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QRU? Football head coach Marvin Wooten

QRU? Football head coach Marvin Wooten

Jonathan Bonelli, online writer September 20, 2013

South Lakes varsity football head coach Marvin Wooten is going into his third year in the helm.  Coming off of a big loss to Westfield do you change anything preparing for Herndon? As a team we...

QRU? Senior Grace Gillen

Sally Karras, online writer September 20, 2013

Senior Grace Gillen, along with her family, traveled to Paris, France this past summer. What were some of the things you did in France? We stayed in an apartment, which was away from the tourists, so...

German teacher Cheryl Finley sits at her desk during her 8th period class.

QRU? German teacher Cheryl Finley

Julia Burton, online writer September 19, 2013

Frau Finley has been teaching German at South Lakes High School for 10 years. She also teaches Theory of Knowledge and coaches the Speech and Debate team after school. With the German exchange students...

Latin teacher Alexis Heflin.

QRU? Latin teacher Alexis Heflin

Kati Imel, online writer September 16, 2013

Starting this school year, Latin teacher Alexis Heflin joined the South Lakes faculty. Where were you from? I am originally from Louisiana. I moved to Virginia about a year ago because of my husband’s...

QRU? Counselor Shari Winston

Emily Nguyen, online writer September 16, 2013

Shari Winston is one of the two new counselors at South Lakes after she served at Glasgow Middle School last year.   Tell us something personal about yourself. What are some of your likes and...

Galanti family members from left to right, Elizabeth, Mathew, Terrie, Stephen

Three’s a crowd? Galanti triplets reflect

Lily Shtuhl, staff writer May 24, 2013

Matthew, Stephen and Elizabeth Galanti, the children of math teacher Terrie Galanti, are like many siblings in that they have a wide variety of similarities and differences. One thing that they have in...

Lauren Ashley Villas government class wrote letters to the White House and received responses April 30. Senior Kirrolos Guiruis received a personal signed picture and letter from Michelle Obama.

President and First Lady respond to government class letters

Haley Vaughn, sports editor May 17, 2013

Annually, government classes learn about federal bureaucracies with special focus on the Food and Drug Administration through a documentary called “Food Inc.” This year Lauren Ashley Villa’s honors...

Senior Claire Swinko shares experience living abroad

Sania Shaffi, online writer May 10, 2013

Throughout her childhood senior Claire Swinko has lived in four different countries. Including Russia, Poland, Pakistan and Lithuania.  Swinko was born in Wisconsin and then moved to Russia as a baby...

Kemi Akinbileje to Pursue Her Performance Career At NYU

Marshall Gordon, online writer May 9, 2013

Senior Kemi Akinbileje is a performer who performs anything from poetry, raps at open mics, dancing at recitals, and singing while ministering in church. "I pretty much take any opportunity I'm offered...

Freshman forges unique hobby

Freshman ‘forges’ unique hobby

Omar Farooq, online writer May 9, 2013

Normalize, rivet, face, oxidize, flux, wire brush, and forge welding. These are words that often resonate in the mind of self-taught blacksmith Everest Gromoll.  Gromoll, a freshman, often forges with...

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