The National Honor Society (NHS) had their induction ceremony on Apr. 8 to welcome new members and address the program’s purpose and values.  “The ceremony was super simple and smooth,” sophomore...

For the next several weeks up to the end of the school year, students and staff will have the opportunity to parade compassion through the counselor-managed Shout Out Form found in the homeroom slides...

As contemporary technology has risen influentially, visual media has increased in popularity over the past several decades, and consequently, graphic novels such as comics and Japanese manga cleared the...

Kickstarting the yearly academic competition season, students from the district competed at Wimberley High School on Jan. 25 for UIL state.The next competition is at Canyon High School on Feb. 8. “I...

Inspired Arts Minds Center organizará su primera exposición en Buda del 10 de enero al 1 de febrero ,de seis a ocho de la tarde, y los profesores de arte de la escuela están mostrando su naturaleza...

Inspired Arts Minds Center is hosting its first faculty show within Buda from Jan. 10 to Feb. 1 from six to eight p.m., and the school’s art teachers are displaying their past imaginative nature...

The 2024 Spotify Wrapped this Dec. 4 was reportedly made with AI and has disappointed students as a result of inaccuracy and laziness.  Due to the rise of AI being used to supplement and completely...

Needles are scattered around the room. Shades of crimson bubble in vials, and the thick scent of old pennies mingles in the air. And yet, past these hallways, no screams of terror are heard. Blood donation...

The theater program produced the first play of the year, Clue, a comedy murder mystery, for captivated students and adults alike from Nov.  7 through Nov.  9. Theater’s tech crew and cast members had...

Precious traditions can be lost in time as families migrate from area to area and generations after generations continuously sprout and leave small trickles of culture behind. Spanish National Honor Society...

Unbothered eyes glue themselves to the bright screen of their device, loading their increasingly rotting brain with overwhelming dopamine. Ears are always plugged in with music beats to avoid distractions...

The choir had their first performance of the year at their Fall Concert on Oct. 1 at the Hays Performing Arts Center, showing off the skills the students learned throughout the beginning of the school...

Lines bounce on walls and echo through halls. Characters gather around a crime scene in the middle of the conservatory, practicing the perfect shocked and horrified expressions. On an elevated stage, underneath...

On Aug. 30, the first football game of the season was hosted. Standing on the playing field of the opposing team, with harsh breaths beating against stuffy headgear and eyes focused on the scoreboard...

Hot rays of blistering sun beat down on the brass of trumpets, frenchhorns and tubas on a summer evening. Sweat on skin glistens, warm instruments become slippery in otherwise tight grasps. Music fills...

The Beginning of the Competition: Freshman Alexis Martinez (bottom) and sophomore Makaela Goss (top) during cheer in the prelims performance. The school’s cheer team performed in prelims that morning...

Collaborator Work: Sophomore Kensie McCracken spiniting before routine to get ready for the competition. Before performing, the team practiced their three elemental factors that made up the majority of...

The First Hope: Sophomore Makaela Goss during band chant in the prelims tournament. Once the team had finished their prelims performance, they waited for the results to be called out for finals until 4...

A New winning Streak: Junior Reagan May (bottom) and freshman Olivia Lawrence (top) during cheer at finals. Once knowing they were moving on to finals, the cheer team practiced well and hard for the final...

School hours run from 8:55 a.m. to 4:25 p.m., fashioning long days for ninth graders to twelfth graders alike, rendering an essential eight hours of their day circling school and only a few hours to spend...

Steam prowlers over straightened hair strands menacingly in a hot flurry. The chemical scent of hairspray is potent in the room and tangy. The first dip of fresh nail polish is nothing but a shine of black...