Financial Literacy Night, an information session hosted by the National Business Honor society (NBHS), was held after school on Nov. 21 for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. The event’s return was delayed for a few years due to various logistical complications. IB Business Management teacher and NBHS adviserContinue Reading
This year, IB Biology 1 students can use bacteria for their Science Fair projects. Last year, the previous teacher did not allow bacterial projects. Senior Arjun Bhide took IB Biology 1 last year and explained why he was not allowed to use bacteria. “[My teacher] basically told us that bacteriaContinue Reading
Igniting on Jan. 7 and burning throughout the month, the Southern California Palisades fire, among three others, ravaged nearly 55,000 acres of land. Issuings of fire alerts and evacuation orders have caused Southern California residents to flee to protected areas of California and even across the country. “The people thatContinue Reading
Known by the name DL Action, photographer Jim Halling spends many nights on Marshall’s sidelines capturing moments in time with his Nikon camera, ever since stumbling upon his passion eight years and 1.5 million photos ago. Before photographing sports at Marshall, Halling first explored photography in college. “I was theContinue Reading
17 students and four girls. 15 students and three girls. Those are the rosters of the IB Physics HL classes. Physics teacher Amy Osborn noted the lack of female enrollment in the class. Osborn said the underrepresentation of women in physics extends beyond high school. “I think that is aContinue Reading
In Nov. 2022, after two rejected drafts, VDOE was asked by the Virginia Board of Education to create a third draft of the K-12 Social Studies Standards. Released in Jan. 2023, these standards aimed to include elements of the prior two drafted standards. The head of the History Department andContinue Reading
To some, software like ChatGPT is a new way to get work done; for others, it represents a growing fear that teaching is becoming obsolete. ChatGPT is a software that generates writing from prompts submitted by users to assist with tasks like writing emails, recipes and essays. English teacher MatthewContinue Reading