The Student Voice of Prosper High School

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The Student Voice of Prosper High School

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The Student Voice of Prosper High School

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Srihitha Madepalli

Srihitha Madepalli, Reporter

Srihitha Madepalli, originally from Frisco, Texas, is a sophomore at Prosper High School. This is her second year working for Eagle Nation Online, serving as a reporter. Outside of school, she loves to listen to music, dance, and hang out with friends and family. She hopes to expand her knowledge and skills of writing and photography through ENO.

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Made in Canva, this graphic illustrates the restrictions being introduced on Instagram for teenagers. These policies were put into action early 2025. However, it brings more harm toward the younger generations.

Editorial: Downsides of teen restriction policies on social media

Srihitha Madepalli and ENO Staff
April 9, 2025
Made in Canva, this graphic portrays the app Tiktok being approved. Tiktok was banned in the U.S. on Jan. 18 at approximately 10:30 p.m. However, due to an executive order, it was brought back 14 hours later on Jan. 19.

Editorial: TikTok’s impact on U.S. residents

Srihitha Madepalli and ENO Staff
February 20, 2025
To learn more about Richland High School, Eli Deutsch, Elizabeth Cohorn, and Srihitha Madepalli interviewed Dr. Lute Croy about the whole process of getting teachers for Richland High School. Dr. Croy gives insight to new things coming as well as keeping traditions. "We had a good interview," Deutsch said. "We asked a lot of questions, and he gave us good answers about the new high school."

Lute Croy talks about 1st year at Richland High School

Eli Deutsch, Elizabeth Cohorn, and Srihitha Madepalli
February 4, 2025
Huddling together before the game, the Prosper High School varsity boys soccer team prepares for their match against McKinney Boyd High School. The game is being held at the PHS Track and Turf. Their next game will be played away.

McKinney Boyd defeats mens varsity soccer 1–4

Michelle Ayala and Srihitha Madepalli
January 21, 2025
As the holiday season begins this December, we set out to review the best seasonal local drinks around. We visited Starbucks, 1418, Dutch Bros, and Summer Moon to rate their festive offerings and see which cafe does the holidays best.

Review: Local coffee shops celebrate season with holiday specials

Michelle Ayala, Sofia Ayala, Erica Deutsch, and Srihitha Madepalli
December 18, 2024
Arms up, senior Hannah Lee smiles at the camera. Lee is the only senior on the girls varsity team. "The best part about the season was being able to have successful games," Lee said. "And have a memorable senior year."

Swimming with success: Varsity water polo teams end season with celebration

Srihitha Madepalli and Gracie Patterson
December 11, 2024
Huddled up, the team gathers to talk before the start of practice. The team began their practice during off–season to prepare for its games in the spring. The practice was held at the PHS baseball field.

Baseball gets into halloween spirit with practice

Sofia Ayala and Srihitha Madepalli
November 6, 2024
Eyes on the clock, senior Sophie Bridges focuses on the game. This is Bridge's fourth year in the volleyball program. She has committed to the Air Force Academy, where she will play on their volleyball team next fall.

Prosper faces 1–3 loss against Allen Eagles

Srihitha Madepalli, Reporter
October 24, 2024
As cell phones rise to issues, Texas Education Agency Mike Morath, proposes a new policy for ban across public schools. Studies have shown that almost half of America's population is affected by smartphones.

Editorial: Enforcing cell phone policies leads to improvements in students’ education

ENO Staff and Srihitha Madepalli
October 22, 2024
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Anisha Mandem, Jake Radcliffe, Trisha Panicker, Aarushi Rana, Justin Wang, Elizabeth Cohorn, Lola Contreras, Erica Deutsch, Sofia Ayala, Isabel Multer, Srihitha Madepalli, Zane Rarey, Yousuf Ali, and Emily Logan
October 10, 2024
As students navigate the school year, new resources and rules are implemented on campus. With the growing population, there have been enhancements made to all classrooms at Prosper High School. New school's are being built to relief over-population, and rules implemented across the district to keep students safe.

Students navigate new options, procedures

Jake Radcliffe, Sofia Ayala, Erica Deutsch, Srihitha Madepalli, and Anisha Mandem
October 6, 2024
Throwing the ball up, senior Catherine Biju prepares to serve. Biju played along side her teammate senior Gaby Nielsen. "When I step on the court, I feel excited and a bit nervous," Biju said. "You never know what is going to happen in the match, so it can be nerve wracking to compete. Yet the challenge and working toward a goal makes it really fun."

Eagles celebrate senior night with clean sweep

Srihitha Madepalli and Gracie Patterson
September 26, 2024
Prosper ISD installed the silent emergency alarm during the summer. The button is placed in every classroom, and is used when authorities are needed.

