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While Fine Arts Academy director Gabe Reyes inspects the damage last April, then senior William Benson points to an all-to-common Mac malady: a water leak, this one outside of history teacher Clifford Stanchoss classroom.
Outdated Mac should be included in bond proposals
Shield editorial board • July 18, 2022

The Board of Trustees will decide this week on the details of a bond proposal to put on the November ballot.  In four meetings last week, two virtual and two in person, the...

Senior Grace Nugent takes a photo of seniors Colby Napier and Tino Rodriguez at her last football game of her high school career, the playoff loss to Alamo Heights in November. Nugent spent the last game enjoying her time with her fellow journalists even as the score was not in favor of the Knights. Photo by Charlie Partheymuller.
Friday (nights), I’m in love
June 4, 2022
There were seven students in Carly Kehn’s advisory class on Monday, April 18, and that is more than usual. They were tasked with SEL-related arts and crafts. It came as no surprise to Kehn that they all just worked on their computers instead. Like many teachers, Kehn admits to skipping over slides that seem redundant. I don’t ignore the lessons, I just skip over parts,” she said. “I try to go through it so students get the idea but we don’t do every single slide. It’s also hard to ‘think, pair share’ when there are only five people.”
Revise advisory, extend lunch.
May 17, 2022
Before simply changing your profile picture to the Ukrainian flag ask yourself- why am I doing this?
6,042 miles.
May 4, 2022
Juniors are tasked with a precarious act of balancing honors/AP classes as well as college readiness, leading to excessive burnout.
Overlooking the obstacle ... junioritis
May 3, 2022
Being told you didn’t meet a certain standard or expectation is a humbling and humanizing experience that, as much as it might hurt, teaches us important lessons.
Accepting rejection
April 25, 2022
Sports
Returning varsity players Allie Roshalt, Saraih Taylor, Vaughn Vandegrift and Rachel Nabhan enjoy a light moment during tryouts after Nabhan attempted a dig and ended up in a split during a scrimmage point.
For volleyball program, building a winner starts with building a family
Naomi Di-Capua, co-sports editor • August 6, 2022

The first thing an observer notices about the McCallum volleyball team is its sense of togetherness that runs through all four teams. So when volleyball tryouts started this...

Pitching for the Franklin Duelers of the Ohio Valley League, former Mac pitcher Ethan Vandament delivers a pitch to Henry Moseley of the Full Count Rhythm on July 6 at South Warren High School in Kentucky. Vandament responded from being cut from the roster at Bossier Parish Community College in Louisiana with strong summer and will continue his college career at the NCAA Division I level at the University of Memphis. Photo by Grace Ramey, Bowling Green Daily News. Republished here with the permission of the photographer.
Mac baseball alum bound for the mound in Memphis
July 24, 2022
FOUR BY FOUR: Mia Gomez surveys the field after the Knights lost in the area round of the playoffs to bring their stellar season and her brilliant high school career to an end.
Artistry on the pitch, hard work in the studio
June 12, 2022
Senior Grace Nugent takes a photo of seniors Colby Napier and Tino Rodriguez at her last football game of her high school career, the playoff loss to Alamo Heights in November. Nugent spent the last game enjoying her time with her fellow journalists even as the score was not in favor of the Knights. Photo by Charlie Partheymuller.
Friday (nights), I’m in love
June 4, 2022
ABOVE: The Friesem brothers Theo (15), Kai (18) and Lyrr (15) pose after a morning Mac baseball practice. Photo by Grace Nugent. BELOW: The Frisesem brothers Theo (age 9), Kai (age 11), and Lyrr (age 9) pose with the Sharon Region Juvenile division trophy after a summer baseball league game in Tel Aviv. Photo courtesy of Kai Friesem.
Fighting Fahrenheit in 512
May 12, 2022
Charlotte Stevens pole vaults at a meet on April 13. Photos courtesy of Stevens. Illustration by Lucy Marco.
Setting the bar high
April 30, 2022
At the conclusion of the tournament, the team celebrates in the pool with their second place plaque. The exception is goalie Jamie Guckenburger who leaped out of the pool in celebration, perhaps because his team is headed to state and perhaps because he made 10 saves in the championship game.
Knights reach West Region final to qualify for state
April 27, 2022
Blogs
Tucked away in a non-descript shopping center on North Lamar just south of Justin Lane, Tous les Jours is a hidden gem, a bakery with a warm environment and menu items pleasing to both the eye and the palate.
Tous les Jours offers something for everyone
Elyza Bradsby, Mac photojournalism • August 8, 2022

