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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

Ingrid Smith

Ingrid Smith, co-online managing editor, co-news editor

This is junior Ingrid Smith’s second year on the Shield staff and third year in the MacJ program. This year, Ingrid joins the editorial staff as co-news-editor and co-online-managing-editor. Her favorite stories to write take important issues and localize them through the lens of high schoolers and she appreciates the opportunity to use the newspaper platform to tell people’s stories. Outside of newspaper, Ingrid is a violinist here at McCallum, a fiddle player, and a cat lover. After school, you can find her listening to country music and making plans to eventually become a billionaire. This year, she hopes to use her new positions on the editorial staff to improve her leadership and writing skills and explore her own writing style as a journalist.

 

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Campbell plays viola for their senior portrait. This fall, Campbell will attend Oberlin Conservatory where they will study viola. With classes on everything from chamber music to music theory available, Campbell believes that Oberlin will allow them to grow as a musician and person.

From A to Z

Ingrid Smith, co-online managing editor and co-news editor
May 22, 2023
Gia Ruedas

Gia Ruedas

Ingrid Smith, co-news editor & co-online managing editor
May 1, 2023
Jamie Miller

Jamie Miller

Ingrid Smith, co-news editor & co-online managing editor
May 1, 2023
For a PBS Student Reporting Labs event at SXSW, Scott presents a black arm band that was part of the Student Press Freedom Week campaign she organized.

Great Scott! Editor is Broadcast Journalist of the Year

Ingrid Smith, co-online managing editor and co-news editor
April 3, 2023

2009 movie filmed at McCallum a hidden gem

Ingrid Smith, co-online managing editor and co-news editor
February 25, 2023

Ingrid Smith, online newspaper headline portfolio

Ingrid Smith, online co-editor in chief
February 18, 2023
A worker for Asplundh Tree Expert Co., a private tree service company that works with Austin Energy, cuts branches away from power lines moments before Austin Energy  restored power to about 20 homes in the Northwest Hills neighborhood late Sunday afternoon. The homes had been without power since Wednesday afternoon. A walk around the block on Monday morning revealed that two home were still completely dark, and one of them had a generator running in the driveway, a indicator that some homes in the neighborhood are likely still without power.

Ice storm leaves students, teachers in dark

Ingrid Smith, co-online managing editor and co-news editor
February 6, 2023
Kessler performs an air consumption test. Fire Academy students breathed through an oxygen tank while doing a workout circuit. The students either kept going until their air ran out or they passed out. Kessler completed the test but said her time still has room for improvement.

Kessler finds the fire within

Ingrid Smith, co-online managing editor and co-news editor
December 8, 2022
Smith stands on the steps leading up to Loretta Lynns home and museum in Hurricane Mills, Tenn.

Loretta Lynn’s trailblazing career empowers, inspires

Ingrid Smith, co-news editor and co-online managing editor
November 20, 2022
Veterans William Nealy and Ricky Sauls are celebrated after a Veterans Day graduation ceremony.

Mac hosts belated graduation for veterans

Ingrid Smith, co-online managing editor and co-news editor
November 12, 2022
The Shield tracks down the best pumpkin spice latte in Austin, Texas.

Pumpkin spice and everything nice

Ingrid Smith, co-online managing editor and co-news editor
November 5, 2022
Harry Styles wears a burnt orange outfit, the school color of The University of Texas, on the first night of his residency in Austin.

Harry Styles is ‘Golden’ during Austin residency

Ingrid Smith, co-news editor and co-online managing editor
October 17, 2022
Halverson performs at the Bowie Fiddle Contest on Oct. 1, where she won second place in the 0-18 division.

Georgia Halverson doesn’t just fiddle around

Ingrid Smith, co-news and co-online managing editor
October 9, 2022
Gernert practices on a rare red Salzedo harp at the Maine Coast Harp Institute.

Pulling harp strings

Ingrid Smith, co-online managing editor and co-news editor
August 22, 2022
As the first generation to grow up with an abundance of screens and handheld devices, today’s teenagers have the challenge of managing dependence on screens and creating healthy screen-time boundaries.

Teens locked on screens

Ingrid Smith, staff reporter
March 10, 2022
Seniors Julian Casas, Ileana Nicholson and Lucy Hamre rehearse their music before a performance of The SpongeBob Musical. Casas, Nicholson and Hamre are three members of the pit orchestra for the show that helps provide an added layer of magic to the performance.

Can’t have a hit without a pit

Ingrid Smith, staff reporter
September 24, 2021
Shopping safely: Kinokuniya is a Japanese book and gift store that has been taking many COVID precautions these last few months, including a mandatory shopper temperature check at the entrance to ensure the safety of their customers. Pictured here, a Kinokuniya worker checks the temperature of customer Jenny, who said, “I feel safer knowing that the store is being so careful.” A sign at the door lists all of the store’s COVID precautions and rules, stating that “during holiday season, there is a 20-minute shopping time limit in order to avoid a long wait outside.”

Pandemic survival: Austin businesses adapt

Ingrid Smith, Mac photojournalism
January 6, 2021
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