A group of student leaders known as The Energy Team worked throughout the summer to prepare for Marshall’s entry in the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2016 Energy Star National Building Competition. This competition encourages buildings nationwide to save water and energy, and Marshall could potentially be the first Fairfax County publicContinue Reading
New club Active Minds made its presence known through a series of motivational posters pinned up around the school. Junior Laura Goldberg founded Active Minds with the intention that it be a club that brings to light the issue of mental health, specifically the cases that are most prevalent inContinue Reading
Attendees arrived at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C. on the night of June 4 for a prom that, although maintaining tradition in certain aspects, featured unique additions to separate it from those of years past. While the junior class board of the Student Government Association placed anContinue Reading
While graduation robes have traditionally been blue for female students and red for male students, the robes graduating seniors will wear for the ceremony at the Daughters of the American Revolution Constitution Hall on June 21 will be columbia blue with two red stripes and red ribbon cuffs. “The purposeContinue Reading
Members from the Center of Bio-Ethical Reform protested against abortion on the sidewalk alongside George C Marshall Drive on the afternoon of May 25. Protesters stood outside Door 3, near the exit for the buses and on the corner of Leesburg Pike. They passed out informational pamphlets and held upContinue Reading
Starting Monday and ending Thursday, a student-interest panel met in the 4C Room in the library during Learn to discuss four main topics: mental health, relationships, dealing with conflict and cultural competency, specifically in the context of school. Panelists explored their different perspectives on these subjects and shared both positiveContinue Reading
On May 13 the Obama Administration officially announced that schools nationwide are at risk for losing federal education aid if they limit bathroom separations by gender. Assistant secretary of education for civil rights and the head of the Justice Department’s Civil RIghts Division made the decision due to the resultsContinue Reading
Jamie Hyneman, co-host of television show MythBusters, visited the Robotics Club after school on May 12 in Room B106 to examine the club’s robot. Freshman robotics participant Yana Rogers set up the exchange, and over 50 members came to meet the special effects expert in person, a record club attendance.Continue Reading
The Electronic Dance Music Club will play its first major gig ever at Viva Vienna on May 29. The club, which was co-founded last spring by juniors Laurence Boyer and Bruce Stewart, was hired to close out on the main stage from 8 to 10 p.m. “It’s actually our first bigContinue Reading
IB diploma and certificate candidates sat for exams from May 2 through today, with 550 candidates taking at least one exam and coordinators administering over 1,400 total exams during the examination period. Due to the large volume of tests, the IB Office began preparation early in the year. “We haveContinue Reading