While getting his masters in history, Matthew Hanlon happened to substitute for a French teacher. Over a decade later, he’s been recognized as FCPS Region 2 Outstanding Secondary Teacher. Hanlon, who teaches African American History this year along with Spanish and French classes, said he was honored to have beenContinue Reading
Counselor Douglas Sawitsky established the Peer Tutoring Program for students to have a place to receive extra help in their classes. It is held on late bus days, Mondays and Thursdays, from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the cafeteria. Sawitzky came up with the idea around the semester mark andContinue Reading
Since graduating from Marshall in 2018, Carolina Hidalgo-McCabe has followed a path which led her from Massachusetts to Morocco and Capitol Hill to the White House. Hidalgo-McCabe went to Tufts University, studying international relations and civic studies. In her freshman year, she worked with Counterpart International WomenLead Initiative. Then, sheContinue Reading
Last week, junior Shanuak Sinha won the grand prize in energy at the regional science fair, moving on to the international fair in Atlanta, Georgia this May. His project, PAMN, is a novel cooperative modular neural network to accurately predict and optimize electrical energy within Heaving Point Absorbers. Sinha startedContinue Reading
Holding a job as a student can be challenging with all the responsibilities you need to handle at once. However, being able to be part of the work field at a younger age can give you numerous benefits in the long run. Junior Lucas Davila shares his experience working atContinue Reading
How long have you been doing Guard? I started Winter Guard in seventh grade when I lived in Nevada, and I loved it. It was so much fun because it combined my favorite things, music and sports. I was Color Guard Captain at Marshall my junior and senior years, soContinue Reading
As Kelli Pierson’s six-year run as choir director comes to an end, James Madison University student Anna Valentino will take over for the remainder of the year as a long-term sub. Valentino enters the choir program coming from a situation mirroring that of Pierson when she first arrived. “It wasContinue Reading
The robotics team will be attending their first competition this year on March 6 and 26. The team’s task is to build a robot capable of navigating through a course, shooting a ball and hanging off monkey bars. The team had to troubleshoot before getting a functioning robot that fitContinue Reading
For the past several weeks, passersby may have heard the sounds of boomwhackers, chanting and foreign lyrics emanating from the choir room. In preparation for the assessment concert on March 18, choir students have been learning songs in different languages. “I always try to have a foreign language piece onContinue Reading
Rank&File talks to teachers to find out how juniors and seniors can write their best Internal Assessments (IAs), research papers that students taking some IB courses are required to write and make up a portion of their final IB score. IB Psychology SL Although IB Psychology is an elective, itContinue Reading