Crash. A massive oak tree broke through Isabelle and Sophia Therriault’s home at 2 am.
This tree, “big enough that it would have taken four people to wrap their hands around it,” fell on their house during Hurricane Irene, Isabelle Therriault said. When the loud bang woke up Sophia, she ran upstairs to tell her parents. “I thought [at first] that just the cars in the driveway were hit,” Sophia Therriault said.
The tree hit the bedroom and landed on the Therriault’s parents’ bedroom.
“They were able to get out with only a few cuts and bruises,” Sophia Therriault said.
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I can’t believe that we’re already a month into school and I’ve started my second year as editor-in-chief of the Marshall paper. One of the benefits of being able to work on a long term project is being able to implement more than just a single year long goal.
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One of the contenders in the up coming FCPS school board election can trace his political roots straight to Marshall: Ryan McElveen was Marshall’s class of 2004’s senior president.
The 25 year-old McElveen, the GCM alumnus whose father teaches at Kilmer Middle School, is looking to replicate the Marshall experience throughout Fairfax County and to give a voice to student concerns.
“I’ve been a student advocate and we really need that perspective on the school board,” he said. “My goal is to… give students more of a voice.”
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The Marshall Statesmen and the Langley Saxons, long-time division rivals, met in yet another football game on a warm and wet Friday evening. The Saxons (2-1) came off of a loss to Chantilly High School the previous week and the Statesmen (1-2) were coming off a sweet victory against Falls Church.
Langley elected to receive first and Marshall stopped them on downs and the Statesmen fans, all covered in black, were wild from excitement. However, the great play did not continue as Marshall fumbled the football and the Saxons recovered and later turned it into the first touchdown of the game.
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Senior IB students recently learned of the departure of English teacher and IB coordinator Eston Melton. Carlota Shewchuk, world language and fellow IB coordinator, replaced Melton as IB coordinator for the class of 2012. Melton now serves as the assistant principal at West Potomac high school.
With Melton’s departure, a role opened for history teacher Matt Axelrod, who has taught both AP and IB classes, as IB coordinator for the class of 2013.
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Around 100 students in the class of 2012 are in a choke hold.
They are held down by an unquantifiable amount of course work and have little time to catch their breath between this and extracurricular activities. These students are the ones who have decided to defeat the monster that is the IB diploma.
They knew what they were getting themselves into when they made the choice, taking on a challenging agenda of IB course work, an extended essay and “Creativity Action and Service” hours.
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There I stood, in a seemingly endless line of students, waiting for essay help from my English teacher. I had been standing for a good 20 minutes, and Lunch & Learn was nearly over. A couple of other students were trying to get ahead on reading assignments or were making up class work. All the while, pockets of students were chatting nosily.
I remember how chaotic the Lunch & Learn situation was in English last year. With Marshall’s renovation underway, it seems that the English department is its giving Learn policy a much-needed face-lift.
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A museum dedicated to the school’s namesake will be unveiled along with a display of letters and relics concerning the 50th U.S. Secretary of State.
When architects began planning renovations two years ago, it was principal Jay Pearson’s idea to ask if a museum could be included in the renovation plans.
The school already had a display, Pearson said, so “why don’t we kick it up a notch and add a museum?”
The idea was inspired by a box of letters Pearson discovered while he was assistant principal, which “were written from the school to many of George C. Marshall’s contemporaries.”
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In terms of career-based opportunities, Marshall offers a bevy of organizations, clubs and support groups. There is DECA for marketing, Future Business Leaders of America for business and Skills USA for general workplace and leadership development. ACE Mentoring, another career-centric club, gives Statesmen a more specific opportunity: the chance toContinue Reading

During team practices, the baseball teams conduct warm-ups on the baseball field along with their new companion: a coyote. “We got it about a week after practice,” sophomore and varsity baseball player Michael Evans said. “It was [junior] Ryan Medric’s idea.” “We got a fake coyote to guard our fieldContinue Reading