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History on, game on

History on, game on

Christian Alvarado, Staff writer March 2, 2026

Laughter, discussion, and the occasional Kahoot theme song echo through Kristen Runyen’s U.S. history classroom, but behind the energy is careful planning, clear intention, and a teacher determined...

Matt Rice

A coach who counts

Rachelle Johanson November 7, 2025

The sound of whistles echoes from the practice field while math problems fill the whiteboard inside Room 3239. Football and track coach Matt Rice moves easily between the two spaces, trading playbooks...

2017 senior Emily Hubacek reaches over the Waco block for a kill.

Back to school

Phillip McDaniel, Staff Writer October 21, 2024

After graduating from Bryan High in 2017, volleyball coach Emily Hubacek played as an offensive specialist for A&M Corpus Christi before transferring to Texas A&M University, where she won two...

2013 senior Chris Johnson pushes a College Park defender away as he looks downfield for a touchdown.

Back to school

William Zwerneman, Assistant editor October 2, 2024

Chris Johnson was a model student during his time at Bryan High. As a senior, he was the star quarterback, a starting basketball player, and an honor roll student. Now, more than a decade later, he’s...

Calculated risk

February 7, 2023

Believe it or not Bretta Winters, BC calculus teacher, was not planning on being a teacher at all. Winters wanted to be an engineer since she was little, but that quickly changed when she attended college. “I...

The art of teaching

Reily Dominy, Assistant editor October 6, 2022

It takes time for people to discover their passion through trial and error as they pursue different pathways. At times, individuals have to try over and over again before they find what is right for them....

Peace Corps influences teachers passion, love of diversity

Reily Dominy February 17, 2022
The Peace Corps focuses on building relationships and has core values that include sacrifice, commitment, passion, and a love for people which directly correlates to the teaching field. Freshman English teacher Cynthia Dominguez worked with the Peace Corp in Ukraine through the TESOL program from 2007-2009 before coming to Bryan High. The program helped Dominguez find her love of teaching English and she is thankful for the opportunities she has gained through teaching.

Home sweet home: Students find friends, family within four walls

Jaci Siegert May 29, 2021
A safe haven. A refuge. A home. The fact that the 6160 is just a standard classroom down a hallway on Blue Campus does not diminish the emotional attachment many students have to that location. For many of the students who have found themselves in the 6160 over the years, it has been a place to cry, a place to rejoice, a place to complain, and a place to find a different sort of family.
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