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Lively Students protest recent immigration policies.

What does Immigration mean to students?

Violeta Sanchez, Copy Editor March 3, 2025

Under Trumps’ Administration, ICE, also known as the U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement, now have the authority to infiltrate schools, churches, and other public places which were previously secure...

Debate over recent book bans

Debate over recent book bans

Larke Sorensen, Managing Director March 3, 2025

In recent years, book bans have become a hot topic across Texas, sparking debates about censorship, education, and access to diverse perspectives. As books are being challenged, concerns are growing about...

New Falcon Buck System

New Falcon Buck System

Daniel S., Junior Editor March 2, 2025

After spring break Lively will be adopting a new Falcon bucks system. This new system will change the way Falcon bucks are stored and given. I tried to learn all I could about how this system will work...

Teacher of Promise: Mallory Warrix

Mallory Warrix named Teacher of Promise at Lively

Christian Rincon, Staff Writer March 1, 2025

The 2024-2025 teacher of promise award was given to Mallory Warrix, the new 8th grade English language science teacher. The teacher of promise is an award that occurs every year just like the teacher...

LaTash King teaches her 1st period class.

LaTash King named Lively’s Teacher of the Year!

Vera Marsh, Staff Writer February 25, 2025

Latash King won the award for Teacher of the Year at Lively Middle School for the year 2024-25. “It’s gonna sound so rude if I say I don’t like it. It’s just that I don’t like to be in...

Students who competed in the TechRise Competition.

“Future Engineers” at Lively named in Techrise championship from NASA

Sam Nash, Co-Editor in Chief January 27, 2025

Lively’s “Future Engineers” are blasting off, wink wink, to new heights!! Early in October of last semester a specially picked group of students from a variety of grade levels were picked to be...

8th grader Luca Vallejo celebrating the goal at the Lively Boys Soccer Team Championship Game against Kealing on December 17.

Boys Soccer Winning Season

Sam Nash, Co-Editor in Chief January 10, 2025

Around 7:30pm, December 17th, Lively’s boys soccer A-Team took the field for the championship game against Kealing Middle School, one of Lively's biggest rivals. The game was as invigorating...

How do Lively Falcons celebrate the New Year?

How do Lively Falcons celebrate the New Year?

A. Perez, Staff Writer January 10, 2025

What did you do on New Year's Eve? ‘It kinda went a little bad for me because I had just gotten off of practice and I fell asleep and I was 5 minutes late for the countdown,” said 7th grader Alena...

Guitar students perform at Evening of Wonder on December 6.

Lively’s Evening of Wonder

Asa Pearsall, Co-Photo Editor December 9, 2024

Lively held “Evening of Wonder," where fifth graders from around Austin can come and see what Lively Middle School has to offer.  The event was held on Friday, December 6th.  The event included performances...

The cast and crew of "The Audition" accepting their plaque and gold medals for winning the district championship.  They had serious competition with Bailey Middle School, Covington Middle School,  Gorzycki Middle School, Kealing Middle School, and Small Middle School.  Bailey Middle School received 2nd place and Gorzycki Middle School received 3rd place.

Lively Varsity Theater DOMINATES and takes District Championship at UIL!

Sam Nash, Co-Editor-in-Chief November 13, 2024

It looks like the new batch of Varsity theatre students here at Lively have officially proven themselves, after being rewarded with the HIGHEST honor possible for a middle school theatre group. Yesterday,...

Student Presidential Election Opinions

Student Presidential Election Opinions

Cori Pilgrim, Webmaster November 4, 2024

With the election, people are getting increasingly anxious about who will win depending on their views, but how are the people who can’t vote or do anything about it feeling? As we know, there are...

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