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Anderson's Spotify metal playlist is 34 hours long, and his chart showing different metal genres and their relationship to each other looks like a constellation of stars.

Turns out you can judge a band by its album cover

September 28, 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

Meeting with the faculty before on the Friday before online classes were to begin the following Monday, Hosack wore a Boston Red Sox cap to observe the crazy hat day that the Maculty had devised to keep spirits high heading into the launch of online schooling. In Tuesday's podcast conversation, Hosack praised the faculty for how well it had approached online learning, saying that she was lucky to be at a school where the teachers cared so much about their students. Screenshot of Zoom April 3 faculty meeting captured by Dave Winter.

Mac principal shares rationale for new grading policy, steps to create equity in online learning

April 10, 2020

The Maculty met in two sessions this morning because Zoom conferences only enable 100 visitors at a time. After the whole-faculty meetings, teachers met online to department to get on the same page about how online classes will operate starting April 6. In all the meetings, teachers stresses how much they miss students and need to support them socially and emotionally, not just academically.

Hosack: Mac to launch online classes April 6

March 25, 2020

The custodial staff begins a deep clean of the Mac campus on Friday March 13, wiping down the tables in the cafeteria. Originally the deep clean was to take place during spring break, but because of the districtwide cancellation of school on March 13, administrators decided to start the deep clean early. Photo by Dave Winter.

Hosack discusses COVID-19 concerns, current plan for senior class events, rest of school year

March 20, 2020

Henson (left) and Stauffer (center) team up during the Texas Junior Roller Derby's victory over Rolling Rebellion Roller Derby on May 5 at Skate Country in Bellemead, Texas. The victory helped TXJRD to a 14th place finish nationally last season. The team is playing a non-competitive season this fall.

Mac’s roller derby girls eye national prize

October 28, 2019

THE GROUP GATHERS: Students of all ages skipped school on March 15 claiming the chance to teach others about climate change was a more pressing educational issue than attending their classes. Photo by Stella Shenkman.

Students join coalition to combat climate crisis

September 16, 2019

Interim principal Brandi Hosack shared with seniors Stella Shenkman and JK Smith that relationship-building is the key to making a campus work and also the prime reason behind the new cell phone policy and the flexible instruction time initiative.

For Mac’s new principal, campus leadership starts and ends with building relationships

September 9, 2019

Producer Stella Shenkman and guest hosts Gregory James and Bella Russo sit down with outgoing principal Mike Garrison in the lastest episode of The S Word, the Shield's exclusive podcast series.

In Episode 8 of ‘The S Word,’ Mike Garrison talks Mac past, present and future

May 16, 2019

The conversation between Excalibur co-editor in chief Lillian Sease and our intrepid podcasters started out on topic but quickly got much deeper as Sease discussed the importance of finding creative outlets in her life or anyone's life.

In the seventh episode of ‘The S Word’, senior Excalibur co-editor in chief discusses her story

April 23, 2019

Sophomores Quinn Lawrence-Sanderson, Alex Martinez, Ian Hackworth and Jude Gravoir converse about

In the sixth episode of ‘The S-Word,’ sophomore film students discuss their upcoming projects

April 15, 2019

The seniors who have been a part of winter guard since the beginning (Claire Rudy, Sydney Bunce, Helena Sandberg and Emily Freeman) talk about their experience during a historic season for the guard and reflect on how hard it is to reach the end of the yellow brick road.

In the fifth episode of ‘The S Word,’ the winter guard reflects on its historic season

April 10, 2019

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