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Thankfulness at Tumwater: What Students Appreciate Most

Thankfulness at Tumwater: What Students Appreciate Most

Kaya Colgan November 14, 2025

With the thankful season around the corner, it is a perfect time to pause and appreciate the little things to make our lives even better. But what is the thankful season?  it is an opportunity to pause...

Fun Facts About Sitcoms

Fun Facts About Sitcoms

Juna Votry, Journalist November 14, 2025

Sitcoms are a big part of our culture, all of them giving their unique twists, characters, and type of humor. These shows have some interesting behind the scenes facts and stories that helped with their...

The Dark Months Of The Year

The Dark Months Of The Year

Valerie Flatau, Journalist November 14, 2025

Now that November has come around, the days get shorter and shorter. Many of us leave the house in the dark and come home in the dark.  Specifically here, in the Pacific Northwest, where short days...

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Freshmen’s First Quarter!

Ava Kivela, Journalist November 14, 2025

T- Birds your first quarter of school is over! Only three more to go. With that, the Tumwater Talon is interviewing freshman Students to tell you about their first quarter of high school! Freshman year...

Grandma's Cookies

Grandma’s Cookies

Adaleigh Ames, Journalist November 13, 2025

My grandma used to make her special cookies every Christmas and Thanksgiving. They were warm, chocolaty, chewy, and delicious. You can always tell when she's making them because the whole kitchen would...

Why Gratitude Shouldn't Just be a November Thing

Why Gratitude Shouldn’t Just be a November Thing

Shine Jerome, Journalist November 12, 2025

Every November, we become experts at being thankful. Teachers ask us to write what we're grateful for, social media fills up with quotes unquote thankful for my friends' posts, and families go around the...

The US government says they are stopping funding for SNAP benefits

The US government says they are stopping funding for SNAP benefits

Adaleigh Ames, Journalist November 12, 2025

Why are they doing this? The shutdown began when Congress failed to pass the appropriations legislation required to authorize funding for FY2026, resulting in a lapse in funding as of October 1, 2025. Because...

Hallway Haunts

Hallway Haunts

Nichole Palmer, Journalist November 12, 2025

On October 31st, the halls of Tumwater High School looked a little less like a school and a lot more like a Halloween movie set. Students showed off their creativity with costumes that ranged from...

Managing End-of-Quarter Stress

Managing End-of-Quarter Stress

Ruthie Colyar, Journalist November 7, 2025

School-induced stress is extremely common among students. By the end of the first quarter, everyone is obsessed with Skyward and practically glued to their laptops, desperate to raise their English grade...

Is College Worth it?

Is College Worth it?

Juna Votry, Journalist November 7, 2025

A lot of students want to know an important question: Is college worth it? College is seen as an automatic step after high school or a default option, but times have changed. College can open up opportunities...

Lady T-Birds Win Over Woodland

Lady T-Birds Win Over Woodland

Ava Kivela, Journalist November 7, 2025

This past weekend, our amazing Lady T-Bird Soccer team faced off against Woodland in a hard-fought game. The intense matchup against the Beavers definitely forced the Lady T-Birds to work together to compete....

Hard Copy or Online: What Does Tumwater Prefer?

Hard Copy or Online: What Does Tumwater Prefer?

Kaya Colgan November 7, 2025

This year, Tumwater High School’s Talon newspaper has begun shifting from its traditional colorful print editions to publishing more content online, which can be found at tumwatertalon.org. While a physical...

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