Seconds can save lives

Srihitha Madepalli, Reporter
September 18, 2024
Huddled up, the Prosper tennis team "sets their spirit" for the game. The Eagles played against the Independence Knights. The game carried singles, doubles and mix doubles tournament.

Varsity tennis loses against Independence Knights 1 – 18

Srihitha Madepalli and Gracie Patterson
September 9, 2024
Huddled up on the court, seniors No. 10 Zahara Johnson, No. 11 Camila Cox, no. 10 Hannah Beauford, No.20 Sophie Bridges, No. 9 junior Emma Viars and No. 2 Keely Harrington come together after losing the point. "Volleyball is important to me because before I step on the court for every game I know I get to represent Prosper," Cox said. "This is something we take a lot of pride in."

Lady Eagles ‘set’ their season with sweep

Gracie Patterson and Srihitha Madepalli
August 22, 2024
With their newspaper on the board behind them, members of the staff of Eagle Nation Online and Eagle Nation Times showcase a message from Superintendent Holly Ferguson. These students met four times over the summer to meet each other, learn new journalistic skills and plan and prepare for the coming school year. Seen in the photo, from left to right, are freshmen Eli Deutsch and Ethan Chatelain, senior Erica Deutsch, freshman Max Allen, seniors Sofia Ayala and Jake Radcliffe, sophomore Srihitha Madepalli, senior Justin Wang, junior Emily Logan, freshmen Ava Ruhter, Michelle Ayala and Polly Greaves and juniors Trisha Panicker and Aarushi Rana.

Newspaper staff shares summer activities

ENO Staff, Sofia Ayala, Jake Radcliffe, Erica Deutsch, Anisha Mandem, Elizabeth Cohorn, Isabel Multer, Ethan Chatelain, Michelle Ayala, Emily Logan, Eli Deutsch, Max Allen, Gracie Patterson, Srihitha Madepalli, Justin Wang, Leo Taylor, Yousuf Ali, Kate Duncan, and Zane Rarey
August 13, 2024
Hand toward viewers, junior Ajay Baskaran discusses his experience in the program. "PCIS has been great learning opportunity to explore multiple career options, so I can decide for my future," Baskaran said. "It has allowed me to network and gain contacts that might be important for my education."

Students present final showcase to local viewers

Srihitha Madepalli and Justin Wang
May 3, 2024
Eyes on the ball, freshman Samantha Tovar tries to block out the opponent. The Eagles end the season and make school history as they achieved their 1-0 win against Westlake during state finals. Along with this win, the Eagles are ranked no. 1 in state.

Lady Eagles kick their way into 1st state championship

Srihitha Madepalli, Reporter
April 17, 2024
Running toward the ball, sophomore Ava Germany dribbles past her opponent. "It felt great to make it to state," Germany said. "The games leading up were all games that had people biting their nails. It came down to the last minute in every playoff game it felt like. I think the biggest challenge our team faced during state was confidence. Everyone believed in us to win we just had to believe in ourselves and even with the result we got I believe we could have been more confident."

[Photo] Eagle Brief: April 15 – 21

Kaya Miller, Co Editor-in-chief
April 15, 2024
In a circle, GT American Studies students look at the half-eclipsed sun as they lie on the practice turf. Teachers passed out protective eclipse glasses to students at the start of third period. "It was definitely a cool experience," junior Jacob Piehl said. "It was crazy seeing how quickly the moon came over the sun and how dark everything was." Seen in the photo, starting at the yellow shirt and working clockwise, are juniors Annabelle Nugent, Erica Smith, Savannah Westwick, Sarah Goddard, Lauren Owen, Jacob Piehl and Avery Parker.

Total eclipse brings students together to view once-in-a-lifetime event

ENO Staff, Jake Radcliffe, Srihitha Madepalli, Sofia Ayala, Erica Deutsch, Will Ligon, and Isabel Multer
April 9, 2024
As he prepares for the game, senior Caden Berg helps out teammate junior Lucas Tauzin with his captain arm band. This is the first playoff game of the season. "This season has been very different to other seasons through out mentality and chemistry. Our team comes in to every game fired up and ready to go," Berg said. "Last season we came into playoffs thinking we won something already and ended up losing, This season we knew what we had to do and we went out there and did it."

Boy’s soccer team wins first playoff game, advances to next round

Sofia Ayala and Srihitha Madepalli
April 3, 2024
As he jumps onto junior Jai Akash Gopikrishnan Kumudavalli's back, junior Ajay Adithyan spends time with his friends at the Indian Student Association Holi celebration. "The best part of this is meeting the community and just having fun," Adithyan said. "We get to meet up with friends and enjoy cultural activities together."

Students highlight culture through colors

Srihitha Madepalli, Reporter
March 28, 2024
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