La Grange High School

The La Grange High School Leopard Spots yearbook staff won 15 awards at this year's Best In Texas yearbook competition, judged by the Texas Association of Journalism Educators. This is the most awards the yearbook staff have received so far, in their eight years of submitting entries, and competed against 1600 entries from schools all over the state.

The awards included five Excellent gradings for
overall yearbook concept for the 2025 book, "P.O.V."
coverage of the Mighty Leopard Band's historic journey to state last year,
a story over the varsity boys basketball season,
photography of football action.

Students also won a total of 10 honorable mentions for their design, writing and photography.

"I am so delighted that the staff's hard work has been recognized," yearbook advisor Lucy Carr said. "I am particularly pleased that the staff won awards for all aspects of the yearbook, not just in one area. This shows how they have excellent all-round skills that stand up against schools with much bigger staff, from 5A and 6A schools."

This year's editor, Eryn Kutchka, won five awards in total for her photography, design and writing. Last year's design editor, Jack Bennett, won awards for his cover design, his coverage of the band, as well as awards for the overall theme concept, which he created alongside fellow editor Camden Coltrain and editor in chief, Meadow Taylor-Marklin. Both Coltrain and Taylor-Marklin are currently in their freshman year studying journalism and communications at universities in Alabama and Tennessee.

First-year staff members Emma Anderson and Grayson Hart also won recognition for their photography, and current senior, Diamond McKenzie was recognized for her writing and photography.

To order a copy of the 2026 La Grange yearbook, go to yearbookforever.com or pick up an order form from the school offices.

CAMPUS TESTING GUIDELINES:

● Students who are exempt from an exam must remain on campus during the designated testing time; these students will stay in their assigned classroom for the entire period.

● Students who have taken their exams must remain in the classroom for the entire period.

● Students who have exempted an exam must remain in the classroom for the entire period.

● Students who owe attendance hours must remain on campus to complete makeup hours.

● Students who are exempt from testing are still required to attend school, even if they are exempt from all their exams. Failure to attend may result in loss of exemptions for the Spring Semester.

● Absences during the Semester Exam week count towards the exemption guideline expectations. If you exceed the allotted maximum absences, you will lose exemptions. If semester exams are not completed in the event you lose your ability to be exempt, the score will be recorded as a zero.

● Incomplete grades that are not made up by January 5th will be included in transcript rank and GPA calculations.

Through the grant awarded by the Texas Women's League in May 2025, La Grange High School was able to acquire three sets of rechargeable calculators. These calculators are now available for use in the Learning Center, Learning Lab, After School Testing Center, and for academic testing throughout the year. Classroom sets have already been provided to the Math and Science departments. The addition of these devices has been well received, and the participating classes are enthusiastic about integrating them into daily instruction. La Grange High School sincerely appreciates the ongoing support and grant opportunities provided by the Texas Women's League, which have significantly contributed to the resources available for our teachers, students, and classrooms.

Go Leopards!