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Honors Chemistry teacher Aileen Ruderman displays her recycling bin, positioned in front of the doorway to motivate students to recycle.
MCPS initiates environmental awareness, protection
Lale Olguin, staff writer • November 2, 2024
Florida resident John Annis captures the devastation of Hurricane Milton outside his home in Tampa Bay.
Double hurricane ravages Florida
Jack Weinstein, staff writer • November 2, 2024
The poms team performs in front of the stadium at the Fall Festival on Oct. 26.  Captain Ashi Stanislaus said, "I loved performing with my team at the Fall Festival."
Annual Fall Festival tradition returns to school cluster community
Jake Sklias, profiles editor • November 2, 2024
An official ballot drop box outside of the school is one place where voters can drop off their mail-in ballots before election day.
Students, teachers to participate in November elections
Rebekah Buchman, features editor • November 1, 2024
Sophomore Claire Weed takes photos at the boys' soccer game on Oct. 23. Weed has done sports photography for the soccer, football, flag football and volleyball teams. "All the players on the team really like to see themselves in pictures and I’ve gotten to know a lot of people," Weed said.
Claire Weed: in the action, behind the photo
Pragna Pothakamuri, features editor, race and equity editor • November 2, 2024
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
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
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
Students enjoy watching "Gilmore Girls" in the fall to get into the autumn vibe.
Fall film favorites
October 29, 2024
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
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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