The Blazer News Posts

While the first semester has ended for Timberline students, Running Start students experience a new beginning with the commencement of their winter quarter. Running Start students are Timberline students who take a varying amount of college classes at South Puget Sound Community College from full to part time. The Blazer checks in on two Running start Students- senior Randy Thach, and junior Natalie Ngyuen as they head into a new quarter. Comments closed

On Sunday, January 12, the Timberline Robotics team made history by making it to the semi-finals for the first time in four years. Timberline Robotics began in the academic year 2015-2016 and since then, has never made it to the semi-finals of the First Tech Challenge until this year. Comments closed

Timberline High School opened its doors to hundreds of students and staff members in 1970. It has been fifty years since its opening. Over the course of those fifty years, many memories have been made by the thousands of students who’ve attended Timberline. Comments closed

With the start of not only just a new year, but a new decade, many people choose to make resolutions to guide the course of the coming year. The Blazer asked three Timberline students about their personal experiences with and opinions about New Year’s resolutions. Comments closed

It is about that time of year where love is in the air. With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, stores all around are beginning to fill to the brim with colorful pinks, reds, and purples. From candy hearts to flowers, the plate is full when it comes to gift choices. But are some better than others? Comments closed

On January 19th, Students gathered together on campus to celebrate and recognize Martin Luther King’s dream. The MLK Day On service project consisted of picking up trash around campus, creating positive posters, and making chalk art outside. The purpose behind the project was to commemorate and honor Dr. King’s message of serving and giving back to your own community. So rather than getting to sleep in and have a Monday off, students came to school with the simple goal of beautifying Timberline. Comments closed

School brings a whole plethora of troubles. In addition to the tremendous workload, students are expected to wake up at the crack of dawn to leave home for hours on end, and often have to find a balance between school and extracurricular activities. There’s something else, though, that can be seen as the very basis of how the student body works, and is as prevalent as work in schools: socialization. Comments closed

The winter season is now in full swing, with temperatures dropping and the gradual emergence of more festive fuzzy socks. But one thing cannot be missing from this Pacific Northwest winter motif, something that is quintessential and crucial—a coffee shop. Coffee shops are the usual go to safe haven from the cold rain showers and a great place to meet up and connect with friends over a nice “cup of jo”. But a brewing question that we at The Blazer wanted to further investigate is whether chain, or local coffee shops are better? To answer this question we went to a nearby Starbucks branch (the multi-billion dollar coffee mogul), and then to Batdorf & Bronson (a local coffeehouse down at the heart of Olympia), to compare the two places. Comments closed

The talent show presents students with a chance to show their peers something about themselves beyond what is seen throughout the halls each day. This year the crowd went wild when two students, Senior Anthony Penarejo and Sophomore MJ Dixen hit the stage oozing charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent, giving the very first drag performance ever at Timberline. The Blazer sat down with these gentlemen to get details about everything from their pre-performance nerves to the story behind their drag alter egos. Read all about it: Comments closed