Festival of the Future
May 19, 2020
Due to COVID-19, many music festivals and concerts had to reschedule or cancel their events all together to follow national and state regulations. One of the newest festivals coming to Dallas would have been the Loud and Live Music Festival started by Lake Ridge senior, Jalen Taylor, also known as JT....
Leaving The Nest
Kayla Thompson, ENN Staff
May 18, 2020
As this school year comes to an end, some seniors are deciding where they want to go to college, and some are trying to decide if college is even the right choice for them. These decisions are hard in a normal setting, but have become more difficult during this pandemic. For some seniors the transition...
The Fate of Summer 2020
Madison Freeman, ENN STAFF
May 15, 2020
Summer vacation has always been a time most students and teachers look forward to. The weather is nice, students have more free time because there is no school or homework, and they both get an opportunity to travel or do things that school stopped them from doing. However, with schools across the United ...
Alloway Returns to the Nest
Nour Karajeh, ENN staff
May 15, 2020
As the school year comes to a close, a new addition has been made to the Lake Ridge family, only this change isn’t completely new. Former Lake Ridge teacher and coach, Ashley Alloway, will be returning to Lake Ridge in a new role, this time as principal. When Lake Ridge first opened, Alloway taught...
Pop Culture Phenomenon
Natalie Mitchell, ENN Staff
May 8, 2020
The 2019-2020 school is coming to an end later this month, and many memories and moments have been made on the school grounds. In the pop culture world, many moments have also been made that have impacted individuals all around the world, whether they were funny, sad, or exciting. Many celebrities break-ups,...
Flipping the Signs and Opening Doors
May 5, 2020
For many states across the US, the stay at home order expires April 30th and allows other businesses to open at a reduced capacity. States like Texas, Georgia, and Florida have already opened up beaches and other small amenities to help build the economy back up. There are many people with mixed emotions...
Grade Check
Kierstin Wood, Staff Writer
May 3, 2020
Even though the schools are shut down, students still have to do their school work. Grades are still being entered into skyward and teachers are still teaching. Freshman, Tia Warsop says that her grades have been better since the quarantine started. “Since school is shut down and we are stuck...
Celebrating Birthdays Six Feet Apart
Kayla Thompson, ENN Staff
May 3, 2020
Tiny moments of joy, like blowing out candles with family and friends, opening presents, and celebrating birthdays are not only important, but they may be critical to holding on to any sense of normalcy right now. COVID-19, however, may make it impossible to see one another in person, but that hasn’t...
Ramadan is Here
Nour Karajeh, ENN staff
May 1, 2020
In Christianity, there are holidays like Christmas and Easter, and in Judaism, there’s Hanukkah and Passover. Similarly, in Islam, there is Eid-Al Adha, Eid-Al Fitr, and Ramadan. The biggest holiday for most Muslims is Ramadan. Ramadan is the act of fasting from sunrise to sunset for 30 days. However,...
Blackfishing : Live Your Truth
Robert Viray-Edwards, ENN Staff
May 1, 2020
Blackfishing: Commonly perpetrated by females of European descent, involves artificial tanning and the use of makeup to manipulate various facial features in order to appear to have some type of Black African ancestry. According to the Independent, the phenomenon emerged in November of 2018, when a Twitter...
