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Colorguard Wrap Up

Colorguard Wrap Up

Erin Davis, Writer May 12, 2025

With the 2025 Winter Guard season drawing to a close, our Color Guard team is moving toward the Spring Showcase, Rookie Camp, Band Camp, and the 2025 marching season. This year, they are welcoming new...

Lifelong Passion: Dance

Lifelong Passion: Dance

Lizzy Ramirez, Staff May 7, 2025

Have you ever thought about what dance actually is or can be, or possibly even the meaning of it? Some people have different thoughts on what dance actually is. Dance is a form of art, and it's even considered...

Poteau Soccer Teams Focus on Playoff Push

Poteau Soccer Teams Focus on Playoff Push

Lizzy Ramirez, Staff April 23, 2025

For a sport that is considered the most popular sport in the world, soccer seems like it's such a small thing here in LeFlore County. Soccer was founded in England in the 19th century. The original name...

Photo credit - Mrs. Hackler

Lane’s Project

Lizzy Ramirez, Staff March 13, 2025

There are many talented artists at the high school. Their talents vary from papier-mâché to pottery to paintings to realistic drawings. One student in particular, sophomore Lane Marshall, made a doll...

Photo Credits: Liset Garcia/Boston Crusaders

DCI Show Review – Boston Crusaders 2024

Erin Davis, Writer January 28, 2025

Drum Corps International (DCI) is the major league of marching bands, where top teams across the U.S. compete to become world champions. The Boston Crusaders, a World Class team, recently placed second...

Salvador Dali: The Persistence of Memory

Salvador Dali: The Persistence of Memory

Jolee Smith, Staff November 7, 2024

The Persistence of Memory is not only one of Salvador Dali’s most famous works but one of the surrealist movement‘s most recognizable works as well. The inspiration for the painting came to Dali one...

The Winter Guard Season Is Upon Us

The Winter Guard Season Is Upon Us

Lizzy Ramirez, Staff October 10, 2024

The Poteau color guard is looking into making a big splash in the competitions of the winter guard season. Coach Ashley Moore’s biggest goal she wants to accomplish during winter guard is to grow stronger...

Sounding Off: Marching Pirates Begin Competition Season

Sounding Off: Marching Pirates Begin Competition Season

Erin Davis and Lizzy Ramirez September 27, 2024

On the battlefield, music was the only thing that kept soldiers balanced. As time went on, the concept of military bands reached America. Young boys dreamed of becoming soldiers, and as a way to make them...

Artists’ Spotlight

Jolee Smith, Writer September 27, 2024

Hello pirates, this year has been off to a wonderful start for many of the classes here at PHS! The students in Ms Hopper’s class have been hard at work creating wonderful art pieces, and here we...

Welcome, Ms. Thomas

Welcome, Ms. Thomas

Pirate Log Staff May 30, 2024

  Ms. Thomas will be joining the music staff to teach 5th-12th grade choir. Raegan attended East Central University where she graduated with a degree in vocal music education in 2018. She is excited...

There She is, Miss Agriculture!

There She is, Miss Agriculture!

Eli Solomon, Editor-in-Cheif May 16, 2024

Two months ago Poteau High School Junior Traegan Ballard was named LeFlore County Miss Agriculture. “It's really rewarding, I never thought that I’d do something like this.” Traegan will be competing...

Mr. Brennan Brings AP Classroom cake

Mr. Brennan Brings AP Classroom cake

Bradley Jager May 6, 2024

Poteau history teacher and bus driver Mr. Brennan brought a cake to school to share with his AP Human Geography class. Mr. Brennan brings in a cake every year the day before his students' AP Exam. “It's...

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