Isabella McAllister, Newspaper Managing Editor

Prom is a part of the high school experience. You dream of buying your pretty dress and getting all dressed up with your friends. You imagine being able to surprise your senior boyfriend with your beautiful dress. You are so ready to make so many memories in one night. You picture having fun dancing the night away until your feet hurt. But then Corona smacks you in the face and you come back to reality. PROM IS CANCELLED… 2020 for me was already going to be such a bittersweet year. My boyfriend is a senior, he would be graduating soon and going off to college this summer. But I was extremely happy to be able to make so many last memories for both of us. From prom to graduation, and all the big events. But then we were all forced to stay home from school, and all those things have been cancelled or changed. For me, not being a senior, and missing this year's prom wasn’t the end of the world. But for the seniors who never went to prom, my heart goes out to them.  We spent our...

Lauren Curtis, Newspaper Editor-in-Chief

As we sit in our homes, we are left with this uncertainty filling our stomachs. Will life start to go back to normal? What can we believe that the media is telling us? And most importantly, will we even get a normal summer?  Most of my plans, senior trips, and life is on hold right now. I just started going back to work, but besides that, I feel like my life is a mess right now. I am big on planning, and since we don’t know how long this is going on, everything is still in the air. I have a firework stand, senior trips, college orientation, and the last summer with high school friends. (If we are even going to be able to go to college at this point.) I wanted to make the most of it, but with all of this going on, there is no plan.  Sure, there’s an outline of when we are supposedly leaving for college, but are we really? It’s May, and we can’t even have normal graduations. There are no gatherings larger than a 25% capacity in a restaurant, most people are even too afraid...

Julia Alley, Writer

Now, I know we’re all getting really sick of talking about this subject, but COVID is the main point of focus for almost everyone on Earth right now, so I think it’s still relevant. With all of these discussions surrounding the virus constantly transpiring, I don’t believe there’s been enough consideration of possible improvements to be made moving forward.    It should be noted that this is the first time me and many other people my age have seen something like this happening. Clearly, pandemics aren’t a common occurrence, but other generations have witnessed events that affected the world in ways at least similar to this. For a good portion of people though this is the only event of this magnitude that we’ve ever witnessed. Therefore, I can’t fathom the world just reverting back to normal after this, but, bizarrely enough, it seems that masses of people expect it to. It’s possible that I’m just young and naive, but the idea that we will simply move on with...

Erin Green, Newspaper Editor-in-Chief

April 22, 2020

You awaken to the painstaking blare of your alarm clock and groan tiredly. It’s Monday again? How did the weekend manage to rush by so fast? You reluctantly roll over, shut off your alarm, and use the pillow underneath you to prop yourself up. Your hands scramble to find the sleek, cool touch of your Macbook among your rumpled sheets before you go to your most visited website: Canvas. Ah, another day of school. The coronavirus has completely shattered the structure and routine of everyday life for people all across the world. Like many other important businesses and organizations, school campuses have shut down due to the pandemic. Students are having to trade face-to-face lectures in a classroom for glitchy Zoom calls in bed. Although we live in a technology-driven world, the transition to online learning has been far from seamless. So, how are people handling this new normal? “I’ve adjusted pretty well,” Makayla Montalvo (12) said. “The majority of my classes were already...

Isabella McAllister, Newspaper Managing Editor

April 16, 2020

When the quarantine took effect everyone believed that it would just last a couple of weeks. Now with all of the unknowns of the future, school has been canceled until May 4 and might continue to be canceled for the rest of the school year. Seniors are mostly affected by these cancellations because of graduation, prom, senior breakfasts, sports and so much more has been ripped away from them.  Two moms came up with a great idea to do something to help these seniors feel a little bit better during these hard times. “Adopt A Senior,” which is a Facebook group of people who post their seniors for them to be “adopted”. When a family “adopts” a senior they bring them their favorite little or big gifts and goodies to cheer up their days a little more.  “The inspiration came from me wanting to do something for my daughter, Maddie, a senior who is at Waxahachie High School,” Wendy Bazemore, co-admin of Adopt A Senior, said.  Like many seniors all over Ellis County,...

Maxie Eller, Writer

April 9, 2020

COVID-19 is the virus that is rocking the world. Schools are canceled, businesses are closed, and people are being told not to leave their homes. Hospitals and medical centers around the world are being flooded with COVID-19 cases every day. States such as New York, California, and Washington are experiencing a mass outbreak of the virus. Here in Texas, and even in Ellis County, what are local hospitals doing to combat the virus that has taken over everyone’s life? After so many questions and concerns, here are the facts from a healthcare professional.    “Obviously, the hospital staff was anxious at first, but internal hospital plans were implemented for team members to follow for the safety of team members and patients,” said Andrew Eller.  Mr. Eller is the Director of Emergency Services at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Waxahachie. “These plans are ready to go and put into motion when such an event arises. Facility and system equipment and resources are...