Since the 1940’s, the SAT has been the basic college admission device for colleges and universities around the country.
As a senior, I spent the last year and a half focusing a lot on the SAT’s....
You are at home on a Friday night when your friend calls to see if you want to grab some dinner and see the new Zac Efron movie. You look into your wallet in search of some cash and frown upon discovering...
By Greer Smith, Opinions Editor
• February 27, 2014
It is 2014: nearly 60 years since the Brown v. Board of Education ruling, 49 years since the passing of the Civil Rights act of 1965, and America’s sixth year with a Black president. Yet, despite all...
I can recite the quadratic formula on command, I can plot a graph of tangent, but I can only fill in 27 states correctly on a blank map of the United States.
I have had almost 12 years of an MCPS education,...
The CHS second semester senior is a fascinating specimen. Indigenous to Potomac, Maryland, the animal spends the majority of its day sleeping, and upon waking can most often be observed at the local watering...
By Fiona Asbury, Advertising Manager
• February 27, 2014
CHS has recently instituted stricter enforcement for the traffic rules and regulations around the school, including a new electronic sign outside the school aimed at improving the safety of students.
According...
By Greer Smith, Opinions Editor
• February 27, 2014
Social Media sites seem to be endless these days: Twitter, Vine, Tumblr, Instagram, and the most ubiquitous, Facebook.
According to a February 2014 ABC.com article, Facebook has 1.23 billion users and...
By Yash Nigam, Production Editor
• January 10, 2014
MCPS acted irresponsibly by deciding against a school delay Jan. 7, the coldest day of not only this year but also the past two decades. Its inaction and failure to realize that subzero temperatures can...
By Dana Harris, Online Features Editor
• January 10, 2014
Oh man another all-nighter. Three tests, one quiz and an essay all due tomorrow. I can’t wait for a break this weekend. Oh wait, it is not a wellness weekend.
On special occasions such as Homecoming...
Slugging textbooks to and from school can be a pain, both figuratively and literally, and in a new world immersed in technology, tablets should be allowed in classrooms in order to fit modern culture.
Textbooks...
Winter break comes once a year, a time when students can hang out with their friends, play video games, go on vacation, and most of all, relax from the excessive amount of schoolwork that they have. Unfortunately,...
By Sammi Silber, Observations Editor
• January 8, 2014
MCPS Superintendent Joshua Starr started a campaign against cyberbullying on Dec. 13, when he published an open letter to parents about cyberbullying titled “Cyber Civility.” However, Joshua Starr...
