Junior Dominic Hyatt balances his 50 hour work week with his school work
Story by Hannah Gray, Reporter
May 20, 2019
Filed under Feature, Showcase, Student Life, Uncategorized
Junior Dominic Hyatt finds it difficult to balance his job, school life and home life. Dealing with his home life and school work while working up to 50 hours a week fills his schedule. According to Hyatt, after he turned 16, he immediately went out and looked for a job hoping to fill the holes in ...
2019 senior goodbyes
Story by The Booster Redux Staff
May 14, 2019
Click on the images below to read 14 students' final words about their time on the staff of Pittsburg High School student publications.
A day in the life of a teen mom
Story by Ximena Ibarra, Managing editor
May 11, 2019
Filed under Feature, Showcase, Student Life
Click below to view the life of junior Neira Garcia. Garcia is the mother to 11-month-old Daniel Garcia. ...
Fostering a life
Story by Nicole Konopelko, Editor-in-Chief
April 29, 2019
Filed under Feature, In-Depth, Showcase, Spotlight
For 28 days, senior Dacota Storm Price’s home was the small visitors room of a KVC Kansas foster care office in Pittsburg. Price’s time in the office would follow the same routine. During the day, he would eat the Hot Pockets or chicken nuggets the workers heated up for him for breakfast, lunch ...
Recap: Robotics team reflects on season, sets goals for next year
Story by Sarah Alcantar, Reporter
April 24, 2019
Filed under Feature
Effort, time and concentration are the three things members of the robotics team would say are required to build a robot. Recently, the team has spent time working together as a team so they could get ready for the Greater Kansas City Regional FIRST Robotics Competition. “Once [the team] got w...
The process behind canceling
Story by Nicole Konopelko and Lane Phifer
March 4, 2019
Tomorrow is already setting itself up to be another cold day. The National Weather Service (NWS) projects a high of 24°F, a wind chill value as low as five and a possible snow accumulation of 1-2 inches, creating hopes for a snow day. But what factors into the decision to cancel school? T...
Creating irreversible masterpieces
Story by Nicole Konopelko, Editor-in-Chief
February 26, 2019
Filed under Feature, In-Depth, Showcase, Spotlight
I wanna stay in love with my sorrow, oh, but, God I wanna let it go. For some people, these words are nothing more than Evanescence song lyrics. But for sophomore Temper Raign Jetamio Estes — who was diagnosed with clinical depression in middle school — they’re much more. “I completely under...
Hidden Hits
Story by Nicole Konopelko and Emma Lawson
December 14, 2018
Filed under Feature, In-Depth, Showcase, Spotlight
NOTE: The students interviewed for this story requested anonymity* due to fears of getting in trouble for JUULing on school property, which is against school rules. While her classmates read Romeo and Juliet out loud, freshman Jessica Adams* sticks her hands under her hoodie to take three hits from a...
Constructing a class
Story by Maddy Robison, Social Media Editor
October 30, 2018
Filed under Feature
As they walk into class, students set down their backpacks, pick up a blueprint and trade in their textbooks for safety goggles. This is a normal day for students in Chuck Boyles’s stagecraft class. This year, Boyles teaches two new classes — stagecraft in the fall, and theater design in the spring....
Cooking for a bigger crowd
Story by Emma Fischer, Reporter
October 30, 2018
Filed under Feature
This October, Mandy Duncan, the mother of senior Keaira and junior Deonte Duncan, turned her dream of opening up a restaurant into a reality. “I always wanted to open up a restaurant. If you would’ve asked me 15 years ago what I wanted to do, this is what I would tell you,” Mandy said....
Story by McKenna Hodges and Cassidy Bayliss
May 14, 2019
Thrifting has been around for a while but lately, there’s been a rise in popularity for second-hand shopping. Social media influencers like Emma Chamberlain, have popularized...
February 21, 2019
One act play qualifies for internationals
January 18, 2019
Theater director Greg Shaw took 45 students to the State Thespian Festival in...
Theater department performs ‘The Crucible’
October 30, 2018
Every year juniors in English 11 study “The Crucible”. This year, however,...