Culinary teacher Chef Ciaran Devlin has always loved cooking. After going through a rigorous career in cooking, he decided to become a teacher due to his passion for teaching young culinarians. Students benefit from hearing about all the different places that Devlin has worked at and the stories that comeContinue Reading
Stand Against Silence, a FCPS based student organization with representation in six schools, aims to spread awareness of sexual assault on college campuses. Their mission, as stated on the SAS website, is to keep the conversation going. One in six women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime, ninety-seven percentContinue Reading
Fairfax County is widely known as one of the best school districts in the country, currently ranked sixth overall in the state by Niche.com and first for preparing high school students for the college curriculum and for college resumes, which helps ensure student success in the long run. Often, graduatesContinue Reading
In 2008, senior Menghorn Seng moved to the United States from Cambodia with his parents and younger brother. Seng is in many ways a typical teenager, but his life varies from that of the typical high school experience. Seng is a student in the English for Speakers of Other LanguagesContinue Reading
Walking into a language classroom, you might be wondering about the gray trays hanging from the ceilings. You probably wouldn’t guess that these simple-looking machines are used for the most important exams for Spanish and French classes. Learning labs for Spanish and French classes are another installment of the ongoingContinue Reading
At eighteen, now in my final year of high school, I’ve found myself with no real applicable life skills. Sure, I’ve taken a personal finance class, but I couldn’t say with 100 percent certainty what a W-2 form is (or why it’s really necessary). I can’t cook, I can’t swim, I’mContinue Reading
Whether or not you’re a vegetarian, you should try out Amma Vegetarian Kitchen in Vienna. The authenticity of their South Indian food is evident even before you take your first bite. As soon as you step into the restaurant, you are greeted with the smells of strong curry reminiscentContinue Reading
A student-written script sounds more like a theatre project than the basis for a black box production, but for senior Liz Carlson, The Ukulele doubled for both. Both endearing and charmingly awkward, The Ukulele sold out all five shows. Producing the show was unique in that the cast and directorsContinue Reading
English teacher Steven Klass claims that there isn’t a single pun about his last name that someone hasn’t already told him. “I’ve been in classes since 1972 and I don’t think that there’s any joke that can be made about my name that I haven’t heard before,” Klass said. KlassContinue Reading
I’ll just say it: at heart, I’m a procrastinator. Being an IB student will do that to you (that’s my excuse, anyway). Normally I come home after practice and plop down on the couch to watch television for at least an hour before I start my homework. And when I doContinue Reading