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The student news site of Bellaire High School

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The student news site of Bellaire High School

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Catherine Xue

Catherine Xue, Reporter

Catherine Xue is a junior and first-year staffer. She joined TPP to shine a light on the stories of students at Bellaire. Outside of TPP, she’s a part of the Cancer Awareness Club, debate, and Food for Houston Club. She enjoys listening to music, binging movies, and journaling in her free time.

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West University Elementary's third grade class marches in the Centennial parade. Senior and NHS volunteer Lela Izaddoost liked seeing her former teachers and friends while volunteering. "It's nice that something so community-making has lasted so long," Izaddoost said.

Going the extra mile

Catherine Xue and Ishani Kaushik
Aug 25, 2025
The team takes a group photo at the atrium of the Gatton College of Business and Economics. Hassan and Tran collected their semi-finalist awards after advancing finalists were announced.

From Bellaire to the big leagues

Alia Hassan and Catherine Xue
Apr 30, 2025
Raman competes in one of her last tournaments hosted by the Newbreed Jiu-Jitsu Federation tournament.

Far from roses and daisies

Catherine Xue, Reporter
Apr 11, 2025
H.R. 899 is one sentence and states that the DOE will be abolished on Dec. 31, 2026.

Education on the chopping block

Catherine Xue, Reporter
Mar 28, 2025
Elkousy explains that during Ramadan, people must donate 2.5% of their money or assets to charity. This year, Ramadan runs from Feb. 28 to March 29.

Arabic Club meets to discuss Ramadan

Catherine Xue, Reporter
Mar 18, 2025
Hypercompetition often fosters stress, which is normal, but there are ways to mitigate it. (Infographic provided by Catherine Xue and Alia Hassan)

Break yourself until you make it

Alia Hassan and Catherine Xue
Feb 19, 2025
Beanbotics celebrates with boba after qualifying for regionals. From regionals, they advance to worlds.

HUMANS OF BELLAIRE – Aria Jin

Catherine Xue, Reporter
Feb 18, 2025
February's book club selection includes "Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka, "A Good Girl's Guide to Murder" by Holly Jackson, "One Last Stop" by Casey McQuiston, "Solo Leveling" by Chugong and "The Winemaker's Wife" by Kristen Harmel. These stories are sure to make entertaining additions to your book shelf.

[TPP Book Club] February’s favorites

Catherine Xue, Ayana Khan, McKenzie Le, Aashrith Korampally, and Tanvi Dubey
Feb 13, 2025
Fossil fuels are the largest contributor to climate change, making up over 75% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

We’re running out of time

Catherine Xue, Reporter
Feb 5, 2025
Rimawi explains how the word “tomato” is spoken in various Arabic dialects. In Fusha or standard Arabic, it is “tamatem.”

Arabic 101

Alia Hassan and Catherine Xue
Jan 23, 2025
Trains Over Texas is the Houston Museum of Natural Science's seasonal exhibit featuring an indoor railroad model. It runs from Nov. 22 to Dec. 31.

HUMANS OF BELLAIRE – Nina Nguyen

Catherine Xue, Reporter
Jan 3, 2025
"The Nutcracker" ballet is based on the German novel "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King," published by E.T.A. Hoffman in 1816.

‘The Nutcracker’ ballet: A whimsically nonsensical masterpiece

Catherine Xue, Reporter
Dec 20, 2024
Perepelitsa hands off the microphone to senior and club member Anand Thiagarajan to complete the sentence on the screen. The sentence read, "Once upon a time there was a donkey who was fat, but who had a vast nose."

Fairy tales? Not so sweet

Alia Hassan and Catherine Xue
Nov 1, 2024
The Bellaire Debate team celebrated Nationals together after going out to dinner. This is Stubbs’s last year as Bellaire’s debate coach.

‘The best seat in the house’

Alia Hassan and Catherine Xue
Sep 23, 2024
Senior Noa Ohana visited Edinburgh Castle. "It's so walkable in Europe," Ohana said. "I think we walked all around Edinburgh about four times. It's gorgeous, but it's really small."

Summer happenings

Tanvi Dubey, Clarissa Li, Helen Beebe, Catherine Xue, Alia Hassan, and Davis Adams
Sep 17, 2024
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