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    • September
      • Senior Sunrise starts year with high hopes and donuts
    • October
      • Tree killing insect found in pool parking lot
      • Hoco "Rio" soars with flying colors
      • Students adapt to a new phone mandate
      • Construction continues on campus, nears completion
      • Three new, experienced teachers hired
      • New grading policies starting to roll out
      • ELD students are taking fewer ELD classes
      • Freshmen sorted in Academy Houses to raise grad rates
      • Students find belonging in Latinx Studies
      • Clubs pack breezeway for annual club fair
      • Serious injury stops play at football home game
    • 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
    • 'Last Rites' conjures up millions
    • Books are still the best
    • Don't pass on a science class
    • Meeting goals requires inspiration and patience
    • Shutdown harms everyone
    • Supreme court greenlights racial profiling
    • "Weapons" weaponizes viewers' illiteracy
    • CTE's the one for me
    • 5-Star perplexes staff and students alike
  • SPORTS
    • Football Homecoming dreams crushed, 34-15
    • Boys soccer loses to McMinnville
    • Girls soccer beats Gophers 2-0
    • Girls volleyball loses to Gresham 0-3
    • Ibrahim chases record books in 5k
    • Serious injury stops play at football home game
    • Boys water polo crushes Hillsboro
    • Girls water polo squeaks by Hillsboro
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NEWS

OPINIONS

SPORTS

Hoco "Rio" soars with flying colors

730 students attended homecoming in the south cafeteria on Oct. 10

Tree killing insect found in pool parking lot

The emerald ash borer was the first found in Portland city limits

Photo by Claire Hay

Clubs pack breezeway for annual club fair

Students perused over 35 after school clubs

Photo by Felix Locker

Students find belonging in Latinx Studies

Freshmen sorted in Academy Houses to raise grad rates

New grading policies starting to roll out

ELD students are taking fewer ELD classes

Three new, experienced teachers hired

Two English teachers and one science teacher have started their first years at Douglas

English teacher Andrew Hermanski teaches a sophomore English class   photo by Greyson Silverman

Construction continues on campus, nears completion

Students adapt to a new phone mandate

Hundred of phones have been confiscated by staff members since its implementation

Phone violations by grade level, as of Sept. 29 Photo provided by Administration

Sophomore Charlie Adams and Freshman Coltrane Routly read the Highlander in their 4th period Creative Writing Class. "It's good," said Routly. "Number three in the Trivia was the only one I could confidently answer, but I got half of them right."

Highlander prints Fall Edition

2,000 copies were passed out to classrooms. The Highlander has been printing student journalism since 1953.

Senior Sunrise starts year with high hopes and donuts

182 seniors woke up early to meet at Palermini Stadium on the first day of school

Seniors Anjali Evers, Sophia DeLaTorre, Grace Petersen, Basilia Aderiano, and Claire Busi enjoy the Senior Sunrise on the football field on Sept. 3 Photo courtesy of Yearbook

Congratulations Class of 2025!

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

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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