Sharyland FFA members advance to 2011 Texas FFA State Leadership Development Event Competitions

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February 6, 2012 • Marco Barrientes  
Filed under News, Top Stories

More than 900 Texas FFA members participated in the 2011 State Leadership Development Events on December 2nd & 3rd —each one vying to be named “State Champion” in their respective contest. The State LDE Contest was held at the campus of Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. Teams... Read more »

Review: Hunter x Hunter (1999)

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January 11, 2012 • Esteban Avila  
Filed under Reviews, Television, Top Stories

Hunter x Hunter (1998) is an anime based on the manga by Yoshishiro Togashi which has been published in Weekly Shonen Jump since March 3, 1998. It was animated by Nippon Animation and aired from October 16, 1999 to March 31, 2001 on Fuji Television in Japan for a total of 62 episodes. It was released... Read more »

Review: Sonic Generations

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December 14, 2011 • Esteban Avila  
Filed under Reviews, Top Stories, Videogames

Sonic Generations is newest entry in the “Sonic The Hedgehog” videogame series. It’s intended to celebrate the series’ 20th anniversary. It was developed by Sonic Team and published by SEGA. The game was released on November 1, 2011 for the Playstation 3 and the Xbox 360. The game opens up with... Read more »

Top 5 Movies According to SHS

December 5, 2011 • Taylor Cavazos  
Filed under Movies, Top Stories

According to The Box Office, the top five grossing movies of 2011 are Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon, Pirates of the Caribbean on Stranger Tides, Fast Five, and Hangover Part 2. Although these movies made the most money on opening nights, students preferred... Read more »

STAAR Test

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December 5, 2011 • Angie Ballesteros & Victoria Cruz  
Filed under Community, News, Top Stories

 Students have become so accustomed to the TAKS. They are used to having the whole day to take the test. They are used to the easy to understand content found on the TAKS. But now all of that will change because of the STAAR.  STAAR stands for State Test Assessments of Academic Readiness. Beginning... Read more »

STORM Culb

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November 15, 2011 • Damian Guzman  
Filed under Community, Lifestyles, Top Stories

The STORM club is really the first of its kind at Sharyland. A club for those interested to learn about and discuss comic books, manga, video games, trading cards etc. STORM stands for Stories Told Over Respective Mediums, which basically means comic books, video games, etc. The meetings are fun and... Read more »

Tennis Team Wins District

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November 15, 2011 • Camila Anguiano  
Filed under Sports, Top Stories

It was the match that would decide it all: Sharyland v. Mc Hi for the Team Tennis district champions title. The tension was intense. Everyone was obviously nervous about this match, but no one doubted that Sharyland was going to take the title once again.   On the way to McAllen High School, the... Read more »

Halloween Candy: Best and Worst

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October 28, 2011 • Daniela Caso  
Filed under Community, Top Stories

Everyone knows Halloween is a festive holiday consisting of dressing up in fun costumes, knocking on neighbors doors, and asking for free candy.  The term “trick or treat,” according to an article on Helium.com, originally meant, “If you don’t give me a treat, I’ll trick you.”  Now the... Read more »

Students Share Paranormal Happenings

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October 28, 2011 • Taylor Cavazos and Grecia Ramirez Serrato  
Filed under Lifestyles, Top Stories

Many people experience supernatural moments, from doors opening by an unseen force, to seeing apparitions to hearing random noises. Some people keep their stories to themselves – some don’t. Two months ago, freshman and skeptic, Andrea Santoy, was home alone with her sister. They went to their... Read more »

Being Environmentally Friendly

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October 13, 2011 • Rosanelly Cavazos  
Filed under Community, Lifestyles, Top Stories

Today is the time to start working to help the environment by using the three R’s:  reduce, reuse, and recycle.  People need to start doing something to help the world. If people don’t start doing something there will be very bad consequences in the future. Some of the bad consequences of not being... Read more »

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