Senior Explores Options as Student Computer Technician
Phoenix Pittman, Staff Writer
March 15, 2020
Walking into the Altex store, an 11-year-old boy with his uncle points to different hardware components. The boy’s uncle guides him, choosing $500 dollars worth of hardware for a custom personal computer. At the time, he doesn't know this is the moment that will spark a love for electronics, eventua...
FFA Goes To Area Convention And Competes At County Show
Caroline Phillips, Social Media Editor
March 5, 2020
FFA has recently attended the Area VI convention and has competed in their county show Wed. through Fri. Each member has competed in different categories, and multiple students placed. “These shows are crucial to our FFA students,” agricultural mechanics teacher Casey Jones said. “This gives us a ch...
Engineering Class Programs Music
Brady Blaylock, Video Editor
February 27, 2020
The Engineering Design and Problem Solving class is programming music with an Arduino Uno device. Two students are paired together to program the song "Row Row Row Your Boat," and then they will program another song of their choosing. “I know how to program and my partner knows how to do the musi...
Maintenance Class To Build Computers
Sam Lee, Staff Writer
January 31, 2020
The computer maintenance class is currently working on a project to build their own computers. With the help of the Career and Technology Department (CTE) and the district technology team, students will pick out parts, pay for them, and turn them into working computers. “I think it’s an excellent opportunity,"...
Construction Technology Class Builds Rocking Chairs
Caroline Phillips and Jude Ratcliff
January 12, 2020
Three days left of his one week deadline. He had been given a week to work on the chair, and he was determined to get that ribeye steak from Texas Roadhouse Earlier, he had taken a bet with his construction teacher that he could build a rocking chair in a week, but he started falling short in time and q...
Behind the Scenes: Part II–Filmmaking
Zach Jones, Kevin Willis, and Brock Hines
January 6, 2020
The black screen in front of them displays strange settings that would be unintelligible to any onlookers. As they navigate through countless menus, adjust several sliders and utilize their editing knowledge, the final product of their masterpiece comes together before their very eyes. Audio-visual and Eag...
Students Compete in Trailer Build-Off Competition
Samuel Young, Staff Writer
December 10, 2019
On December 5 welding students competed in a trailer build-off involving seven other schools. Lindale has hosted this event for the past few years and will continue in the future. “It’s a very difficult competition especially for our students here,” career-technology teacher Casey Jones sai...
Job Shadowing Class Goes to UT Tyler to Gain Real World Experience
Andrew Velarde, Staff Writer
October 21, 2019
On Tuesday, the job shadowing class went to UT Health and had Dr. Mickey Slimp explain to them how technology enhances medical care through patient education. The class goes to different health care job environments to learn and gain real world experience by having different therapists, doctors, nurses, an...
Advanced Programming Students Mentor 3rd Grade Robotics Competitors
Kaylee Rodriquez, Editor-In-Chief
May 23, 2019
Students in the Advanced Programming class Stefan Gregg, Robert Beaudoin, Morgan Gibson and Madysyn Eaves served as judges for the 3rd grade robotics competition. This gave the high school students the opportunity to be mentors and for elementary students to gain the knowledge of robotics from expe...
Law Enforcement II Class Attends Field Trip
John Park, Staff Writer
May 17, 2019
Eleven students from the Law II class took a full day trip Wednesday, May 1 to different agencies in the justice system and also donated blankets to Court Appointed Special Advocates(CASA). This gave the class the opportunity to see firsthand how homicides are investigated, prosecuted, and then how inmate...
Construction Technology Builds Chairs
Caroline Phillips, Staff Writer
May 14, 2019
They grab the wooden board and prepare to cut a foot off at the miter saw. In the corner, kids gather around the router to round of the edges of a piece of wood. They begin assembling the rocking chairs finally engraving their last names on the chairs preparing for them to be sold. John Phillips’...
3D Printing Class Designs Prosthetic Arms
Jude Ratcliff, Video Editor
May 13, 2019
A slow, meticulous craft, each detail contributing to the greater piece. The Auto CAD (computer-aided design) program allows students to create three dimensional pieces of art and. These students will be using it to create a prosthetic arm. Career and technology teacher Tonya Wheat’s 3D printing cla...
