor
December 13, 2010
College: deadlines, essays, down payments, applications, resumes, reference letters, housing arrangements, roommates, meal plans, and the list goes on and on with complicated paperwork and more and more stressful nonsense that upcoming college freshmen have to deal with before they are able to take a... Read more »
Groups trying to raise funds
Natalie Philips, Managing Editor
December 7, 2010
The LHS Cheer Boosters will be selling basketball shirts in front of the cafeteria on Wednesdays during all three lunches and also during the basketball boy’s home games. “The shirts are $12,” Cheer Coach TJ Patterson said. “The cheerleaders are also taking orders for them, but they can also... Read more »
Panthers fall short against Jacksonville
December 6, 2010
The Lufkin Panthers’ basketball team came up just short on Tuesday night, dropping a 51-50 road decision to the Jacksonville Indians. Xavier Walker led a balanced scoring effort for Lufkin with 9 points, while J.J. Baldwin, Dexter Wright, Taurus Roberson and John McClain each had 8, Dominique Rodgers... Read more »
Mindless Behavior
Marissa Escobedo, Staff Writer
December 2, 2010
Every decade Conjunction Productions form music groups who become known as “super groups,” and the new group hitting the charts this year is known as Mindless Behavior. In 2008, famed producer Walter Millsap partnered with Keisha Gamble, Candice Nelson and Dave Scott to form “Mindless Behavior.”... Read more »
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