Rishi Vanka and Eleanor McAden sample nearby spots to grab a bite To Bing or to Bao? Eleanor’s Evaluation Bing and Bao was the first restaurant Rishi and I visited, and it was a good start to our whirlwind food tour of Idylwood Plaza. Even though Rishi went traditional andContinue Reading
In 2021, federal grants acknowledged the impacts of online school and pandemic-related stress on students by investing $85 million in mental health services in schools. The funds have allowed Marshall to pursue more mental health initiatives, including an assembly Wednesday featuring motivational speaker Anne Moss Rogers. Counselor Kathleen Sokolove assistedContinue Reading
Last week, junior Shanuak Sinha won the grand prize in energy at the regional science fair, moving on to the international fair in Atlanta, Georgia this May. His project, PAMN, is a novel cooperative modular neural network to accurately predict and optimize electrical energy within Heaving Point Absorbers. Sinha startedContinue Reading
While last week’s new optional masking policy may seem like a factor that changes student life, teachers are equally affected. For French teacher Mary Wittrock, the new policy is a welcome change. “Our [COVID-19] numbers are way down, which is awesome, and I think at this point, it’s the rightContinue Reading
In early February, hall passes complete with specified room numbers started making their way around the school in an effort to prevent students from wandering the halls. Security officer Scott Devine said he believes the change came from an idea he had last year. “I recommended a certain color passContinue Reading
COVID-19 disrupted decades of in school recycling and caused a higher demand for plastics. Pre-pandemic, members of the student organization Earth Force took care of recycling, and current members are trying to revive the process. Ordinarily, once a week, members would take recylables to the recycling dumpster behind the school,Continue Reading
Music filled C hall last Wednesday at the first acoustic LEARN concert of the year. The concert showcased student bands CPK, Bad Flowers, and Paved, in addition to English teacher Walter Miller, who played Kid Cudi’s “Pursuit of Happiness” on guitar. “I was shocked to hear him singing, because heContinue Reading
At a school board meeting on Sep. 23, FCPS suspended two books following complaints from parents. The books, Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison and Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe, were temporarily removed from shelves days before Banned Books week. For librarians Krissy Ronan and Elizabeth Toledo, Banned Books week isContinue Reading
Junior Eujin Lee said in the previous year, she noticed a lack of motivation in her orchestra class. One student claimed they hadn’t touched their instrument all year. With the county granting students the ability to leave their cameras off throughout the year, the prevention of cheating was nearly impossible.Continue Reading
Alicia del Barrio Escribano spent her early years in Spain with a growing passion for learning the English language. Decades later and now at Marshall, she uses it to teach Spanish. Escribano moved to the United States 20 years ago with her American husband and two daughters. American culture wasContinue Reading