Flash forward seniors and it is the last day of class (ever!). Advanced Placement (AP) exams and finals are over. After four years of dreading walking this school’s hallways every day, high school is coming to an end. While most cannot wait for college...

One of the best parts about transitioning from middle school to high school is the idea of freedom. Freedom takes a whole new meaning in high school, as the opportunities are endless. One can fill his or her schedule with a broad range of electives, or...

There are 1,025,109 words in the English language, yet for some students and faculty one word is more irritating than any other: retard. This group of people are trying to educate other students and faculty on the importance of choosing another word to...

For most, a 7:25 a.m. start time for school is way too early to function, but for some this early start time is the reason they are able to get to a job, get more school work done or just have more free time. A.M. classes start at 7:25 a.m. (zero period)...

There is a rock that sits outside of our school. It has been a place to recognize achievement of the student body for many years. It endured Hurricane Sandy, the school's renovation, the snowstorm of 2010 and just recently a loss of one of our own. The...

Even though academic success is important for students, they cannot all be mathematical robots who only live and breathe schoolwork. It simply is not healthy. That is why it is important to join clubs and live a little. Clubs offer an outlet to pursue...

It is 7 p.m. on Election Day. The polls in Arlington County are closing, with the last lingering voters finishing up their ballots. Meanwhile, a gathering of British and American students in government teacher Michael Palermo’s room has just begun....

Near the auxiliary gym entrance, adjacent to the senior parking lot, remains a parking area that when seen in the morning, has very few cars parked in it. Why are there so few cars parked in the lot, and so many parked along the street? The answer is...

The Computer Labs Closing The computer labs, put into question when the freshmen of the class of 2018 were given MacBook Airs, are being closed, and “they will not be replaced,” said Keith Reeves, Coordinator of Instructional Technology. The computer...

Recently, students were shocked to discover that, out of the blue, in the top left corner of their phone screens, the three bars signifying a connection to a wireless network had disappeared. Word of this new lack of Wi-Fi spread extremely quickly, as...

The week of April 10 was probably one of the busiest in field trip history, tallying five separate trips to four different locations across the eastern coast of the United States. Advanced Placement English 12 journeyed to Charleston, South Carolina,...

Walk past nearly any student between classes and you will find him on his phone, staring intently at a social media page, internet article, or sports update. This is the way high schoolers are nowadays, and it is a way of life that is both enjoyable and...