By the end of March, the majority of freshmen, sophomores and juniors will have solidified their schedules for the 2011-2012 school year.And, as they meet with their guidance counselors to finalize their schedules, they have the opportunity to consider several new classes that will be offered in the upcoming school year: Sports Medicine, Creative Writing, Leadership Training and Avid.

Sports Medicine, which will be taught by athletic trainer Esther Horner, will focus on medical professions, anatomy and physiology of skeletal and muscular systems, types of injuries and injury prevention.

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DECA was named a preferred chapter at DECA States, held March 4 through the March 6 in Norfolk. Twenty-eight students qualified to go to nationals, which will be held in Orlando, Fla. April 30 through May 4.

Additionally, Marshall is currently tied with Chantilly in the most first place DECA wins.

One of the DECA advisors, Jennifer Hendrickson, was recognized as one of several Outstanding DECA advisors, she said.

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Auditions for Amnesty International’s second annual Jamnesty event took place last Wednesday. Jamnesty will be held in May, but no date has been publicized yet.

The event is the club’s main fundraiser of the year and the money raised will be used to pay for postage for the club’s letter writing campaigns.

“It [will be] a night of music and human rights awareness,” club sponsor and social studies teacher Andrew Freeman said.

Jamnesty will feature a concert with student and teacher acts.

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Amnesty Club and Reveille will host Slamnesty after school today. The event, a poetry slam, aims to give students the opportunity to share their views on human rights issues.

To raise awareness about these issues, Amnesty decided to have students share poetry related to human rights.

“Everyone [can] share their poems and opinions on human rights,” sophomore Maggie Schumann said.

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The French Club is hosting a dance to celebrate the French festival of Mardi Gras. The dance moved from March 18 to Friday because of conflicts with a soccer tournament at Marshall also taking place that weekend.

“We want as many people as possible to come,” officer and junior Sharon Walbarsht said.

The dance is prepared entirely by the students involved in French Club, with four officers—juniors Yazan Alshawkani, Faby Chaillo, Amir Noorbaksh and Wolbarsht—leading the preparations.

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Rumors have recently circulated regarding the termination of Lunch and Learn. Rising concerns, especially among IB students, have resulted in a large number of student testimonials on L&L posted to the wall of a Facebook group devoted to the subject as well as an accumulation of letters to the editor on this subject.

Principal Jay Pearson addressed the situation publicly on March 4.

In a discussion inspired by junior Brandy Allen and specifically targeted towards worried IB students, Pearson outlined the fate of next year’s lunch.

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The annual International Night is going to be hosted on Feb. 9 in the auditorium. International Night celebrates the different cultures present in the school. Sharyn Quick, an adult sponsor who is helping in the overall production, said that the night represents “many of the 99 cultures we have here.”Continue Reading

      A state-wide proposal modeling policies intended to limit the possibility of “sexual misconduct” between teachers and students will be voted on by the Virginia Board of Education (Virginia BOE) on Feb. 12. Among the promoinent, potential policies involve methods of communication. Teachers and students would be forbiddenContinue Reading

Following a winter production of the risque musical Chicago, Marshall Theatre is performing the children’s fairy-tale medley Wolftales and senior Rayn Epremian’s The Dogs Are Coming, at the end of January. Both plays are one-acts. The Dogs Are Coming was performed at the Virginia High School League Liberty Districts, whichContinue Reading

Amnesty held Write for Rights after a two year hiatus, Julie Hoang, senior and club treasurer said. This year Amnesty International USA aims to gather 350,000 letters to continue this success. Write for Rights returned to Amnesty club from Dec. 6 to Dec. 11 and surpassed the expectations of AmnestyContinue Reading