Social Media Competition
Catherine Diel, Social Media Manager
November 5, 2019
Next week, Nov. 11-15, the media team is having a social media competition where participants will have the chance to win a $15 Whataburger gift card. All they have to do is earn instagram followers for @svjournalism. Participants will DM the instagram Friday with the amount of followers they got. Th...
Positive review
Catherine Diel, Staff Writer
October 28, 2019
Dig, by A.S. King, follows a group of teens and an elderly couple: the Shoveler, the Freak, CanIhelpyou?, Loretta the Flea-Circus Ring Mistress, First-Class Malcom, and Gottfriend and Marla Hemmings. Their stories seem unrelated, however throughout the story, clues relating the group are sp...
A night of worship and crickets
Emma Siebold, Staff Writer
October 18, 2019
Hundreds of people gather in order to worship and praise God.
Tik Tok takes over teens
Joey Clark, Staff Writer
October 10, 2019
A chorus of “and I oop, sksk” when a hydro flask hits the ground in the hallways. Seemingly pre-choreographed dances performed in the cafeteria. A sudden obsession with the children’s cartoon, Peppa Pig. It seems like the entire student body is in on one big inside joke. Tik Tok, a global vide...
In high spirits
Tatum Tomallo, Staff Writer
October 7, 2019
With the first long-awaited cool front to herald fall, spirit week and homecoming are on tap this week. The Homecoming football game kicks off Friday night against East Central, and the annual Homecoming dance follows on Saturday from 7 to 11 p.m. Tickets for the dance go up to $30 at the door. Tickets init...
Fair play
Tatum Tomallo, Staff Writer
September 26, 2019
The blasting band, carnival music and fresh smell of cooked barbeque means it's time for the Comal County Fair. The parade is on Friday, but the fair will officially end on Sunday. Admission to the parade is free and the parade will march down Seguin Street starting in front of the post office and...
Top 5 books you will never forget
Catherine Diel, Staff Writer
September 26, 2019
Honorable Mentions I’ll Give You the Sun Jandy Nelson (2014) “I’ll Give You the Sun,” by Jandy Nelson, is a story about growth, family, betrayal, relationships and passion. It is an inspirational novel showing the effects our choices have on one another and the different perspectives we hold on a...
Films to look out for over break
Chloe Presley-Gundaker, Staff Writer
May 22, 2019
While the stereotypical idea of summer is envisioned as lounging on beaches and poolsides with a tropical drink in hand, burning up in the sun, it rarely is ever that. High schoolers tend to spend summer break either in rooms, huddled under a cocoon of blankets watching Netflix or in movie theaters wa...
A bittersweet ending revealed too soon
Laney Rendon, Editor-in-Chief
May 16, 2019
The idea to write this review with an added twist came from Twitter. Every few posts, I came across one post particularly exposing any lore derived from "Avengers: Endgame." And then two days after a three-hour cry fest that was opening night of the fourth Avengers movie, 'Game of Thrones' came on. My t...
Social Media Manager
Hi! My name is Catherine, and I'm a freshman this year. I enjoy writing, learning French, and honestly, at this point, sleeping. My goal is to spread positivity and make it through the year. Thanks! XX