Tips for Senior Experience
Alice Naland, Co-Editor-in-Chief
May 14, 2017
Starting on May 20, hundreds of seniors will leave the confines of the classroom and venture off into the real world to work, intern or volunteer during Senior Experience. Senior Experience is an annual program that allows 12th graders the opportunity to make money and gain skills in lieu of going to...
Yooka-Laylee: Worth the hype?
Myles Rodriguez, Staff Reporter
May 8, 2017
The game Yooka-Laylee, developed by Playtonic Studios, is doing its fair share of dividing audiences across the Internet. Reviewers everywhere like to express wildly different opinions, as is the case with video game journalism, but with Yooka-Laylee, the reception is either referring to it as a true c...
Restriction of high school journalists
May 5, 2017
Journalism plays an imperative role in maintaining a well informed society and has done so for hundreds of years. Despite their impressive impact, journalists are continually restricted and ridiculed. Today only 10 out of the 50 states include laws to protect high school journalists, Virginia is not on...
Corruption or just business?
Fiona Turner, Opinion Editor
April 18, 2017
In the process of writing his novel, Virginia Politics & Government in a New Century: The Price of Power, author Jeff Thomas used the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to obtain records of past admissions decisions and unknowingly exposed a secret about the University of Virginia (UVA) admissions proces...
The man behind Donald Trump
March 30, 2017
Donald Trump may not be the person with the most control in the United States. Steve Bannon, the White House chief strategist and former Trump campaign executive, has an unprecedented sway over the president and a dangerous worldview that could threaten America as we know it. Bannon has been a lot of...
Letter to Donald Trump
Anika Bahl, Staff Reporter
March 6, 2017
Dear President Trump, I could drown you in statistics and facts in an attempt to explain to you why many of your policies are unethical, impractical and abusive, because, honestly, those figures are everywhere. Out of the seven countries whose citizens you had banned, not even one person had c...
Standardized testing leads to student stress
February 23, 2017
The stakes are high at the school when it comes to standardized testing. According to the 2016 rankings by U.S. News, Washington-Lee is ranked 17th in the state and was awarded the gold medal for being one of the best high schools in the country. Teachers and administrators have high expectations for their ...
The danger schools face
Sam Bender-Prouty, Staff writer
February 9, 2017
On February 7, Betsy DeVos was confirmed for the position of Secretary of Education by one vote. This could have negative effects for students everywhere. DeVos is an advocate for school vouchers, which are state-sponsored scholarships that allow students to attend private school instead of public school....
What could ‘alternative facts’ mean for Kellyanne Conway?
Anika Bahl, Staff Reporter
February 7, 2017
Donald Trump truly has had an eventful first few weeks in office with the Women’s March on Washington on January 21 as well as some widely debunked remarks about the crowd size of the inauguration from Sean Spicer, Trump’s press secretary. However, after her defense of Spicer, someone who is sudde...
Journalism in the time of Trump
Abigail Presson, Staff Writer
February 7, 2017
Relations between the White House and news media have never been fantastic. Journalists have, much to the dismay of the government, endeavored to share news with the public as soon as possible, while politicians may prefer to keep such events or ideas private for longer. However, there has always bee...
Should public servants use social media?
Anika Bahl, Staff Reporter
February 1, 2017
Modern technology has become a growing platform for figures of authority for a long time, but especially after an election season so involved with social media, politicians are getting more and more aware that using social media can be a viable way to reach out to the common people. Most promine...
From Russia with love
Sam Bender-Prouty, Staff Reporter
January 25, 2017
The Donald Trump administration has an unusually close relationship with Vladimir Putin’s Russia, one that might threaten years of U.S. policy. Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State, former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson, is well known for his ties to Russia. Over his 10 years in control of the...
Abdellah Mouslik, Staff Reporter
March 22, 2019 • No Comments
The school has already had more snow days and delays this school year than the entirety of last year, and it is only half way through the winter. These cancellations and delays...
Students lead showcase to raise money for cancer research
March 15, 2019
Should we rethink the pink tax?
March 13, 2019
Opinions on Trump’s border wall
March 13, 2019
Simon Espejo, Staff Reporter
March 28, 2019
College is a word that high school students hear often, whether it be from their parents, teachers or friends. However, for some students, college is not the right choice,...
Applying to College Programs: How Can They Differ?
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The hardships of applying to college
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