Since I am always a fan of trying new things, especially bakeries, I decided to try out Tous les Jours, a French-Asian bakery located at 6808 N Lamar Blvd B-115. The bakery’s...

Home to greater immigrant diversity than any other place in New York, Jackson Heights often shares that diversity through food. One example is the Diwali Festival, a five-day long celebration of Hinduism and the victory of light over darkness. The Diwali Festival made a big in-person comeback in 2021 after the pandemic made it a virtual event in 2020. The street vendors in Jackson Heights offer another example. These vendors value the cultural exchange made possible through their cuisine but find it hard to negotiate the legal barriers to entry. Photo accessed on the Caitlin Regan Flickr account. Reposted here with permission under a creative commons license.
Jackson Heights street food vendors provide cultural exchange, struggle to survive amid city restrictions
July 25, 2022
Rhys Darby (Stede Bonnet) and Taika Waititi (Capt. Blackbeard) star in the HBO Max comedy series, This Flag Means Death.
'Our Flag' means laughter
June 9, 2022
Loretta Sage (Sandra Bullock) and Dash McMahon (Channing Tatum) venture the jungle stranded.
'The Lost City' a classic rom-com success
June 1, 2022
Robert Pattinsons Batman has an early tense exchange with Colin Farrell’s Penguin.
(The) Batman finally gets his dark victory
May 23, 2022
The prequel to the hit series Jujutsu Kaisen, Jujutsu Kaisen 0, beautifully demonstrates how creative anime can be when handling grief.
For better or for curse
May 20, 2022
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Home to greater immigrant diversity than any other place in New York, Jackson Heights often shares that diversity through food. One example is the Diwali Festival, a five-day long celebration of Hinduism and the victory of light over darkness. The Diwali Festival made a big in-person comeback in 2021 after the pandemic made it a virtual event in 2020. The street vendors in Jackson Heights offer another example. These vendors value the cultural exchange made possible through their cuisine but find it hard to negotiate the legal barriers to entry. Photo accessed on the Caitlin Regan Flickr account. Reposted here with permission under a creative commons license.
Jackson Heights street food vendors provide cultural exchange, struggle to survive amid city restrictions
Amaya Collier, opinion co-editor • July 25, 2022

QUEENS, New York—Among the plethora of fusion restaurants and food trucks ranging from South Asian to Latin American, 25-year-old Colombian immigrant Alisson Morelis resides...

Seniors write farewell letters to Mac
Seniors write farewell letters to Mac
July 8, 2022
Senior staff leaders Alysa Spiro (co-EIC), Lucy Marco (co-online EIC) and Madelynn NIles (co-EIC) proudly display the recently arrived fourth issue o 2021-2022 prior to heading out into the hallways to distribute it.
On Wednesdays we go to print
July 6, 2022
Tarrazas-Graham loves her dog Rain at least as much as she loves classical guitar, but after Rains owner earned a second Outstanding Performer distinction at UIL State, the dog may want to change the spelling to R-E-I-G-N just to stay on brand.
Terrazas-Graham closes classical guitar career with a flourish
July 5, 2022
FOUR BY FOUR: Mia Gomez surveys the field after the Knights lost in the area round of the playoffs to bring their stellar season and her brilliant high school career to an end.
Artistry on the pitch, hard work in the studio
June 12, 2022
Bobby Currie was essential to several campus organizations in his time on Sunshine Drive. Shown here a Bandapalooza in September at Burger Stadium, Currie was a key player in the most successful year in Mac Band history as the Spirit Leader.
Key to Currie's stellar Mac career? Communication.
June 8, 2022
At the VEX Robotics World Championship in Dallas on May 6, senior Miles Bourgeois inspects the teams robot, Mecha Kanzi 2000. Bourgeious and his teammates, seniors Ava Carlson and Carson Pallotta and junior Evan Henderson, became the first Mac robotics team in more than a decade to qualify for Worlds. Bourgeois attributed their success to their ability to work together. We were all kind of on the same wavelength, and we trusted each other. That’s the biggest thing.”
Bourgeois puts process before product every time
June 7, 2022
Entertainment
In part 2 of our Feeback Loop conversation, Red River Trucking Company prime movers Joaquin Frazier and King Perez Cude talk about the benefits of adding a bass player, of having divergent musical tastes and of performing without a complicated agenda.
Frazier: 'He brings the energy. I bring the countriness.'
Evelyn Griffin, Julian Magee, and Theo Roe • July 20, 2022

