Student Spotlight: Neil and Cyrus Jagtap

Gaurika Gupta – Student Spotlight Interview The week of September 9 – September 13 is ready to spotlight two students this time – tennis twins, Neil and Cyrus Jagtap! • Clubs/Activities – Neil: Tennis and Deca. – Cyrus: Tennis, Deca, Speech and Debate. • Career/College Plans – Neil: I’m planning to stay in-state and go to UT. – Cyrus: I think I’ve always had an interest…

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New Spike Hype

Dawgs mascot speaks out By: Zulaykha Ganatra Football season is here which means Spike is back too! Spike is thrilled to cheer the football team on with the cheerleaders for hopefully an unforgettable season.  Being Spike is a very important job. He has a lot of responsibilities as Spike, to hype up the crowd and the football team. The student who is behind Spike cannot wait to…

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Dawgs look to make it to the playoffs, again

By: Zulaykha Ganatra As the new school year starts, our tennis team here at Austin starts their season. The Dawgs are ready for an amazing season and hopefully going to the playoffs. They have gone to the playoffs for the past several years now and their goal is to get there again and hopefully win the championship too. …

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Water Polo dives right in, tries to build on success!

Written By: Gaurika GuptaThe official practice for the UIL season started on Aug. 1. But the water polo team had been working behind the scenes since December ended. Over the summer, UIL allows a specific time frame for sport specific skill instruction and conditioning per day, and the team took this opportunity to train off-season. The boys and girls water polo team competed…

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Dating Culture at Austin: Survey Results!

This past week a survey was conducted at Austin High School regarding romantic relationships. The survey consisted of 15 questions which involved asking survey takers to classify and count the different types of relationships they’ve had (either as a crush, situationship, or relationship), quantify the length of their relationships (shortest, longest, and average), asked a…

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To Found a Father

According to the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy, 130 million Americans “lack proficiency in literacy”. To put that in perspective, it means that 54% of adults in America between the ages of 16 and 74 years old are reading at the sixth-grade level. More than a statistic, this percentage is our reality. With this…

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