The Update

11/14/2025

In IB/AP Advanced Biology 2, students have begun to conduct their Internal Assessment (IA) research projects. IA projects are mandatory, individual research projects that can submitted for credit for the IB higher level test. The IA counts towards a portion of the total score on the IB HL biology test. While the IA projects are required for IB testers, those not taking the IB test still participate in the project, and receive class credit.
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11/14/2025

For the past six years, CTE engineering teacher Corey Spurling taught the Client Key Chain project to his Intro to Engineering Design class. His students reached the end of this 3D printing project, which takes about three weeks to complete. They learn how to use Computer Aided Design, also known as CAD. This is the main software that students will use throughout the year to model their designs. For this specific project students were asked to design a key chain that is based on a clients’ wants and needs. By introducing the client aspect this gives students the opportunity to practice tasks an engineer may have to do in a professional setting.
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11/14/2025

Stress. The word sends a shiver up some people’s spines. However, this is not the case for everyone. As someone who has been constantly busy since elementary school and has kept her schedule stacked with class, sports and other extra-curriculars, she completely redefines the meaning of the word.
By the time she was in high school, she had racked up leadership positions in multiple different extracurriculars. She is the Vice President of Outreach for DHS’s chapter of DECA, an NHS member and a volunteer for Girls on the Run. She is a Miss America Pageant contestant, a cross country runner and a dual enrolled college student. She is a soccer referee, a Chamber singer and, simply put, an entrepreneur.
Her schedule is packed, but that’s the way she likes it. Junior Alaina Weyrowske operates with a fully packed schedule.
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11/14/2025

As the football season wraps up, the cheer team is getting ready to change from pom pons and sidelines to mats and competitions. That transition can be tough for some, as the competitive season brings with it longer practices and harder routines. With the anticipation and preparation for the transition between seasons, cheerleaders are gaining excitement and setting new goals for themselves.
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11/14/2025

We knew we had the ability to [make it to districts], because our team was filled with a bunch of talent,” senior Ryan Burse said. “It was all mindset.”
The DHS varsity soccer team won districts for the first time in seven years on Oct. 18. To secure the title, the team played Heritage for the third time that season, winning with a score of 2-0.
The Chargers ended their season with a record of 15-7 along with the three additional wins at districts. With only eight days between the end of their regular season and the first district game, head boys varsity soccer coach Cody Schoener made sure to put his best foot forward while coaching.
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10/28/2025

In case you missed it here’s a behind the scenes look at the fall play for DHS: Beware the House on Haunted Hill Click link to read: https://update.midlandps.org/index.php/2025/10/this-show-kills-behind-the-scenes-of-beware-the-house-on-haunted-hill/

10/24/2025

A good team doesn’t only focus
on winning games. A strong
team is rooted in friendship and
deep bonds. Strong relationships on the
team can not only lead to better game,
meet, and match results, but also more
effective communication in the future.
There are many ways for athletes to
bond outside of school, such as team
dinners, bonfire nights and watching
movies together.
Senior and soccer player Boston
Diamond shares what team bonding
looks like for his team.
“It’s a lot of communication and
talking together, spending time together,”
Diamond said. “At the beginning of the
season, we had a lot of moments and team
bonding opportunities where we went out
to eat together, went to Qdoba and went to
grab food. [Our team] just talks, and hangs
out a lot. We all play video games together,
it’s just a really good atmosphere, and it’s
really, really connective.”
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10/24/2025

DHS juniors Robert Gill and Colten
Burton recently managed the feat
of self publishing their own novel:
“The Book of Eethranism.” The novel is
a collection of short stories about a war
between the gods in the world of Giaos
told through 64 chapters. It is available
for purchase on many websites, including
Barnes & Noble, Amazon and Walmart.
Gill’s and Burton’s interests led them
down the path of writing a fantasy novel.
“I always was interested in writing; not
just writing, but also, kind of fictional worlds
and stuff,” Gill said.
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10/17/2025

Happy Friday!! Have a fun and safe weekend! See you at the football game tonight ‼️

05/16/2025

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03/13/2025

Almost Friday!!! Feeling the rain our skin and releasing our inhibitions to this warm weather ☀️

03/12/2025

Women’s history month continues…
Boudica
was an ancient British queen, famous for leading a revolt against Roman invasion. She led a rebellion through East Anglia that massacred 70,000 Romans, Roman supporters, and the Roman Ninth Legion. She is considered a national heroine of England. Murasaki Shikibu
was a writer and lady-in-waiting. She is the author of The Tale of Genji, known for its prose about nature and sensitivity to human emotions. In Japan, the book has a status similar to that of Shakespeare and is among the world’s oldest novels, making Murasaki Shikibu one of the world’s first novelists.

Information and photos from Encyclopedia Britannica and Wikipedia.