Tomas Marrero, staff reporter
Tomas Marrero is a first time staffer for The Shield, but has been in the McCallum journalism program for three years. Tomas switched to newspaper from yearbook because of his love for writing stories and investigative journalism. In class, Tomas can be found usually writing opinion pieces or working on the “Feedback Loop Podcast”. Tomas spends his time out of school playing music, exploring Austin, and hanging out with friends.
![Meliah Arias [left] said that her goal for the first few days of school was to put her head down and get to work, whether it be on the court for volleyball or in the classroom. “I hope to get all my four years finished, do well in all my classes and graduate,” Arias said, “I wasn’t nervous at all [the first day], I had friends in every single class, so that was good.”
Barret Andrews [middle] moved from Lamar to Kealing Middle School in seventh grade. He said the transition to high school has been positive, creating new learning opportunities. “My middle school experience wasn’t very eventful, I’m hoping in high school I’ll have a lot more things going on. Before it was just go to school then go home, that’s it.”
Freshman Stephanie Sanchez [right] talks about her cheerleading experience so far at McCallum. With football season in full swing, she hasn’t had much free time. “Taco Shack was fun,” Sanchez said, “but it was hot, and we were up at 3 a.m. for the decorating, and we didn’t get home until about 1 a.m., so I was tired.” Photos by Tomas Marrero.](https://macshieldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/fish-900x378.png)
