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The Student News Site of McCallum High School

The Shield Online
The Student News Site of McCallum High School

The Shield Online
The legion of LEGO sculptures represent a visual legacy of Beverly Harkey's 31 years of caring for young people in her home.

A true home

Wren Vanderford, Mac photojournalism
February 22, 2025
A memorial in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine honoring the Ukrainian soldiers who have died during the war. When a soldier dies, relatives and friends add a flag to the memorial. Over 40,000 Ukrainian soldiers have died since the war began in February 2022. Photo courtesy of Anastasiia Musiiaka's.

Left behind

Lillian Gray, staff reporter
February 17, 2025
Senior Chris Hernandez poses for a picture in his ESL class. Hernandez moved to Austin from Villahermosa, a city in southern Mexico, in the summer of 2023. Hernandez plans to pursue higher education and has started applying to colleges. Senior Abdiel Hernandez, and Freshman Metzi Luna did not want their picture to be used.

Moving forward

Lillian Gray, staff reporter
February 15, 2025
English as second language teacher, James Hutcheson, helps freshman Pia Larenas Vasquez during class.

English as a second language class offers a space for international students to integrate seamlessly

Maya Tackett, people editor
February 14, 2025
Senior Uzma Rahim left Laghman, an eastern province of Afghanistan in 2021. Her three siblings and parents, left the country after the Taliban began to take over. Not too long after, Rahim started school at McCallum.

We are all humans

Lillian Gray, staff reporter
February 13, 2025
A small black cat named Suertudo ("lucky one" in English) looks up at a tree in Coquimbo, Chile, the city where Larenas was born. Larenas took this picture while she was on vacation in Coquimbo and her family took her to a campo ("field" in English), that was owned by her great grandfather. The cat Suertudo was given that name because Larenas great grandfather found him abandoned in a feria. Photo courtesy of Pia Larenas.

Staying connected

Lillian Gray, staff reporter
February 12, 2025
When Jasmine Aung was in elementary school, she started to resist her Burmese food and language at home because it made her feel separate from her school friends. “I wanted to be American. I wanted to be those beautiful blue-eyed, fair-skinned people," Aung said. "I didn't want to be myself basically.” Since then, she worked hard to connect with her Burmese heritage.

All that followed

Lillian Gray, staff reporter
February 10, 2025
Spanish teacher Janette Miranda-Santiago poses in her Spanish class. “I fell in love with the teaching career,” Miranda-Santiago said. “Why not let me use my talents, let me use my experience? I'm so happy with it.”

A touch of Puerto Rico

Lillian Gray, staff reporter
February 8, 2025
Rafael Kubala plays soccer as a goalkeeper in Sao Paulo. Soccer has always been a part of Kubala's life and he has grown up playing it. Now he plays for the varsity team at McCallum. Photo courtesy of Kubala.

Just like the movies

Lillian Gray, staff reporter
February 7, 2025
Photo courtesy of Bridget Petrowsky.

Love and loss

Vera Petrowsky, Mac photojournalism
February 6, 2025
Teacher and former PAL Makala Wangrin, poses in her classroom at the beginning of the 2024 school year.

Once a PAL, always a pal

Evelyn Jenkins, a&e editor
February 3, 2025
Arellano reaches the official state line of Alaksa marking the final leg to her 4000 mile biking journey. Photo courtesy of Arellano.

Eat, sleep, bike, repeat

Chloe Lewcock, editor-in-chief
January 28, 2025
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