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Carey West sits in her garage studio with her dog, Lily. Since quarantine has started, Ms. West has established her workspace in her hot but functional garage. Though it's not a perfect studio, she thinks it's important to relate with her students on the same level.

Throwing pots virtually throws new challenges

October 21, 2020

Starting out strong, Coach Webb begins his work at McCallum by helping lead the strength and conditioning training for this year's football players.

Clear eyes, full heart

October 17, 2020

Coach Gabe Adame oversees weightlifting during the football program's strength and conditioning at the Mac practice fields on Aug 25.

Destined to become a teacher

October 1, 2020

Interim principal Nicole Griffith wasn't the only new voice in our first podcast of the year. The audio engineer and the hosts were also new. The episode allows listeners to travel from Texas to Chicago, to Australia, to Paris and back to Austin without leaving their homes. Graphic by Theo Roe.

Griffith: Authentic tasks create best student experience

August 23, 2020

Adamson stands beside the COTA track she drove with her daughter on Mother's Day earlier this year.

Since she was little, Adamson has felt need for F1 speed

July 24, 2020

On the morning of the 2019 Taco Shack Bowl, Blue Brigade Coach Nancy Honeycutt-Searle observes as the McCallum Blue Brigade and Band rehearses its kick routine to “Hey Baby” by Bruce Channell, that they will be performing at the halftime show. Photo by Caleb Melville.

‘I could not have asked for a better second mom’

May 10, 2020

Once a Knight, always a Knight

Once a Knight, always a Knight

April 24, 2020

The original caption from the 1990 Knight yearbook, the year that Nancy Honeycutt Searle then Kudela (first from left on front row), became Blue Brigade director, reads:

The origin story of a Mac superhero: Nancy Searle

April 22, 2020

BOUNTIFUL BINS: Junior Rachel Plotkin and sponsor Jane Farmer move decorated socks into the bin for the NHS sock drive. The prepared socks were then taken to homeless shelters around Austin. Photo by Isabella Dietz.

Nobody ‘screams McCallum’ quite like Jane Farmer

April 21, 2020

Meet Zoe, Crackerjack, Clementine and Oreo, all of whom have been adopted by McCallum faculty members in the past two weeks. It's part of a nationwide spike in dog adoption as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. People have more time to take care of and train dogs, and they need the social, emotional and mental health benefits that come from pet ownership. Photos courtesy of the puppies' parents.

Pandemic prompts proliferation of puppy parents

April 16, 2020

Senior Aranza Sanchez talks with principal Brandi Hosack and assistant principal Gabriel Reyes on the first day of school. Photo by Anna McClellan.

Sixteen going on school staff

April 15, 2020

DIRECTOR AND NOW MOTHER: Allison Kashdan conducts the varsity choir at the McCallum Choir concert that took place on Oct. 3. That concert was the only one Kashdan conducted before taking her maternity leave to have her daughter, Acadia Kashdan. Kashdan passed the torch to Malcolm Nelson, who conducted the pre-UIL concert weeks before the quarantine shut down the actual UIL competition. Although the choir students are enjoying learning from Nelson, they await reuniting with their director. Sophomore Charlotte Bearse, a varsity choir member, admires Kashdan for the way she treats her students. “She’s such a sweet human being and I love how kind she is to all of her students and I love how she treats everyone,” Bearse said. “I feel like I can respect her and go to her with things.” Photo by Annabel Winter.

A glorious arrival brightens a crazy time for choir

April 13, 2020

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