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Isley Cameron

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TAKING CHARGE: Senior Miles McCollum leads the Knights onto the same field where he suffered a season-ending injury a year ago. Although he and his teammates were unable to turn the final score the Knights way, McCollum made an impact on the game, often drawing multiple Lehman blockers when he lined up on defense.

MacJ’s ATPI Top Program thematic portfolio wins … nada, but we thought you might like to see pictures, read captions anyway

Evie Barnard, JoJo Barnard, Isley Cameron, Julia Copas, Tristen Diaz, Jolie Gabriel, Lillian Gray, Gergő Major, Charlie Partheymuller, Alice Scott, and Francie Wilhelm
June 6, 2023

Pride of Mexico shines in the MAC

Sofia Arredondo, JoJo Barnard, Kate Boyle, Isley Cameron, Amaya Collier, Chloe Lewcock, Gergő Major, Caroline Owen, Alice Scott, Ingrid Smith, Tóth Tamás Vitold, and Dave Winter
May 9, 2023
According to Cision PR Newswire and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Americans spend 38% of a combined 69 social minutes per day communicating via instant messaging. This closing gap between face-to-face and virtual interaction spells trouble for relationships further down the line, as texting and other forms of virtual communication fail to capture the same emotion and transparency as in-person interactions.

Instant messaging: convenience or curse?

Isley Cameron, staff reporter
April 19, 2023
Shield staff reporter Isley Cameron reaches for a bite of her taco from Taqueria Torres, a taco truck located on the corner of Grover and Koenig.

Let’s taco ’bout a new lunch spot

JoJo Barnard, Isley Cameron, Caroline Owen, and Paige Whitworth
February 19, 2023

Lone freshman on varsity, Ethan Plummer, finds success on team, hopes to pursue basketball in the future

Isley Cameron, staff reporter
February 15, 2023

Knights vanquish Jaguars in second faceoff to stay unbeaten in district play, crack 5A state Top 25

JoJo Barnard, Isley Cameron, Lillian Gray, Amira Habib Weymouth, Stella Little, Helen Martin, Elena Ulack, Francie Wilhelm, and Dave Winter
January 25, 2023
According to the July 2022 article, College Students and Eating Disorders published on the Child Mind Institute website, 10-20% of women and 4-10% of men struggle with an eating disorder during college.

Breaking the silence

Isley Cameron and Leah Gordon
December 7, 2022
Alfarache and Villarreal set up for the November Science National Honor Society meeting.

[Photo] Superstar of science

December 6, 2022
A SWEET SURPRISE: Senior art society officers Amaya Collier and Claire De Silva-Yost smear cake on their advisor, Sara Massey. The students thought it’d be funny to cover Massey, who was dressed as the Mona Lisa, with cake, because the famous work was recently vandalized with the dessert. “I liked seeing all our efforts being enjoyed by everyone in school,” De Silva-Yost said. “I saw so many smiles.” De Silva-Yost found the stunt to be extra exciting considering that the acts of vandalism are still currently happening, with the most recent occurrence being last Thursday, targeting the painting “Girl With a Pearl Earring” by Johannes Vermeer. Although it isn’t certain that the defacing of the Mona Lisa corresponds with the more recent outbreaks, De Silva-Yost wouldn’t be surprised if the two were linked.  “I support the protests’ message to stop using oil,” De Silva-Yost said. “But I think they executed it in a way that lacks a clear message to the public.” Caption and photo by JoJo Barnard.

Students, teachers come dressed to express

JoJo Barnard, Isley Cameron, Gaby Esquivel, Shila Gill , Ingrid Smith, Francie Wilhelm, and Chloe Lewcock
November 1, 2022
Cafeteria worker Daisy Miranda rings up a student coming through the lunch line.

Free school lunches no longer for all

Isley Cameron, staff reporter
October 7, 2022
FUN WITH FRIENDS: Sophomores Hazel Trominski, Julia Rasp and Zalie Mann pose for the camera during Pink Week’s lunch festivities. Students in the science courtyard throughout the week enjoyed the activities while spending time with friends and sporting their best pink wear. Rasp went all-out during Pink Week, pink being her favorite color. “I think it’s awesome that they’re raising money for breast cancer awareness and doing fun stuff and that a lot of it is student-organized,” Rasp said. Caption by Camilla Vandegrift.

Pink Week 2022 sets standard for fun, fundraising

Evie Barnard, JoJo Bernard, Isley Cameron, Jolie Gabriel, Chloe Lewcock, Gergo Major, Helen Martin, Emerson Merritt, Lanie Sepehri, Ingrid Smith, Rio Sotelo, Sofia Thatcher, Elena Ulack, Camilla Vandegrift, Francie Wilhelm, and Dave Winter
October 4, 2022
CHEMISTRY STRESS: After finishing her world history final sophomore Ellie Knoll already begins studying for her chemistry final which is the next day. Finals have been going on all week and its really stressing students out. “I’ve never been very good at chemistry so I just tried to write down as much as I could, but I still don’t know if it’ll be enough.”

McCallum adopts new final exam incentive policy

Chloe Lewcock and Isley Cameron
September 3, 2022
A LEARNING EXPERIENCE: For senior Jack Stites, walking across the field as one of four captains during Thursdays game couldnt be more rewarding. “It feels like a lot of hard work paid off,” Stites said. “Ive spent a lot of time over the past three years preparing for this.” Before every football game, the chosen team captains for that game participate in the coin toss. The toss determines who kicks off and which side of the field the Knights will take first. Despite Thursdays loss,  Stites says there is nothing to do but learn from it. “We’re a young team,” Stites said. “We knew we would have to take this as a learning experience.”

Taco Shack 2022 offers a full range of emotions

Evie Barnard, JoJo Barnard , Isley Cameron , Naomi Di-Capua , Julia Husted, Alice Scott, Lanie Sepehri, Sofia Thatcher, Francie Wilhelm , and Dave Winter
August 30, 2022
UNDER THE UMBRELLA: Junior Wilson Corbitt heads toward his dad’s car near the portables during Monday afternoon’s rainstorm. Corbitt faired better than some students, having the forethought to bring an umbrella to school. “In that moment I thought ‘I bet you all thought I was crazy for bringing an umbrella on a sunny day,’” Corbitt said. His intuition proved right, but Corbitt connects this occurrence to a larger issue facing Austin and the planet. “Every year the weather in Texas gets more and more unpredictable and severe due to climate change,” Corbitt said. “And that’s coming off the back of one of the hottest summers on record where today was the first day since May under 90 degrees, which is making it progressively difficult to tell what might happen.” Reporting by Alice Scott.

Flash flood strikes Austin as school dismisses Monday

Isley Cameron, Naomi Di-Capua, Meredith Grotevant, Sophie Leung-Lieu, Oliver Harrington, Helen Martin, Caroline Owen, Alice Scott, Ingrid Smith, Francie Wilhelm, and Dave Winter
August 23, 2022
The Blue Brigade performs at halftime of the McCallum-Seguin football game at Matador Stadium on Oct. 18, 2019.

Welcome to our World Photo Day celebration gallery

Anna Bausman, Kate Boyle, Josie Bradsby, Isley Cameron, Meredith Grotevant, Lucy Marco, Grace Nugent, Mia Plemons, Samantha Powers, Lanie Sepehri, Ingrid Smith, Kennedy Weatherby, Francie Wilhelm, and Dave Winter
September 7, 2021
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