Spartan Torch Vista Grande High School Casa Grande, AZ
Issue Date: Saturday, February 18, 2012 Issue: Vol. 1, No. 13 Last Update: Wednesday, February 22, 2012
  • Black History Month: A generation of heroes

    Wednesday, February 22, 2012 By: Mercedes Ibarra & Amaris Johns

    Black History Month is a month to commemorate African Americans that made a difference in our history.

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  • Black History Month: Malcolm X

    Wednesday, February 22, 2012 By: Jacob Shaw

    Malcolm X's name was really Malcolm Little; he considered "Little" a slave name and chose the "X" to signify his lost tribal name.

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  • Black History Month: George Washington Carver

    Wednesday, February 22, 2012 By: Jessica Durant

    George Washington Carver is most famous and most easily recognized by his discovery of over 300 uses for the peanut and created 145 peanut products.

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  • Black History Month: Josh Gibson

    Wednesday, February 22, 2012 By: Grayson Bargo & Josh Donaldson

    Josh Gibson was a catcher in the American Negro Leagues.

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  • Black History Month: Madame C.J. Walker

    Wednesday, February 22, 2012 By: Brianna Kennington

    Madam C.J. Walker, a.k.a Sarah Breedlove, was the very first African American self-made female millionaire in America.

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  • Academic Decathlon team does well in Regional competition; qualifies for state

    Saturday, February 18, 2012 By: Chris Rodriguez & Adrian Villalpando

    Questions for students Q: What is Academic Decathlon? A: Lorenzo Badiola (LB)- “Basically it’s just competition where you compete. There’s 10 subjects. Some are essay, interview, speech, economics,

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  • State of Arizona-shaped cake to celebrate the centennial!

    Saturday, February 18, 2012 By: Joseph Sinnock

    The culinary arts students at Vista Grande have had many considerably large projects throughout the school year. All of these literally cannot compare to the monumental size of the project they had th

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  • Nicki Minaj's Grammy performance

    Saturday, February 18, 2012 By: Monico Alvarez & Richard Hodges

    Nicki Minaj’s Grammy performance was certainly unforgettable.

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  • 54th Annual Grammy Awards - Hits and misses

    Saturday, February 18, 2012 By: Albie Flores

    The 54th Annual Grammys has been hyping up everyone since November 30, 2011. That was the night that the Grammy nominations were announced for the Grammy awards on February 12, 2012 in Los Angeles. Ev

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  • Black History Month: Rosa Park's standing up for freedom

    Saturday, February 18, 2012 By: Jenna Durant, Sarah Machelor & Aysia Tyler

    On December 1, 1995, Rosa Parks boarded the Cleveland Avenue bus to head home. She sat in the first row allowed for ‘colored’ people.

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Black History Month is a month to commemorate African Americans that made a difference in our history.
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Malcolm X's name was really Malcolm Little; he considered "Little" a slave name and chose the "X" to signify his lost tribal name.
full story 
George Washington Carver is most famous and most easily recognized by his discovery of over 300 uses for the peanut and created 145 peanut products.
full story 
Interesting African American accomplishments
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Josh Gibson was a catcher in the American Negro Leagues.
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Madam C.J. Walker, a.k.a Sarah Breedlove, was the very first African American self-made female millionaire in America.
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“I was a conductor for the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can’t say - I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.” - Harriet Tubm
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The culinary arts students at Vista Grande have had many considerably large projects throughout the school year. All of these literally cannot compare to the monumental size of the project they had th
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“The Voice” goes for its second season on NBC!
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Arizona City is hosting their annual Arizona City Daze Festival on Saturday, February 25. It will include a carnival, street fair, and a parade.
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