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    • September
      • Freshmen welcomed to Douglas
      • Senior Sunrise marks the dawn of a final year
    • October
      • Alex Chittick works construction, attends class
      • CTE Center gets permits, lays down foundation
      • Club fair floods breezeway with after school options.
      • Rooms shuffled and new hires welcomed
      • Big year for having babies, changing names
    • November
      • "Freaky Friday" flips the script
      • Assembly recognizes success in fall sports and activities
      • Water polo team saves life in dramatic rescue
      • Senator Wyden host 1,101 town hall in PAC
      • Football away games marred by racist slurs, behavior
    • December
      • New internet filter irks lesson planners
      • Fore!: Douglas grad donates disc golf basket
      • Teachers and district agree to new contract, avoid strike
    • January
    • February
    • March
      • ASB officers elected for next year
      • AI art pushes legal, artistic boundaries
      • Moment of unity at assembly marred with Nazi salute
      • CTE Construction Photodiary
      • Students speak their minds at "Lunch with the Principal"
      • Student body rallies for Scots Angel
    • May
      • Shhhhh: "Secret Soiree" a sneaky success
      • ISU helps host first district Powwow
      • District making tough choices with budget cuts
      • Senior One Acts showcase talents in comedy and drama
      • Longtime friends and educators to retire
      • TRIO prepares students for college
      • Horn players win awards at competitions
      • Career and English classes are changing next year
  • OPINIONS
    • Dobbs already a disaster
    • Mitski makes magic at the Moda Center
    • Watch "Gladiator 2" for awesomeness not accuracy
    • "Alien: Romulus" a freaky, fun addition to the franchise
    • "Die with a smile" brings the heart
    • The HIghlander endorses Kamala Harris for president
    • Letter To The Editor
    • Is the Gen Alpha hate justified?
    • "Wicked" adaptation defies expectations
    • Staff Editorials
    • Housing woes getting worse
    • Demi Moore is all the rage in disturbing horror flick "The Substance"
    • Youth Truth surveys require action, too
    • Jesse Welles puts it all together on "Patchwork"
    • Modern Cinema: Catastrophic
    • "APT." is great for the club, not so much for me
    • Take the penny...
    • ...leave the penny
    • Stop the senseless killing of sharks
    • The Academy Takes The Bait Again
    • Tyler, the Creator mesmerizes Moda
    • Don’t watch it twice - it’s all right
    • Dolphins and Orcas defy expectations
    • How much AI is too much?
    • Yearlong school makes sense.
    • Positivity makes for Winning Teams
    • Fruit or Vegetable? Trust your gut
    • "A Minecraft Movie" crafts millions
    • "Thunderbolts*" start a new chapter in MCU
    • The issue with remakes: the sequel
    • 40/70 rule hurts grad rates
    • Meeting goals requires inspiration and patience
  • SPORTS
    • Golf sends players to state
    • Girls basketball beats Gresham in come from behind thriller
    • Boys Bball packs the place for young hoopers, beats Newberg
    • Boys basketball loses at buzzer to Beaverton, 64-61
    • Girls, boys water polo teams finding early season success
    • St. Mary's gives girls soccer first loss before league play begins
    • Footbal beats Putnam 22-14 in red-out home opener
    • Boys soccer's offense explodes against South Albany
    • Hoco heartbreak: football edged by Barlow, 7-6
    • Ibrahim sets school record in 5K
    • Boys cross country places 4th at MHC meet
    • Swim swamps Nelson, 237-101
    • Fall sports teams find post season success, make history
    • Sophomore swimmer Ariyah Abdullah competes at national meet
    • Wrestling taken down by Barlow, 68-12
    • Cheer team keeps winning competitions and energizing home crowds
    • Girls basketball cruises past Rough Riders, 59-41
    • McKenzie Mills wins first state title in girls wrestling
    • Abdullah wins state again in 50
    • Girls flag football and boys volleyball field teams as new spring club spor
    • Girls golf excited, ready to build on last season
    • Boys golf, with new faces, look forward to new season
    • Football team moving down to 5A
    • Boys tennis falls to Central Catholic 0-8
    • Girls Tennis eats it up on Senior night
    • Scots track and field team races towards districts
    • NBA playoffs still a tossup
    • Boys volleyball battles hard against Nelson, loses 3-1
    • Baseball concludes varsity season
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Congratulations Class of 2025!

535 Seniors crossed the stage at the Chiles Center at the University of Portland on June 5

Food, music and games flood the breezeway at International Bite

Photos by Edith Elias-Vidal

Lily Hoang and Ava Shattuck directed "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to 5th Period," which showed on the A nights of the Senior One Acts.

Senior One Acts showcase talents in comedy and drama

Social studies teachers Shannon Bushman and Heather Murdock will retire this year after over 30 years of teaching.

Longtime friends and educators to retire

Senior Isaac Hart practicing pieces on his trombone

Horn players win awards at competitions 

'While all of the groups succeeded at their performances, among them were two standout performances.'

Senior Nelson Santos-Cime preparing with his trumpet

District making tough choices with budget cuts

“We recognize that every position affects our students directly,” said Buscher, “there wasn’t a reduction that was made lightly.”

Junior Annaleah Diaz Ruiz meets with Erik Ruch in the TRIO office in room 170A. Photo by Highlander Staff

TRIO prepares students for college

Senior Isaac Hart and Simon Pinniger jamm out as the band for prom           Photo courtesy of Yearbook

Shhhhh: "Secret Soiree" a sneaky success

'There was a live jazz band performance from David Douglas students for the first hour of the night which brought a calm liveliness into the first floor'

Students jam out on the dance floor upstairs

                                       Photo courtesy of Yearbook

Senior Jack Petty fancy dances at the DDHS Powwow

ISU helps host first district Powwow

Freshman Joseph Meanus examines the latest Highlander in the hall outside Ms. Robillard's room. "It's great," Meanus said. "You need to produce more papers."

The Highlander prints and distributes May Cub Edition

The Highlander prints 2,000 copies, and has been in print since 1954.

All images are original to The Highlander, are copyright free, or are published with courtesy. The Highlander website and campus newspaper are published by the David Douglas High School Newspaper class. Printed editions have a circulation of 2,000 and are published by The Vancouver Columbian. DDSD Superintendent: Ken Richardson. DDHS Principal: Jennifer Buscher. Opinions expressed in The Highlander are not necessarily those of the advisor nor the district and high school administrations. The Highlander reserves the right to withhold Letters to the Editor it deems inappropriate.

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