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Austin Fire Department personnel arrive at Mac in response to a fire alarm that went off inside the school during lunch today.

Fire alarm causes lunchtime campus evacuation

January 15, 2020

Hoping to reach as many refugees in as many ways as they could, junior co-presidents Payton Dashiell and Georgia Dover started the club this year Photo by Olivia Capochiano.

Welcoming immigrants to America

January 9, 2020

AISD board president Geronimo Rodriguez moderates the public comments during the board meeting on Aug. 28, which included defenders and critics of the new sex-ed curriculum. On Oct. 22, the board unanimously passed the new curriculum. Parents can fill out an opt-out form for their child to be excused from attending sexual-education classes. Photo by Bella Russo.

Board unanimously approves new sex-ed curriculum

December 24, 2019

Knight yearbook named a 2019 Pacemaker finalist

December 21, 2019

On the same night that she shed the interim tag to become McCallum’s permanent principal, Brandi Hosack joins drum majors Jonah Brown and Dexter Canning and associate superintendent of high schools Dr. Craig Shapiro as the board recognizes the @mccallumband for being the only Austin ISD band to qualify for the UIL State Marching Championships.

By unanimous vote, AISD board approves Hosack as permanent Mac principal

December 17, 2019

Pease Elementary, Texas’s oldest continuously operating public elementary school, is one of four campus closures taking place in the School Changes proposal that passed on Nov. 18.

Campus closures spark controversy

December 15, 2019

AP PHYSICS, A WEIGHTY SUBJECT: Juniors Hannah Zuniga, Lindsey Plotkin, Darian Dieterich and Tres Tanner complete a hands-on lab, in which the task was to use the skills they’d learned in trigonometry to solve for the mass of the car. “The lab was really interesting,” Tanner said. “Physics is a fun class; I will be taking the AP test.” Photo by Bella Kisler.

Analyzing risks, rewards of AP classes

December 4, 2019

The Austin Driving School was founded in 1977 and has several locations around Austin as well across Texas. This location, up north on Burnet, offers to pick students up from various high schools around the city, and bring them to the classroom for lessons. Photo by Max Rhodes.

Driven to drive or just driven around?

November 22, 2019

HOT LUNCH HERO: Ruth Villarreal serves warm bread to students. Villarreal takes pride in her work and is well-known for her kindness in the lunch line. “My favorite part of my job is serving to the future,” Villarreal said. “You are my future.” Photo by Lucy Marco.

Behind the lunch line

November 14, 2019

Those who vape at Mac have reacted to the CDC report in different ways. To some, the CDC findings are a big deal; to others, the report hasn’t changed their habits at all.

CDC links vaping to 33 deaths in U.S.

October 31, 2019

During the 2018 Coffee House, then junior Sophie Knifton (now one of the Excalibur directors) and then sophomore Kaia Boyle
introduce the next set of performers

MAC Café

October 30, 2019

Firearm possession in the United States is more than double per capita than any other nation in the world. Infograph by Grace Van Gorder.

Stopping bullets comes at a cost

October 25, 2019

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