By the age of 18, a person could be drafted to fight for his/her country, enter a legally binding contract, or be called for jury duty to decide the fate of another human. Yet, while the federal government...
Three letters, one test. The SAT. For lucky test takers, this dreaded test that is imperative for college admissions is completing transforming in spring 2016.
In early March, College Board announced...
A group project has been assigned, and you’ve been paired with the three kids who don’t do anything. What do you do? The answer seems obvious: take charge, delegate jobs, get the task done. But then...
The HSA, the MSA, the SAT, the ACT and now the PARCC. The lives of students at CHS are cluttered with the acronyms of standardized testing. With the alphabet soup comes the inevitable doubt: How much is...
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...
