Art in the parking lot

Vanessa Melendez, staff writer

October 1, 2018

Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Features, Student Life, Top Stories

For the first time ever, SLHS seniors were given the opportunity on September 22nd and 29th to paint their parking spaces between 10am and 3pm. This was an opportunity for the class of 2019 to show off their creativity and individuality through their parking spaces. What started off as last year’s...

Cutting the Clock: Youth Curfew

Ben Zalles, staff photographer and writer

September 21, 2018

Filed under Features, News, Top Stories, Uncategorized

Over the years, the topic of youth curfew laws have sparked widespread debate regarding both its effectiveness in the community, and whether or not it is constitutional. Youth curfew laws are typically defined as ordinances that prohibit people under 18 from being in public or business owned areas from...

Superpowers in the real world…is it possible?

Kristina Schwarzkopf, staff writer

September 13, 2018

Filed under Features, Top Stories

Usually the really cool powers are strictly for Hollywood, but as humans we can have something close also known as ESP or Extrasensory Perception defined as all that involves awareness of information about events external to the self not gained through the senses and not deducible from previous experience....

Reston hosts their 1st Pride festival

Leana Travis, Staff Writer

May 30, 2018

Filed under Features, Uncategorized

2018 is a monumental year for LGBTQ+ Restonions. On Saturday June 2, 2018, the Unitarian Universalist Church will be hosting Reston’s first Pride festival. The event is no surprise to those who know the caring, inclusive community of which Reston is comprised; it was just a matter of when. The...

The South Lakes 2018 Talent Show was a success!

May 17, 2018

Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Features, News, SLHS Updates, Student Life, Top Stories

    On Friday May 11, leadership hosted the 2018 talent show! The night consisted of thirteen student performances that ranged anywhere from singing to a spoken word recitation. The acts were judged by celebrities guests, including Olympian Maame Biney, Survivor contestant and teacher...

Volunteer Opportunity: Be Amyazing Reston Youth Triathlon

Leah Weizman, Staff Writer

May 12, 2018

Filed under Features, News, Student Life, Top Stories

          The eighth annual Be Amyazing Reston Youth Triathlon will be this Sunday, May 13th. This triathlon is a student-led event coordinated by Amy’s Amigos and The Core Foundation. Kids ages 6-15 can participate in the race, and anyone can volunteer.     &nb...

Marie Sequeira’s Painting Highlights Corruption in the Pharmecutical, Health Industry

Miranda Sandoval and Kristina Schwarzkopf

March 29, 2018

Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Features, News, Student Life

     Activism at South Lakes comes in many different forms. Senior Marie Sequeira uses her art as a creative way to draw attention to an ongoing problem. She is currently creating a painting that sheds light on how pharmaceutical companies exploit ordinary people that struggle with mental...

The Problems with Affirmative Action

Anthony Sun, staff writer

December 6, 2017

Filed under Features, From The Board, Opinion, Student Life, Top Stories

Affirmative Action has long been touted as a system that is meant to help end discrimination, yet it is fundamentally built on discrimination. Affirmative action holds people to different standards based on factors they cannot control, like their race. Such characteristics should be completely irrelevant...

Terraset Elementary School’s Recent Renovation

Raphael Chambers, guest writer

June 6, 2017

Filed under Features, QRUs, Top Stories

Terraset Elementary, the school neighboring Langston Hughes and our own has recently undergone a major reconstruction.   Recently, I spoke to the principal, Lindsay Trout about her new school, its architecture, its environment, and its effect on the students and staff.   Mrs. Trout: When...

An insider’s perspective on Auto Tech

Ali Said, staff writer

March 22, 2017

Filed under Features, QRUs, Top Stories

I had the opportunity of interviewing the only Autotech teacher, Mr. Magnusson. He is a teacher from Sweden who instructs Autotech 1-3. Ali:How long have you been teaching this course? Mr. Magnusson: Ever since I graduated from university, which has been a very long time. Ali: What is the most impo...