AcaDec Team Crafted for Competition

Andy Heuer, Staff Writer
December 17, 2011

The Academic Decathlon team was chosen following a district wide scrimmage Nov. 30. Legacy brought a total of 40 students, and came in second, 10 points behind the reigning champion, Summit High School. Of the students who attended, 12 were selected to compete on the regional team. The team is as follows: Honors Kevin... Read more »

National Honor Society Lends A Helping Hand

Jessica Jones, Staff Writer
December 5, 2011

Junior and senior students have the opportunity to join the National Honor Society (NHS) if they consistently keep a GPA of 97 or above, 10 hours of community service per semester, two hours which have to be with NHS, and have held leadership positions to remain in NHS. “I was kind of nervous about... Read more »

Book Club Members Raise Funds and Explore New Reads

Dini Wyatt, Staff Writer
November 11, 2011

Book Club meets every other Wednesday in Ms. Villarreal’s room A-J 105. During Book Club members discuss a book, eat, play games and watch movies that go along with the book. “This year we’re moving slowly,” Ms. Villarreal said. “We’ve been really busy. They have been wanting to help out.” The... Read more »

Silver Spurs Hold Holiday Showcase

Kymber Cullum, News Editor
November 11, 2011

Freshman Haylii Baylis sits on the side of the floor with a knee injury as the girls around her practice their dance routines. With roughly one month to prepare, the third annual Silver Spurs Holiday show takes place on December 1 from 6 to 9 p.m. “I feel like students should come because it supports... Read more »

Debate Team Foresees Positive Year

Joe Kinler, Staff Writer
September 30, 2011

Arriving at Bryon Nelson High School on August 27, debate coach Howard Ritz walks into the school with his team. Feeling confident as the team prepares, Mr.Ritz reflects on the all the work they had done over the summer. “We did a lot of research,” Mr. Ritz said. “We went to Cameron debate camp... Read more »

Yearbook Senior Ad Sales End Oct 3

Madison Mondon, Staff Writer
September 22, 2011

The deadline for purchasing senior ad in the yearbook is October 3. [order form] All ads are full color. Students can make checks or money orders to Legacy High School Journalism. Cash cannot be accepted. Checks returned because of insufficient funds may be resubmitted with an additional $30... Read more »

Choir Takes Sweepstakes At Regional Competition

Rebecca Omorodion
April 13, 2011

On April 11, at Trinity High School, choir won a sweepstakes at thier regional competition. “It was a good experience,” junior Marcus Robinson said. “We were really excited since the music is harder now that we are 5A.” The choir significantly downgraded in size this year. In fact, they were... Read more »

Lend me a Win: One-Act Advances to Area Competition

Dini Wyatt
April 6, 2011

Legacy’s UIL One Act Play company will compete at the Area competition Saturday at Waxahachie High school. The troupe advanced through zone and district performing Lend Me a Tenor, a comedy by Ken Ludwig. Legacy, along with South Grand Prairie, advanced to area and earned points for the overall UIL... Read more »

Invisible Children’s Club Raises Money for Ugandan Children

April 5, 2011

When Senior Kayla Threatt approached the idea of starting the Invisible Children’s Club two years ago, she never imagined the help they could give to the children of Uganda. “My older brother started the Invisible Childrens Club at Summit, so I showed a video of Uganda in Mr. Austin’s class and... Read more »

Anime Club Raises Funds for Spot at Annual Convention

Jessica Jones
March 29, 2011

As the Anime club members filed into Mr.Garners classroom , Anime club President, junior Brianna Alicea-Smith Wrote the meeting’s agenda on the board. “Anime Club” was written in big letters and underlined, “More fundraising”, “Other stuff”, “???”, “Profit” were scribbled under... Read more »