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A car stolen from a driveway in the Belvedere neighborhood in Potomac is believed to be the work of a 12-year-old car thief. The stolen vehicle was found abandoned just a few minutes from the home.
12-year-old car thief suspected in several cases continues to escape arrest
Cameron Cowen, news editor • November 1, 2024
A parking notice is placed on all the cars in Rockshire on Monday, Sept. 23.
Rockshire leaves notices on parked cars, causing frustration
Siena McCarthy, staff writer • October 31, 2024
DECA leadership begin their weekly meeting in the lecture hall (Room 183) on Tuesday, Oct. 29, with the help of sponsors Ann Redman and Kimberly Gustin.
DECA back again, stronger than ever
Rebecca Hwang, staff writer • October 30, 2024
Seniors Daniella Riba, Mia Silbert, Inayat Thukral and Saanvi Gadila participate in the tie-dye event Wednesday, Oct. 16, on the portable field. They put their finished shirt in a bag to wear to the homecoming football game that Friday.
Students tie dye on PSAT day
Shayna Fleischer, opinion editor • October 30, 2024
Profiles
Assistant Principal Dave O'Shell said he enjoys greeting students in the hallway and joining the school community.
New administrator O’Shell excited to make impact at school
Claire Lenkin, editor-in-chief • November 1, 2024
Coach Mia Krawzcel works with student Samuel Tiarami-Adeyemi in Room 175 on writing his phone number, part of his individual studies.
Coach K: special education teacher by day, poms coach by night
Emory Scofield, commons editor • October 29, 2024
New cheer coach Samaris Sirano-Rodriguez taking pictures with sophomore Shayna Fleischer (this writer) before the second home football game against Gaithersburg on Sept. 26.
Cheer Coach Samaris Sirano-Rodriguez rises to occasion
Shayna Fleischer, opinion editor • October 9, 2024
Juniors Bryan Ngouzo and Ashton Ingram celebrate a touchdown by Ngouzo during the first home football game against the Rockville Rams on Sept.13. This is an example of the sports photojournalism of Keon Gray.
Keon Gray captures sports photography in new light
Annalise Yi, staff writer • September 26, 2024
Opinion
The new bathrooms have the sinks positioned in the hallway and two larger handicapped stalls on the sides. This design has proved to be an incovenience as students get used to the new facilities.
New bathrooms disappoint, prove to be inconvenient
Claire Lenkin, editor-in-chief • October 8, 2024
Top: Then freshman Helen Manolis (this writer) attends a football game with her friends. Bottom: Rather than going to a football game, now in her junior year, Manolis stays home and does homework on a Friday night.
Do football games lose excitement throughout high school?
October 8, 2024
Senior Abby Brodsky logs into Naviance to check the status of her college applications. "It's sometimes hard to see all your documents and know their status," Brodsky said.
Inefficiency of Naviance impacts accessibility of higher education
October 6, 2024
Students in Eva O'Keefe's fourth-period math class listen to the day's lecture.
Does the school system see us as products or students?
October 5, 2024
Reviews
The Rockville Chick-Fil-A at 2:30 p.m.: In about 20 minutes there will be a flood of students looking to grab a chicken sandwich or some nuggets and relax.
Tasting the chicken sandwich
Sophia Shapiro, staff writer • October 31, 2024
Sophomore Ashrita Khetan browses HBO Max watching the new mini series, "The Penguin."
HBO Max’s new TV show ‘The Penguin’ slides onto the scene
October 31, 2024
Students enjoy watching "Gilmore Girls" in the fall to get into the autumn vibe.
Fall film favorites
October 29, 2024
Gladiator II opens at Pike and Rose on Nov. 22.
Fall films grab audiences’ attention
October 25, 2024
Features
During newspaper class, juniors Siena McCarthy, Annalise Yi and Cyrus Kaz read Walt Whitman's "The Black and White," Walter Johnson's "The Pitch" and Richard Montgomery's "The Tide" for inspiration on page designs and article ideas. "I enjoy seeing other schools' ways of creating pages and their designs as well as the differences between which schools create magazines and which schools create true newspapers," Yi said.
A look inside high school newspapers
Marley Hoffman, back page editor • November 1, 2024
On Oct. 24, social studies teacher Timothy Anderson rolls from his office back to his classroom, which another teacher occupies during a class period.
Whose classroom is it really?
November 1, 2024
Senior Editor-in-Chief Brooke Zweig looks at the trophy case located on the second level of the school next to the pillar entrance stairs, which holds past yearbooks and awards .
Yearbook: Making a mark on the school
October 31, 2024
Page 36 of the Moco360 Media magazine shows compiled data on high schools across Montgomery County, including average SAT scores, AP test scores and construction and renovation dates.
SAT, GPA, AP, IB: What are the best metrics to compare schools?
October 30, 2024
Columns
This school's library has a table set up for Halloween, promoting scary books for the month of October. They also had a challenge for students: if they read and reviewed two books, they were entered to win a prize.
What’s the world reading: Are you thrilled yet?
Emma Karcz, managing editor • October 30, 2024
Senior Josie Spicer reads "The Scarlet Letter," by Nathaniel Hawthorne, on Friday, Oct. 5, during advisory. Having not read a book in a while, she said she is struggling to find the motivation.
What the world is reading: Slumps
Emma Karcz, managing editor • October 4, 2024
Senior Brandon Bartee stands in front of the poster for Francis Ford Coppola's 23rd film, "Megalopolis" outside of AMC theaters on Sept 28. "Any attempt to portray a message or make a grand critique of the world fell very far short, a waste of two hours," Bartee said.
‘Megalopolis:’ mega flop
Ahmed Ibrahim, opinion editor • October 4, 2024
Senior Emma Karcz read 17 books over the summer including "Into the Wild."
What the world is reading: Summer book review
Emma Karcz, managing editor • September 10, 2024
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