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These past few weeks  Bus 53 has not arrived to pick up Highline students at the PAC.This has been an ongoing problem at Highline. I personally take the bus and I have to be dropped off now due to not having enough buses to transport kids to school. Lately the after school bus, 88,only takes about 75% of the students back to the PAC and the rest have to wait until the bus comes back to pick them up.

Many of us did not celebrate Valentine’s Day with that one special someone. However, we  spend it with our loved ones. On February 14th, 2020; Highline’s Asian Student Union and Foster’s Asian Student Association collaborated together for the 1st annual Asian Cultural Festival. This event was filled with many people from the Asian continent along with others around the world. It was a space that welcomed everyone, and educated everyone about the Asian culture.

Released on December 4th, 2019. 1917 takes the audience on a horrific and thrilling journey as the movie follows Lance Corporal Schofield (George MacKay) and Lance Corporal Blake(Dean-Charles Chapman) on their mission to prevent a massacre in the midst of a war ravaged France. Sam Mendes (director and writer) focused on the realistic depiction of World War I and intense action.

This year's junior class officers are planning prom and they created a survey asking the junior and senior class which theme they like the best. The theme options were Floral, Great Gatsby, Greek, Out of this world (Space), and Under the Stars. 

On Wednesday, February 5,  all tenth grade students went on a field trip to many different career sites. The sites were:UW college of the Environment, UW School of Medicine, UW School of Law, King County Wastewater Treatment Center, Ignite - Microsoft visitor’s center, Bloodworks Northwest, Starbucks support center, Renton Tech, Port of Seattle.

Winter sports here at Highline are coming to an end, which means that spring sports are nearing a start. Basketball is at the end of their season and with that comes off-season workouts. This year over in White Center there is a basketball team starting up called, Evergreen Select.

Every seventy three seconds an American is sexually assaulted. From the age of twelve and above you are at a high risk to be assaulted in the U.S. 

This is an interview with Ms.Peteri Faletogo.Advisor of the Women’s Empowerment Club going into depth about the importance of jiu jitsu and information on the upcoming field trip.

The regular season for winter sports has come to an end, and it is now time for post-season events. The Highline girls and boys wrestling team headed to their sub-regional tournament this past weekend.

The life of a drill team member consists of waking up at 4:30am three times a week in order to get to practice on time. The Highline drill team has always had a history of practicing before school at 5:30am and the current 2019-2020 has continued to practice before school.

Starting second semester, Ms.Morgan is going gradeless in her AP Literature classes. This is the first time we are seeing a change like this since the UW English 131 class where one full year counts towards a single grade. It was said this new system is supported by our Co-Principals.

This year the Super Bowl took place in Miami, Florida. Where the Kansas City team played the San Francisco 49ers. The teams faced each other with a record of (15-4). Kansas City ultimately ended up beating the 49ers, 31-20. 

With the new site under construction, it is only appropriate that Highline would update its logo to reflect the massive change that the school will be going through. Through community suggestions and surveys, the school was able to commission several logo prototypes.