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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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....
Creating new experiences
Story by McKenna Hodges, Online Editor
October 30, 2018
Every fourth hour, senior Arely Rodriguez heads down to special education teacher Amber Kloster’s classroom to see the kids who are some of her best friends. Rodriguez is a student aide in Kloster’s class and also helps out with the Special Olympics. While in Kloster’s class, she plays...
Story by Lane Phifer, Multimedia Editor
June 23, 2020
More than 400 citizens of Pittsburg and surrounding areas participated in a Black Lives Matter (BLM) protest on June 8 at Immigrant Park, two of whom were senior Emma Annan-Noonoo...
How Covid-19 affects downtown Pittsburg: what’s next?
May 15, 2020
Kansas Governor, Laura Kelly, lifted the stay at home order on May 3rd, but...
Alternative workforce experiences
April 8, 2020
At 9:00 on Monday morning, senior Jason Campbell walks in the Career & Technological...
District implements new program to prepare students
April 7, 2020
There is a new program that will be coming to Pittsburg High School next year....