Stu-Co members attend State Convention
April 10, 2010
Five Lufkin High School Student Council members: Darrell Thomas, Aerial Adams, Deuntre “Bush” Smiley, Tia’ Myers, and Ivorie Ford traveled to Arlington, Texas to attend the Student Council State Convention earlier this month. This year’s convention was the largest attended, with 4500 students... [Read more]
Panther Pride readies for competition
February 19, 2010
Written by: Celeste Cole on February 19, 2010 at 12:32 pm The Panther Pride Drill Team has been hard at work on over 20 competition pieces which they will take to Kilgore Junior College on Feb. 20, to participate in the Gussie Nell Davis Dance Classic. There are a total of 28 dances, consisting of... [Read more]
Annual Alumni Chili Supper serves more than 300
January 29, 2010
Alumni Association Director Glen Arnold, left, and senior Abby Baker visit with '95 graduate Amy Fletcher, seated left and family at the annual Alumni Chili Supper in the LHS cafeteria. Also shown are, seated from right, Robbie Fletcher, Shelby Fletcher, Ireland Fletcher and Mia Fletcher. The Alumni... [Read more]
FCCLA helping during the holiday season
December 15, 2009
The FCCLA will be giving toys Dec. 17 to the Salvation Army in support of the Angel Tree Adoption Program. “Years ago we did an organization with the “shoe box” where boxes were stuffed with goods and toys, then shipped to other countries. The students decided that they wanted to do... [Read more]
Santoyo learns about Hispanic heritage on PASF trip to Mexico
December 9, 2009
Carmen Santoyo goes to Mexico through PASF Senior Carmen Santoyo, vice-president of the PASF Spanish club, had a chance to learn more about her Hispanic heritage when she earned a trip to Mexico from Nov. 20-25. “I’m glad that I got to know more about each state of Mexico and more about where... [Read more]
Students Sign Petition Against Robotics Schedule
December 8, 2009
Mary Rojo Managing Editor Seniors of the robotics team utilize their leadership qualities by creating a petition against a Gold-Purple Schedule–an alternating schedule that splits the robotics team so that the extracurricular hour limit is met. All school organizations working on a task during after... [Read more]
Panther Pride prepares for Christmas Spectacular
November 20, 2009
The Panther Pride has begun preparing for their Christmas Spectacular show on Dec. 17. “It’s just a really short kind of recital where Panther Pride does a lot of dances that are all Christmas-themed,” Captain Madeline DuBose said. “It gets everyone in the Christmas spirit.” According to DuBose,... [Read more]
Annie musical
November 20, 2009
The 1982 film “Annie,” based off of an early 1900 comic strip called Little Orphan Annie, will be put to action in the Lufkin Middle School auditorium. Many members from Lufkin High School will be on stage playing the roles of the cast of “Annie” for people awaiting the performance. Members... [Read more]
Robotics Team captains selected
November 17, 2009
Jeffin James and Ariel Hardin were recently named team captains of LHS Robotics team The 2009-2010 Robotics team captains, Ariel Hardin and Jeffin James, were announced last Monday. According to Supervisor Robyn Segrest, the format for choosing the team captains changed this year. “Before, we’d... [Read more]
Honor America Night slated for Saturday
November 5, 2009
A spectacular fireworks show, hot dog dinner, and patriotic performances from all of the Lufkin ISD bands is what will be taking place on Saturday at the 15th annual Honor America Night. From 5 p.m. until 6:30 p.m., an All American Dinner including hot dogs, chips, a drink, and America’s favorite desserts–apple... [Read more]