Here is a glimpse into a day in the life of our librarians.
Our day begins around 6:50 a.m. As Ms. Sedgwick and Ms. Hawkins open the doors, a few students trickle in behind them. After they turn on the...
Ah, the beginning of the fourth quarter. We are now entering the final stretch of the school year and the most stress-inducing part of the year. The fourth quarter has it all, from IB tests to internal...
Keep thinking.
My entire high school career I have uttered these two words to myself.
When my mom asks me what I am doing, I am more than likely to reply "thinking." During the day, or at night, thinking...
The Virginia Department of Education requires public schools to have a minimum of 180 school days. This year, with all the snow Fairfax County has faced, it has turned into quite a struggle to fit all...
The most valuable class in the South Lakes course catalog is mandatory for certain students at the school, yet forbidden for others.
IB Diploma candidates around the world must take Theory of Knowledge...
At the beginning of this school year, the administration loosened the rules of the Personal Electronic Device policy allowing for headphones and cell phone use during in the hallways.
However, recent...
Even as a senior in high school, I can still vividly recount my experiences of riding the big yellow bus to and from school each day.
At 6:30 a.m. I would wait in anticipation of seeing the bright luminescence...
Sentence structures, prepositional phrases, the subjunctive, subject-verb agreements: all expressions undetected in the walls of public high school.
The last time I was assigned to practice sentence...
Within the past few years, schools across America have felt less secure with the increasing prevalence of school shootings and break-ins.
Last week’s school lockdown created similar fear.
No one...
Growing up, my best friend’s family incorporated college visits into all of their vacations.
Wherever they went, they made a point to visit at least one university in the area. Although this may have...