macshieldonline · Feedback Loop, Episode 8, Part 2 -- Red River Trucking Company In the second part of our conversation with the Red River Trucking Company, King...

Representing the PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs, junior Emma Hagood interviews George M. Johnson, the award-winning author of the bestselling young adult memoir “All Boys Aren’t Blue” at SXSW EDU on March 8. “I really appreciated the opportunity to interview Johnson,” Hagood said. “They have a very meaningful reflection on what it means to Black and queer and the intersectionality of their identities, and I feel like I Iearned a lot from hearing their perspective.”
'All Boys Aren't Blue' author explains why their story about growing up Black, queer had to be told
July 19, 2022
It may not include modern technology, but S. E. Hintons 1967 novel The Outsiders speaks to the most pressing issues of the present as well as touching on fundamental themes that apply universally to any time period. Image accessed on the Devlin Thompson Flickr account. Reposted here with permission under a creative commons license.
'The Outsiders' a must-read classic
July 7, 2022
One Summer, an original film written and directed by AV film teacher Ken Rogers, stars Julius Royale Duenas Cruz as the films protagonist, Julian. The film was largely based on Rogerss own life and experiences. [Rogers] is very determined to stay similar to the script as it was based on his own life, rising junior and assistant script supervisor Mikaela Washlesky said. However, he does leave freedom for the actors to do what they feel is comfortable or more natural because he trusts them a lot.
From dreams to the big screen
July 6, 2022
Tarrazas-Graham loves her dog Rain at least as much as she loves classical guitar, but after Rains owner earned a second Outstanding Performer distinction at UIL State, the dog may want to change the spelling to R-E-I-G-N just to stay on brand.
Terrazas-Graham closes classical guitar career with a flourish
July 5, 2022
FOUR BY FOUR: Mia Gomez surveys the field after the Knights lost in the area round of the playoffs to bring their stellar season and her brilliant high school career to an end.
Artistry on the pitch, hard work in the studio
June 12, 2022
Photo Galleries
Senior staff leaders Alysa Spiro (co-EIC), Lucy Marco (co-online EIC) and Madelynn NIles (co-EIC) proudly display the recently arrived fourth issue o 2021-2022 prior to heading out into the hallways to distribute it.
On Wednesdays we go to print
Evie Barnard, Sophie Leung-Lieu, and Alice Scott • July 6, 2022

It’s fourth-period PhotoJ. 2019. Lucy Marco, Madelynn Niles and Grace Nugent are freshmen, getting their first taste of journalism in the intro class taught by adviser...

