District and school basketball coaches chose senior forward Daniel Deaver for the All-Met fourth boys basketball team. The All-Met basketball team is a list of the most valuable high school players according to both high school and district coaches in the DMV area. The Washington Post published the winter All-MetContinue Reading
Rank&File followed up with past senior superlative winners to see what they are up to and if their old titles still hold true today. never on time “I won ‘never on time’ in high school because I was never on time. I was always around 10 minutes late to theContinue Reading
The theatre tech crew began rehearsing for the spring musical “The Sound of Music” on March 11 and continues to practice every day after school leading up to the play. But, as theater director Bernard DeLeo said, they are the unsung heroes of every play. Senior Emma Smith began herContinue Reading
As he scrolled through the College and Career Center’s Google Classroom, senior Luka Gabitsinashvili noticed the 2019 Fairfax County Student Peace Award and decided to apply. On March 10, he accepted both the award and the 100 dollar donation to a non-profit organization of his choice for his work asContinue Reading
The people of Christchurch, NZ, will forever see March 15 as a day of infamy. It was the day a mentally ill, white supremacist shooter executed a racially-charged attack on two mosques, killing 50 muslims. While the shooting was tragic, guns were not at fault. An apparent insufficiency of mentalContinue Reading
he Department of Justice prosecuted 50 people on March 12 in what turned out to be the biggest college admissions bribery scheme in U.S. history. The scandal involved the creation of a system to help parents cheat their way into high-ranking colleges, revealing wealthy parents’ willingness to go to criminalContinue Reading
With our April issue being my 32nd and final issue of the rank&file, I have been reflecting on my staff’s accomplishments and the growth our content, design, communication and digital platforms underwent. The 56th volume of the newspaper has been my pride and joy this year, and I truly feelContinue Reading
A reading quiz is an inefficient way to measure reading comprehension of a book for English class due to the exam’s demand for a perfect memory. In IB English Literature I HL, teachers often assess if students actually read the assigned book through reading quizzes that include a variety ofContinue Reading
Driving to school is a necessity for kids who live out of the district and must be in control of their own transportation, which, in a way, is convenient because they do not have to hasten to catch the bus in the morning or after school. But with convenience alsoContinue Reading
Rank&File examines the FCPSOn initiative, which will provide every high schooler with a personal laptop Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) will give personal laptops to all high school students as a part of the FCPSOn initiative, beginning in the 2019-2020 school year. Each student will be able to use theContinue Reading