While the hallways are filled with people complaining of lack of sleep, tests and in-class essays, these concerns are rarely addressed by the administration or teachers unless you enter your counselor’s office. Stress Free Day is an exception and an excellent idea. However, if the administration is serious about what Stress Free Day represents, it needs to make some serious changes.
In response to concerns over theft of student ID numbers to pay for lunches, the cafeteria administration has installed new picture verification technology in each lunch line. Under the new system, if a student is caught using someone else’s ID number, he or she will be formally charged with theft.
The new technology uses touch-screens, which have every student’s school picture uploaded. When a student ID number is put in, a picture of the corresponding person will come up on the screen.
The Envirothon team competed in the District Envirothon competition today. This two-part challenge tested students’ environmental skills and knowledge. The group competed against eight other schools and teams.
The first part of the competition took a traditional question-and-answer approach, centering on four main categories: wildlife, streams, soil and forestry.
According to team sponsor Barbara Brown, certain members were chosen to specialize in one of the categories in order to answer more obscure questions.
DECA earned the title of Blue Chip Chapter at their state competition on the weekend of March 7. The award is the highest honor a chapter can earn in Virginia.
“This [award] is something we’ve been working towards for a while,” DECA advisor Jen Hendrickson said.
The team also broke the Marshall record for most first-place wins, with six participants topping their respective categories.
Forty-one participants qualified for the international competition, requiring a top seven or eight placement in their respective categories.
Marshall’s two FBLA teams placed first and third in the Regional Spring conference at the University of Richmond on March 7.
The first-place team, consisting of seniors Sandy Vo, Shannen Escobar, Nathaniel Chen, Corey Martin and James Cusack, will go on to the National Competition in Philadelphia in April.
“We had a good amount of wins in first, second and third place,” said vice president director of activities, Negin Hooshmandnia, senior.
Each team member competed in one of five categories: Environment, Health and Safety, Personal Finance, Consumer Rights and Technology.
Smiling, senior Austin Hoskins held up a caricature of himself and junior Danny Glass next to his face.
“Guess who’s who?” he said.
Hoskins acquired the caricature from IB Art student Rachel Frankel, junior, who was partipating in the second annual Creative Arts Festival held on March 9.
The festival welcomed all attendees to enjoy live music and events presented by the National Art Honor Society, Art Club, Photo Club and ACE Mentoring.
Smiling, senior Austin Hoskins held up a caricature of himself and junior Danny Glass next to his face.
“Guess who’s who?” he said.
Hoskins acquired the caricature from IB Art student Rachel Frankel, junior, who was partipating in the second annual Creative Arts Festival held on March 9.
The festival welcomed all attendees to enjoy live music and events presented by the National Art Honor Society, Art Club, Photo Club and ACE Mentoring.
Alumnus Matt Martz had, in 2008, created the Student Symphonic Orchestra of Fairfax that was made up of only Marshall students; now it has students from more than 15 different schools.
The Student Symphonic Orchestra of Fairfax is beginning its fourth performance season and the program’s season opener performance, free, is on Mar. 24 at the Redeemer Lutheran Church.
Through each performance, Martz has enjoyed watching the gradual improvements with the music.
In three days, the internet did what it took two decades of genocide to do: it made Joseph Kony famous. Nevertheless, with the objectives of the “Make Kony Famous” movement so unclear, this man will soon be forgotten. However, there is a way for the millions interested in stopping Kony to help Ugandans, not by a death warrant for mass murder but by connecting with and investing in the individuals of Uganda.
Founded more than a century ago as the College Entrance Examination Board, College Board created and popularized standardized testing. Today, however, College Board has become a parasite to its clients, as its countless fees and lack of accountability to clients have grown rampant in recent years. Now, the time has come for parents and students to look for alternatives to College Board.
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