Sexual misconduct between teachers and students has always been, and will continue to be, an issue in schools. Simply creating a set of guidelines to limit teacher-student communication will not be effective in reducing sexual misconduct, even though its purpose is to, “protect students from sexual misconduct and abuse [while] providing a safe and healthy environment for teaching and learning.”
This Saturday, at the Audrey Moore RECCenter, swim and dive will be competing at districts. During their McLean meet last week, Head Coach Ann Jopke said that she was putting out one of the best line-ups in order to prepare for the upcoming competition. “We’re really working on small detailsContinue Reading
The physics department was greeted by a new face at the beginning of the year: Nimel Theodore. Theodore, who teaches Active Physics, IB Physics I and II SL, has already fallen in love with Marshall in his first half year here. “You really feel like you belong when your studentsContinue Reading
House guests. These last minute stragglers who refuse to leave your house even though you might have hinted, not once but a couple of times, that it is time to say good bye. They are like a flu virus, tenacious to the core. I do not understand their complete obliviousness.Continue Reading
The annual International Night is going to be hosted on Feb. 9 in the auditorium. International Night celebrates the different cultures present in the school. Sharyn Quick, an adult sponsor who is helping in the overall production, said that the night represents “many of the 99 cultures we have here.”Continue Reading
On Feb. 3 and 4, IB Film Study will be holding a film festival in the auditorium during Lunch & Learn where IB Film students will be showcasing their own trailers as a part of their film study project. The objective of the project was for students to make aContinue Reading
Lunch and Learn sets Marshall High School apart from other schools in the fact that this program encourages students to take the initiative to achieve their own personal goals at their own times. After being confined to classrooms and a structured environment in the morning, Lunch and Learn allows studentsContinue Reading
Lunch and Learn sets Marshall High School apart from other schools in the fact that this program encourages students to take the initiative to achieve their own personal goals at their own times. After being confined to classrooms and a structured environment in the morning, Lunch and Learn allows studentsContinue Reading
Communication and interactions between teachers and students is a common thing in schools; however, when it begins to go outside of school is where it gets dangerous and out of hand. Teachers text-messaging, contacting students through social networks like Facebook or meeting excessively with specific students is inappropriate, unnecessary.
The shooting in Tucson, Arizona on January 8 was a tragedy of national proportions that is an indisputable fact. Loughner’s actions, completely inexcusable and utterly horrifying, may have fundamentally altered Americans’ opinions on gun rights and political speech. Yet, this turn against heated debate in the halls of Congress asContinue Reading
A state-wide proposal modeling policies intended to limit the possibility of “sexual misconduct” between teachers and students will be voted on by the Virginia Board of Education (Virginia BOE) on Feb. 12. Among the promoinent, potential policies involve methods of communication. Teachers and students would be forbiddenContinue Reading
For nearly 50 years, Rank & File has been the the premiere public forum for the Marshall High School community. Over the years, we have won numerous awards on the county, state and national level, yet it is important to recognize that there is always room for improvement. In order toContinue Reading
The opinions presented in this article reflect those of the individual reporters, not of the Rank & File collectively. 1. Mel Gibson: Can you think of any other celebrity who is alledgedly as domestically violent, racial slur-using, DUI-receiving and colloquial female-based insult-using as Gibson? 2. Rosie O’Donnell: Went from aContinue Reading
On Jan. 6, 199 Republican lawmakers ascended Congress and took their place in the House and Senate. Supported by the growing Tea Party, Republicans are united in their determination to reverse the health care legislation. However, the party’s lack of unified ideals will inevitably divide it. The Republican Party hasContinue Reading
Following a winter production of the risque musical Chicago, Marshall Theatre is performing the children’s fairy-tale medley Wolftales and senior Rayn Epremian’s The Dogs Are Coming, at the end of January. Both plays are one-acts. The Dogs Are Coming was performed at the Virginia High School League Liberty Districts, whichContinue Reading
Starting next school year, all high school students in Virginia will need to take an economics and financing class for at least one year during high school. When my teacher told us that Virginia was going to start requiring an economics/financing credit next school year, I took it as veryContinue Reading
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