As senior athletes approach their last semester of high school, many will be playing competitively for the last time.  2020 has been a challenging year for athletes and, as the virus continues to rage...

With winter sports starting up, athletes and coaches alike are having to adapt to yet another set of COVID-19 protocols. As the year has dragged on, the AIA has changed its procedures in regards to the...

Lexi Horner, a junior at Cactus Shadows, has a passion for all kinds of art. She’s been involved in art for as long as she can remember. Horner’s style of art is hard to describe, as she tries to...

Jazz. The word evokes a variety of images, from smoky bars in Paris to speakeasies in Chicago. Jazz is a broad word that encompasses many genres, including blues, free jazz, and swing. Each has their own...

Step into the Creative Writing class at Cactus Shadows, and you’re likely to see students bent over their journals, writing and listening to music on their iPhones. Or maybe they’re tapping away on...

While video game movies have a habit of underperforming at the box office, Sonic The Hedgehog is currently in the top ten, grossing $58 million on its opening weekend.  The movie follows Sonic, the...