Players choose between Academy and school teams
By Julie Kracov and Stacy Stein
April 30, 2012
The Academy, a boys soccer league with the goal of developing U.S. national team players, has changed its schedule to 10 months as opposed to a six to eight month schedule. This change prohibits players who play for the Academy, which is affiliated with D.C. United, from playing for their high school...
It’s Academic victorious in competition, seeks coach
By By Julie Kracov, Online Arts Editor
December 21, 2011
The CHS It’s Academic team started off the year with a 200-point win over McLean HS and Osbourn Park HS Nov. 12 and another win over Blair, Bullis and Richard Montgomery Dec. 8. The team is comprised of 11 members and is divided into two sub-teams, the A team and the B team with four students...
New policy changes for students across the county
By By: Julie Kracov, Online Arts Editor
and Stacey Stein, Online Breaking News Editor
September 8, 2011
MCPS implemented new cell phone and attendance policies that allow students more flexibility in using their phones while the attendance policy creates stricter guidelines to ensure that all students attend class. The new cell phone policy allows students to use phones before and after school and during...
Ride On cuts hinder student independence
By By Julie Kracov, Business Manager
September 30, 2010
After the Kids Ride Free program for all Metro and Ride On buses was suspended June 27 due to the budget deficit in Montgomery County, students are now forced to pay for the bus or find new transportation. The program had become popular among students because they no longer needed their parents for r...