The Class of 22 bids adieu to high school
The Class of '22 bids adieu to high school
June 3, 2022
GRATITUDE AND FAREWELL: Ms. Northcutt decided earlier this year that it was time to say goodbye to McCallum, and possibly teaching in general, once and for all. “I am a teacher to my core. Northcutt said in a email to students and family. “I love McCallum and planned to be here until I retired; however, these last few years have revealed to me disheartening truths that I can’t unsee. I am no longer willing to work at an unsustainable pace at the expense of my mental heath and the health of my family and I can’t figure out how to do this job at any other pace without sacrificing my integrity.” A lot of other teachers at McCallum have also expressed their annoyance with the work circumstances provided by Austin ISD.
A tribute to Ms. Northcutt on her last day of class
May 31, 2022
A cornucopia of Senior Carnival images
A cornucopia of Senior Carnival images
May 28, 2022
HE LOVES ME, HE LOVES ME NOT: Junior Charlotte Blackmon (Eurydice) performs one of the final scenes in the second act of MacTheatre’s production of Eurydice. During the scene, Eurydice, who has just reconnected with Orpheus in the underworld, contemplates whether or not Orpheus is truly her husband or not. For Blackmon, developing such a complex character took time. “Eurydice is probably the most difficult character I’ve ever played,” Blackmon said. “I got an idea of who she was when I read the script, but running the scenes and physically being in the position of the character helped me connect to her more.” Reporting by Alice Scott.
During furious fine arts weekend, twin theaters teeming with thespians, vocalists, pianists, filmmakers
May 24, 2022
ONE LAST HURRAH: Members of the senior dance company hold hands at the end of their piece called Sound and Color, the closing dance of the student directed-dance show. “It’s a very sentimental moment because it’s like the end where we all are holding hands and were all connected,” senior dance company member Wynter Winston said. “The senior dance was wholesome and had us reflecting on all the times and memories we shared together as a senior company.” Caption by Grace Vitale. Photo by Meredith Grotevant.
Finding 'Solace' on the stage
May 14, 2022
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Junior Callan Spence working on a sculpture of the University of Texas Longhorn mascot. Spence sees the UT fine arts program as one of many possibilities for his future as an artist. Photo courtesy of Chas Spence.

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While Fine Arts Academy director Gabe Reyes inspects the damage last April, then senior William Benson points to an all-to-common Mac malady: a water leak, this one outside of history teacher Clifford Stanchoss classroom.

Outdated Mac should be included in bond proposals • 234 Views

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Carson Smith (front) strokes his Novice Eight boat to victory at Head of the Hooch in 2017. Carson was a senior at Anderson High School and a Varsity Rower at Texas Rowing Center before his death on January 27, 2019. Photo by Falesha Thrash.

Remembering Carson Smith • 187 Views

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Pitching for the Franklin Duelers of the Ohio Valley League, former Mac pitcher Ethan Vandament delivers a pitch to Henry Moseley of the Full Count Rhythm on July 6 at South Warren High School in Kentucky. Vandament responded from being cut from the roster at Bossier Parish Community College in Louisiana with strong summer and will continue his college career at the NCAA Division I level at the University of Memphis. Photo by Grace Ramey, Bowling Green Daily News. Republished here with the permission of the photographer.

Mac baseball alum bound for the mound in Memphis • 140 Views

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Robert Pattinsons Batman has an early tense exchange with Colin Farrell’s Penguin.

(The) Batman finally gets his dark victory • 118 Views

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Seniors write farewell letters to Mac

Seniors write farewell letters to Mac • 113 Views

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Which Kermit meme are you? Quiz

Which Kermit meme are you? Quiz • 111 Views

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Knight sports editor Charlie Partheymuller captures images of the Pink Week pep rally, the first pep rally on campus since the 2019-2020 school year.

Charlie Partheymuller: NSPA Photojournalist of the Year Portfolio • 110 Views

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Returning varsity players Allie Roshalt, Saraih Taylor, Vaughn Vandegrift and Rachel Nabhan enjoy a light moment during tryouts after Nabhan attempted a dig and ended up in a split during a scrimmage point.

For volleyball program, building a winner starts with building a family • 104 Views

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The staff members who earned Best of the Best in Texas in Online News Packages show off the TAJE gold medals they earned for their online gallery of Mac VASE winners. Front row: Lydia Reedy, Josie Bradsby, Alice Scott, Lucy Marco. Back row: Samantha Powers, Evelyn Griffin, Evie Barnard, Anna McClellan, Kate Boyle and Sofia Ramon.

Shield enjoys strong showing in Best in Texas contest • 98 Views

The Mac drumline continued its recent tradition today by kicking off the first faculty meeting of the school year with a five-minute-long performance that brought the faculty to its feet in appreciation.
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