Reaching out to everyone–Activist Week
May 19, 2012
At Athens there’s Charity Week, at the International Academy there’s Charity Ball, but at Troy High, there’s Activist Week. From April 16-20, Activist Week, which is hosted by STUGO, gave opportunities each day for students to benefit the community. Donations for different charities... Read more »
Junior wins national DECA competition
Carolyn Gearig, Editor-in-Chief
May 15, 2012
Junior Jennifer Stencel won first place in the Quick Serve Restaurant category of the DECA International Career Development Conference, held from April 29 to May 1 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Stencel finished as a state champion in the Quick Serve Restaurant Management division of the State conference,... Read more »
Band, orchestra win top honors at San Antonio Music Festival
Tommy Rowbal, Staff Writer
May 13, 2012
From April 25 through 29, Troy High’s bands and orchestras traveled to San Antonio, Texas. There, they performed for the WorldStrides Heritage Performance and won top marks. On April 29, the orchestras and bands competed in the Heritage Festival. The three orchestras, philharmonic, symphonic strings,... Read more »
Boys LAX plays charity game
Danielle Raykhinshteyn, Editor-in-Chief
May 11, 2012
On Friday, May 11, at 6 PM, The Boys’ Lacrosse team will play a post-season game for which all proceeds go to the cancer charity Angels of Hope. Wristbands were sold for five dollars each and were the ticket into the game. During the game, the players will have name of cancer survivors on their... Read more »
NHS seniors participate in blood drive for the Red Cross
Tommy Rowbal, Staff Writer
March 26, 2012
Some students were wearing red bandages around their arms recently. On Tuesday, March 13, 45 National Honors Society (NHS) members lined up in the Troy High auditorium lobby to donate a pint of their blood to the American Red Cross. This was done as part of NHS’ community service initiative. Blood... Read more »
Jeremy Lin: a new basketball superstar and media sensation
Katie Scflafhauser, Staff Writer
March 22, 2012
The new NBA player for the New York Knicks, Jeremy Lin, has taken the nation by surprise and is stunning everybody with his unexpected talent. It’s a classic underdog story. A 2010 Harvard graduate in economics, Jeremy Lin was struggling to hold on to a career in the NBA. Along with the previous two... Read more »
Library’s fundraising money used
Katie Scflafhauser, Staff Writer
March 22, 2012
On the last day of midterm week, January 26, THS Librarian Toni Isaac and some volunteers went to Barnes and Noble and purchased new books for the library with the money they raised from the Harry Potter fundraiser in November. At the fundraiser, Isaac said she was overwhelmed by the support of over... Read more »
THS Science Olympiad Team takes the Gold at Recent Competitions
Anthony Piazza, Staff Writer
March 22, 2012
On Saturday, February 11, one of the Troy High Science Olympiad teams placed first out of 40 teams in Michigan at the Frankenmuth Invitational. At the event, the teams were competing in challenges related to each field of science. There were a total of 23 events. In addition to the victory at Frankenmuth,... Read more »
Student campaigns for Taylor Lautner
Danielle Raykhinshteyn, Editor-in-Chief
March 22, 2012
Every night, senior Katlyn Moss sat in her room writing letters to Ellen Degeneres. Her wish was that Degeneres would help Moss ask Taylor Lautner to Prom. Beginning in September, Moss, a cheerleader, contacted Lautner’s manager and agent, made a YouTube channel (KateplusTayforProm), created a Facebook... Read more »
Language students will travel to Spain, France
Carolyn Gearig, Editor-in-Chief
March 20, 2012
Europe is the destination of French and Spanish students who will travel overseas in June 2013 with Angie Griesmann, Spanish teacher. Students will travel to Paris, France, then take an overnight train to Barcelona, Spain, and end the trip in Madrid, Spain. They must have two years experience with French... Read more »
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