Senior year is marked by graduation, senior portraits, Ethics Day and, above all, senioritis. This final year of high school provides minimal intellectual stimulation, especially after the start of second semester. By making grade 12 optional, students can choose the academic path that is best suited for their needs.
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Combine a clich? premise and stereotypical roster of characters with a phenomenal multi-player mode and vibrant graphics, and you get Battlefield: Bad Company 2 for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, the sequel to Electronic Art?s 2008 first-person shooter Battlefield: Bad Company and the next installment in the Battlefield: 1942 series.Continue Reading
Can high school students afford to skip their senior year? That?s the question Utah Senator Chris Buttars is asking in his proposal to make the final year of high school optional potentially saving school systems an estimated $60 million. He claims that many students fall prey to ?senioritis? and don?tContinue Reading
Boys? and girls? varsity tennis experienced rocky starts to their seasons, with both teams losing their scrimmages to Yorktown High School on March 4 1-8 and 2-7, respectively. Their performance was hindered due to the inclement weather in February and early March, which kept the teams from practicing on theContinue Reading
With the start of the Major League Baseball (MLB) season less than two weeks away, local sports coverage is beginning to turn once again towards the Washington Nationals. While the spring training period is often a time of hope for baseball fans, Nats fans have learned to temper expectations. EvenContinue Reading
Rank & File announced today that it has launched the beta version of the newest incarnation of its online edition. A pet project of new publications adviser Daniel Reinish, the goal of the Web site is to provide an additional outlet for the Marshall community to view and appreciate the hard work of the school’s journalism students.
In response to the 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti, individuals and clubs have come together to raise money and show support the nation. In fact, there is a ?school wide effort coordinated through National Honor Society (NHS),? Principal Jay Pearson said. NHS, the Student Government Association (SGA) and the InternationalContinue Reading
Tomorrow, WORD and Amnesty International clubs will collaborate on the event Slamnesty. Slamnesty will be held afterschool in English teacher Laura Chu?s room, 233. According to junior Caitlyn Greene, Slamnesty is a poety slam with a theme of human rights. ?My poetry is about diversity and how we should celebrateContinue Reading
In response to the eight snow days caused by the blizzard last month, Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) is faced the with dilemma of making up enough time to fulfill the state of Virginia?s school year time requirements.
The FCPS School Board is currently considering three options that would add necessary hours to the school year; the Board will vote on Thursday.
The theatre department presented its one-act play on Saturday, Feb 20 at Lake Braddock High School in the Regional one-act competition. After winning second place only to Stonebridge High School against eight other high school teams in Districts, the group performed a modified version of ?Tongues? by Sam Shepard. ?[?Tongues?]Continue Reading
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