Through activities ranging from hiking and camping trips to educational and career-oriented programs, the Boy Scouts of America aims to cultivate values such as trustworthiness, outdoors skills and good citizenship in all of its 2.7 million youth members.
The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work. Being a Filly is not a privilege, it’s an honor.
Marinna Eckel can do more with one hand than most people could do with five.
On March 28, her 69th birthday, Dottie McEuin died after suffering complications from a heart attack, which sent her into a coma. She had been a Bronco for nearly all of her life.
Small-business owner Kristi Bennett overcame many obstacles and saw her dreams come true 12 years ago at age 26, when she opened up her own salon, HeadRush.
Filmmaking is an art, a talent and a passion. There are several ingredients that go into the perfect film: time, patience and a whole lot of creativity. At only 11 years old, a boy discovered this art and discovered his passion along with it.
The lively sound of tapping shoes echoes through the ears of adoring fans as the Saginaw, Mich., High Steppers dance across the stage. The combination of jazz and tap drives the audience mad. The adorable faces of children dancing and singing on stage are too cute to ignore.
Texting and driving is becoming more and more popular with many drivers. It is becoming especially prevalent among teenagers. According to Teen Driver Source, 58 percent of seniors and 43 percent of juniors text and drive.
For 25 years, they lived in a pleasant home on Linden Street with a beautiful agave tree growing in the front yard. Their unique home, built in the 1960s, could not have better suited Fritz Schwalm and his wife, Reneta, even though it was placed only feet from Denton High School. On the morning of Feb. 10, 2008, the Schwalms woke up to a notice informing them that the high school was going to expand.
Senior Anais Alarcon wakes up earlier than most of her classmates. She lives in Farmers Branch and rides the train to get to school.
In 2007, the then Sen. Barack Obama was campaigning to be president. “Hey There Delilah” by the Plain White T’s was a hit song. The year 2007 was also the last time the Denton High School boys’ soccer team made it to the playoffs.
On Jan. 25, during the early morning, Denton High School alumnus Ryan Mabry was struggling to pull a man through the sunroof of an Isuzu Amigo in the middle of Bachman Lake in Dallas.
Ever get tired of waiting for snail mail? There’s e-mail for that. Done with pre-mapping your trip? There’s GPS for that. Sick of missing your favorite show? There’s the digital video recorder or DVR for that.
Both boys and girls soccer teams want to keep the recent success in athletics. With breakout, record-setting seasons in boys and girls basketball, and the school’s first ever state championship in football, the soccer program wants to keep the recent trend of dominance going. “We want to go to state this year,” said Kevin Leon, a senior defender on the boys’ soccer team. “That’s the expectation.”
Track is off to a sprint as practices and preparations for meets have begun. Both boys and girls teams have similar goals. “We expect to win district, and our goal for this year is to win regionals as a team,” Lady Wildcat track coach Megan Hardesty said.
The sound blares, and Kevin Van Horn wakes up to the 7 a.m. alarm he set the night before. He takes a shower and eats his cereal. He grabs his things and starts his day.
He jumps out of bed bright and early. He needs to beat the sweltering heat before the sun rises. Young entrepreneur Caleb Shafer does this for a living.
There is one special day Marvin Cardona has looked forward to during each of his four years at Denton High School: the Ann Windle Adopt-a-Child Day.
Trainers arrive at school before the sun rises to begin their work with athletes.
Big-eyed and filled with questions, the little boy watched his dad send the shiny bowling ball down the lane, knocking down every pin. Watching the score rise at every turn he took, he knew this was what he wanted to do.
Almost every day, I drive the same route down the far side of Mayhill Road to get my tired self to school. I turn past the dump, trying to avoid the dismal smell and watch the houses fly by. One house, abandoned, faded white boards. I pass a clump of trees. Next house, a little worse for wear, but certainly inhabitable, a cute little thing, painted a burnt orange color, more by the sun than by any actual pigment. And at this cute little house, an old man sits almost every morning on an old, blue folding chair, facing the street and waving.
Most people really don’t want to get up at 6 a.m. to run. Some people might, but it’s certainly not a common trait. However, the cross country team has a dedicated set of students willing to wake early, run far, and pant the whole way in order to better themselves and their group for their own benefit, but more importantly, the team.
The American way isn’t really something that the average American thinks about, but for 17-year-old Sophie Bel, a foreign exchange student from the Netherlands, getting a glimpse of American culture was always a dream.
Life happens. Adversity happens. Things happen whether wanted or not, whether good or bad. Imagine having the season of a lifetime and inching closer to achieving a lifelong dream of playing college basketball.
Last fall, when elections for senior class president rolled around, both Kendall Wagner and Kylie Richter had goals to take the class to the next level.
It’s Thanksgiving Day, and while the majority of Americans are at home enjoying turkey, members of Denton High School’s Color Guard are performing with country star Kenny Chesney.
A grin comes across the face of assistant coach Todd Ward as he looks on in the Broncos’ game against Wichita Falls. That grin soon becomes the face of disappointment. Those are just some of the emotions that he experiences for 10 Fridays a year.
When D.J. Lang entered the swimming program as a freshman, he looked around and wondered where everyone was. He saw only 10 boys.
How many shirts do you own from Hollister? How many pairs of jeans bear that trademark moose logo representing Abercrombie & Fitch? An average of more than 80 percent of all teenagers own at least one Hollister clothing item or an Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) clothing item.
Her hands were shaking. Her heart was pounding, and her legs were wobbling as she approached the stage for one of the biggest moments of her life.
Success is inarguably vital to the “American Dream.” The concept that one man, born into complete poverty with no prospects and little to no hope, can rise above all obstacles and become something great is what makes our country unique. America is every man’s land. It is the harbor of dreamers, the army of the brave and the system of the people.
For a lot of high school students, history class may also be known as nap time. These night owls definitely aren’t a new topic of discussion.
They are heard chanting, “Ay, we want a touchdown, bang-bang” at football games. Their presence is felt by rocking the gym at basketball games. And they are seen at all sporting events wearing blue, supporting their school, and yelling loud and wild. The Blue Crew is a rowdy, loud and proud student section at Guyer High School that can be seen and heard at pep rallies and school sporting events.
The Denton High School Band received all top ratings at a recent UIL competition held for area schools at C.H. Collins Athletic Complex.
