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Strong start leads boys basketball to opening night victory

Strong start leads boys basketball to opening night victory

Tatiana Rivera and Gus Nathanson, staff writers December 14, 2017

After a long off-season, the much anticipated boys basketball season finally arrived. On November 28, the boys basketball team played its first regular season game at home against the Falls Church Jaguars....

Netflix: Stranger Things

Season 2: things get stranger

Hannah Rosman and Luke Dangel December 13, 2017

After a long wait it is time to take a trip back to the 80s in Hawkins Indiana, with everyone’s favorite Dungeons and Dragons playing nerds and psychokinetic girl. Stranger Things season two is finally...

Gymnastics slideshow - photos by Julia Van Lare

Flipping out with the gymnastics team

Julia Van Lare and Kate Ford December 7, 2017

  In the back hallways of the school near the sports trainers’ office, the girls gymnastics team practices three times a week, flipping from bars and beams to prepare for competitions. Despite...

Members of the chamber orchestra perform at this years Thanksgiving assembly. The annual performance is organized by the Student Council Association (SCA).

Giving thanks assembly style

Will Lehardy & Johnston French December 5, 2017

The Student Council Association’s (SCA) annual Thanksgiving assembly was held on Tuesday, November 21, in the auditorium. The assembly, which took many weeks of planning and preparation, showcased performances...

Maggie Jenkins’ tasteful lunch bags

Maggie Jenkins’ tasteful lunch bags

Anika Bahl, News Editor November 7, 2017

Everyday, junior Maggie Jenkins brings a lunch bag from home with a box of filling comfort food on the inside and intricately drawn cartoons on the outside, both made with love by her father. The interaction...

Runners around mile 2 of the 10k race.

Marines run this city

Kate Ford, Staff Reporter November 2, 2017

The 42nd Marine Corps Marathon attracted over 20,000 men and women this year. Great running weather became a bit too warm as the day went on but runners of both the marathon and the newer 10k competition...

Sophomore Ethan Burka and junior Adam Edwards hold up a sign for the Frisbee teams Senior Night.

Frisbee team celebrates senior night

Johnston French and Will LeHardy, Staff Writer and Editor-in-Chief October 31, 2017

While students tend to come out in droves for Friday night football and basketball games, one team that doesn’t get that much attention is the school’s ultimate Frisbee team. The boys’ and girls’...

Mr. Miller reports the weather on The Daily Dispatchs Friday Show.

Saving the planet, one class at a time

Hannah Rosman October 12, 2017

Mr. Ryan Miller has been teaching Environmental Systems and Societies (ESS) and Geospatial Tools and Techniques (GTT) at the school for over a decade. Outside of school he is a part time meteorologist....

Senior college help

Olivia Sklenka, Lifestyles Editor November 1, 2016

It’s hard to walk around the hallways of the school this time of year without hearing a senior complain about college applications. With early action and decision deadlines approaching quickly, counselors...

Bringing textbooks to life

October 31, 2016

IB Spanish teacher Ms. Sarah Owen has traveled all over the world and has brought those experiences into her classroom. She is fluent in three languages and first studied abroad when she was 18 years old....

W-L students and the children of IB Philosophy teacher Mr. Summers pose at the top of Old Rag Mountain in Nethers, Virginia after a nearly four hour trek.

Philosophy students off the beaten path

October 20, 2016

On Monday, October 10, a dozen students travelled to Nethers, Virginia to visit Old Rag Mountain. The trip, led by IB Philosophy teacher Mr. Robert Summers, was put together for students to apply the ideas...

Proposed Boundary Refinements

Proposed Boundary Refinements

October 11, 2016

Due to population growth, Arlington Public Schools (APS) has decided to refine the Washington-Lee boundaries to prevent the school from overcrowding. Those inside the red boundary are safe from change...

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