The annual blood drive on Friday, December 2 aimed to make donation simple and accessible for students and faculty. Phlebotomists and medical staff from Inova drew blood from participants. Student volunteers like senior Rubi Neupane also helped organize the event through Leadership classes. “I wanted to volunteer because I wasContinue Reading
Appearing on TEDx, Dancing with the Stars and even sporting a Grammy Award nomination consideration, musician SaulPaul spoke and sang to freshmen in an Advisory assembly. On his “Be the Change’’ tour, consisting of 100 schools in 32 states, the artist played music and spoke of his own life experiencesContinue Reading
With the start of the new year, Tiffany Powell switches schools to become the new choir director, coming from another High School. Choir teacher Tiffany Powell is new to Marshall, but not to choir. Powell said she taught choir for 17 years at Oakton High School and enjoyed choir whenContinue Reading
October 28, 2022 marked the end of the quarter and English teacher Rebecca Wray’s last week, with Adam Richards stepping in as her replacement. Richards grew up in a small town in Connecticut. At 15 he started studying Japanese, and during his senior year, he left for an exchange inContinue Reading
Gymnastics had to make cuts for the first time since Alexandra Mostoller has been the head coach at Marshall. The coaches only offered 25 spots on the team this season. “I think around 10 people got cut,” sophomore Molly Peksens said. There was an increase in numbers at tryouts comparedContinue Reading
In light of former swim coach Steve Leduc’s resignation, Coach Marijke Landon hopes to bring new insight to the team. Leduc served as head coach for 3 years and assistant coach for 2 years prior. He quit earlier this year because he was offered a full time position at MachineContinue Reading
This year Marshall welcomes four new counselors to Student Services. Get to know them a little better below! Armin Mustedanagic (Alphabet Range: A-BN) Mustedanagic has been a counselor for three years. He first worked at a Florida high school, and spent last year with South County High School in FCPS.Continue Reading
On Oct. 7, the PTSA hosted the Harlem Wizards basketball team to play teachers from all grade levels to raise money for the All Night Grad Celebration which happens at the end of the year. The event made money through ticket sales, food and merchandise. However, it also created anContinue Reading
Junior Minnah El-Berier’s move to Virginia this summer from Dubai brought her closer to her family and the IB curriculum, but it also led her to the girls basketball team. El-Berier has played basketball for almost 11 years, most of which was spent playing with boys teams, putting her atContinue Reading
Junior Saemee Kim: Chemicals for Sanitization Every day, junior Saemee Kim and her family used antibacterial wipes and hand sanitizer without a second thought. Then, Kim said something caught her eye on one of the packages. “My family started using this brand of wipes that had a very prominent labelContinue Reading