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Southwest Shadow

Southwest Shadow
An Hour In ... Socktober party

An Hour In … Socktober party

Maggie Shepard
November 16, 2016
The winners of Socktober were treated to a pizza and sundae party.
An Hour In ... Nursing

An Hour In … Nursing

Adriana Cayetano
November 9, 2016
Students in Nursing are being tested on how well they can apply PPE to their everyday lives.
Excited to perform her first phlebotomy, junior Paulina Grijalva takes her time as she prepares the equipment. She steps up to the counter and gets ready to draw some blood. "When I got to work, with the phlebotomy arm it was definitely mind blowing," Grijalva said. "I was extremely excited to actually be practicing this at such a young age. It helps me realize that I really want to do this for the rest of my life as a career."

An Hour In … Medical Assisting

Jackelyn Romo
November 2, 2016
Medical Assisting students got to work with blood and urine samples for lab tests.
An Hour In ... Homecoming lunch games

An Hour In … Homecoming lunch games

Maggie Shepard
October 14, 2016
This year's Homecoming lunch games were spy and secret agent themed.
An Hour In ... Chemistry

An Hour In … Chemistry

James Martin
October 6, 2016
In the Photo-Electric lab, the light shined through the aluminum foil far better than just the hole that featured no aluminum foil, which seemed to amaze many people.
An Hour With . . . New teachers

An Hour With . . . New teachers

Jackelyn Romo
September 23, 2016
Meet new teachers at our school and learn what they did in past jobs.
An Hour In . . . Fashion Construction III

An Hour In . . . Fashion Construction III

Alyssa Ross
April 6, 2016
The juniors in fashion practice modeling techniques for upcoming fashion shows.
An Hour In ... Culinary II

An Hour In … Culinary II

Alyssa Ross
March 4, 2016
Students create different dishes based on their own ideas, but they have to use pasta.
After many hours of working on their website, freshmen Brittny Mikhaiel and Jayda Poblete are presenting to their class. There site focused on the 12 astrology signs and showing the reader all about the signs. "Our website was on astrology," Poblete said. "We created separate pages describing each of the 12 signs and our index page contained a chart to figure our your sign. The links were included in the index, as well as pictures explaining random interesting facts about the signs. It took us about two and a half weeks to finish our astrology website."

An Hour In … Business Software Applications

Jackelyn Romo
February 19, 2016
Business Software Applications is a common class that all students must take.
An Hour In ... Freshman Studies

An Hour In … Freshman Studies

Alyssa Ross
February 12, 2016
Mrs. Penrod's Freshman Studies class presented videos about their personality characteristics.
An Hour In ... Respiratory Therapy Field Trip

An Hour In … Respiratory Therapy Field Trip

Migi Contreras
February 4, 2016
See what the Respiratory Therapy seniors learned on their field trip.
An Hour In ... AP Spanish

An Hour In … AP Spanish

Jackelyn Romo
February 4, 2016
Students in AP Spanish class practiced their language skills.
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