While most adults begin their weekdays rushing out the door to their 9 to 5, coffee in hand, physics teacher Chris Kaldahl spent the past six years doing quite the opposite. Similar to many other teachers, Kaldahl had the opportunity to temporarily live...

Art has many purposes. It is therapeutic for veterans of war struggling to overcome Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. It serves as a mode of expression for people who have a hard time communicating. In addition to being purposeful, art is also powerful;...

There is a list, an unfortunate, devastating and quickly growing list: the list of mass shootings in the United States of America. Mass shootings, most commonly defined as four or more people being killed during a single event, have become increasingly...

Here at school, as well as across the nation, the modern-day political scene has been cause for much debate and action. The Young Democrats and Teenage Republicans clubs have arisen as prominent places for politically active students to share their views...

Ever since the election, it is not uncommon to walk through the halls and overhear a heated political argument, or to be in a conversation where someone’s views are considered invalid. More seriously, many would not be surprised to find themselves in...

On February 16, immigrants across the country showed America what everyday life would look like if there were no immigrants. On “A Day Without Immigrants,” many foreign born Americans boycotted school and work, and took to the streets in protest....

Collect for Cures is a program that provides high school students with leadership and teamwork skills, but more importantly raises money for blood cancer research. This program is led by a group called Student Series, and their mission is to end leukemia...

A teacher’s job is not easy. Keeping track of all of the curriculum that needs to be taught, papers that need to be given and books that need to be organized and handed out can be time consuming and stressful. But have no fear, administrative assistant...

As President Barack Obama goes, so go his policies regarding affordable healthcare, federal funding and foreign relations. Newly elected President of the United States Donald J. Trump has an entirely different vision for the future of America. He plans...

Americans should not take the media for granted, especially now that Trump is in office. During his campaign and now his Presidency, Trump has attacked certain news stations, most specifically CNN, calling them distrustful and liars. Recently, Trump,...

30-student classes. Jam-packed buses. These are struggles that every Arlington Public Schools (APS) student has known since their first day of kindergarten. Arlington schools have been overcrowded for years now, and the county has made many attempts to...

Twitter, Buzzfeed and other news sites have been blowing up with videos of a girl getting her hair lit on fire at Donald Trump’s inauguration. Junior Peggy O’Neil, the victim of this incident, was attending Trump’s inauguration to support the new...