Juniors and senior girls to compete in powder puff football game
Written by Colleen Suratt · May 15, 2012
Without the pressure to plan Homecoming and Prom, Decatur’s Student Government Association (SGA) has been working this spring to bring back a tradition that has had a short intermission. On Thursday, May 17, the junior and senior girls will compete in a powder puff football game. “We’re... (more...)
Donate with purpose
Written by Colleen Suratt · March 8, 2012
The Red Cross collects an average of 16 million blood donations every year. However, a whopping 320,000 of those go unused, because they must be discarded. This gap lies in reason for giving, not willingness to give. There are countless editorials that encourage donation, so there’s no need... (more...)
Senior organizes 5K
Written by Colleen Suratt · January 25, 2012
Attention runners: mark your calendars. On March 17, the City of Decatur will host a 5K. For her senior project, Lydia Simms is organizing a 5K race. “The ‘Run with the Dogs’ was my inspiration,” Simms, 17, said. “I saw that the Booster Club raised a lot of money through their annual... (more...)
Freshmen tackle senior course
Written by Colleen Suratt · January 10, 2012
On Tuesday, December 13, 2011, students enrolled in economics courses took their EOCT. Unlike previous years, it wasn’t just seniors taking the EOCT – Freshman students took it, as well. Starting this year, with the class of 2015, students will fulfill their economics credit as freshmen.... (more...)
Our voice: Pay some respect
Written by Colleen Suratt · December 19, 2011
Hollywood tends to hyperbolize reality. No one becomes engaged after four dates, nor would anyone dare drive in the opposite direction on the highway. Paramount Pictures’ 2007 film “Freedom Writers,” however, was nearly spot on. It displayed the reality of some of our nation’s high... (more...)
Get moving
Written by Colleen Suratt · March 14, 2011
Glimpsing at my cluttered planner puts a crippling feeling throughout my entire body. The pages are filled with notes of all the things I have to do tonight for homework. That doesn’t include working til six or getting to bed at a decent time in order to go to the YMCA before school in the... (more...)
Give change a chance
Written by Colleen Suratt · August 21, 2010
It’s no secret: Decatur High is going through some changes this year. From the wacky class schedule and the unsatisfyingly shortened summer to the fact that we can’t enter through the vocational building doors anymore, it seems as if everything has flipped upside down. Well, it has... (more...)
Playing with knives
Written by Colleen Suratt · April 17, 2010
As she was growing up, culinary arts teacher Dana Kinney wanted to be a vet, a pediatrician, even an actress. As she got older, she eventually discovered she wanted to be a teacher. However, Kinney still has one career aspiration sitting on the back burner — she wants to be a butcher. The... (more...)