The recent prom announcement received criticism due to the vagueness of the theme and controversy surrounding its location. Prom is taking place this year in the InterContinental Hotel at the Wharf in Washington D.C. For the theme, the 2020 Student Government Association (SGA) chose pop-singer Bruno Mars’ 2015 hit “24KContinue Reading
An administrator announces over the intercom, ‘students, you need to be in class, there will be a hall sweep.’ This procedure began in March in an attempt to combat widespread attendance issues. The hall sweeps are random, so whenever the bell rings teachers have to lock their doors. Anyone stillContinue Reading
In an attempt to be more energy-efficient, Fairfax County began installing solar panels at a variety of schools. Elected member of the School Board and representative of the Hunter Mill District Patricia Hynes said she is an advocate of all schools being carbon-free by 2050. “I hope the Joint EnvironmentalContinue Reading
The custodial staff closed the boys bathroom in the modular after unidentified students created a hole in the wall. Though custodians addressed the issue and fixed the wall the first time around, a second hole appeared within days after the repair. “Somebody destroyed the wall the first time and [custodians]Continue Reading
The IB math department will implement course changes next year, replacing existing post-Algebra 2 classes. The new curriculum will include two pathway options. After the completion of Algebra 2 with Trigonometry or Pre-Calculus, a student can choose to take either IB Math Analysis and Approaches or IB Math Applications andContinue Reading
The Fairfax County School Board Regulation 8541 requires all Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) facilities to recycle, but the extent to which Marshall does so is unclear. The U.S. Department of Education named FCPS the 2017 Green Ribbon School District due to their initiation of Get2Green in 2010, a programContinue Reading
Lemon Road Elementary School participated in a rank&file contest for best article in the sixth grade, and the following story was a runner up. Recently, our sixth grade classes took a field trip to a hands-on interactive science lab called Thinkabit Labs. The trip was composed of four parts: theContinue Reading
Lemon Road Elementary School participated in a rank&file contest for best article in the sixth grade, and the following story was a runner up. Recently the flamingos were stolen from the front of the trailers. The students from the trailers made WANTED posters and hung them up in the hallwaysContinue Reading
As a result of the government shutdown, furloughed government employees had to make ends meet in whatever ways they could. The recent shutdown of the federal government, lasting from Dec. 22, 2018 to Jan. 25, 2019, left employees without paychecks and invoked protests countrywide. As a result, certain school districtsContinue Reading
Principal Jeff Litz removed and redistributed all color printers in November due to the high cost of color toner. Litz removed six to eight color printers from teacher workrooms out of the approximately 20 in the building. Litz said he had to pay for color ink directly out of theContinue Reading