Students now have a new way to access mental health resources — and it’s free. In its new partnership with Hazel, FCPS is giving students access to the program’s free teletherapy sessions. These sessions are with licensed therapists trained to help students from kindergarten through 12th grade. To start usingContinue Reading
A new bathroom policy recently gained attention, despite Principal Jeffrey Litz having asked teachers to implement it in December. The policy states that students should not leave class for any other reason, including going to the bathroom, in the first and last 10 minutes of class. “I need to haveContinue Reading
The Mock Trial club attended the state championships in Richmond on March 18 and 19. Mock Trial coach and social studies teacher Patricia Coppolino said the team has improved over the course of the year. Junior Ainsley McCoy, won a Best Attorney award for her work. “We all tried ourContinue Reading
The United States Department of Education awarded FCPS a grant of $13.5 million to support school mental health services, according to Superintendent Reid at a school board meeting this February. The grant came as a part of the federal government’s School-Based Mental Health Services Grant Program that FCPS applied forContinue Reading
Cybersecurity teacher Wolfgang Oertner said most college freshmen have minimal success at job fairs. However, he taught a current George Mason student who underwent a different experience. The student’s 12 certifications from his Marshall Academy cybersecurity course stood out to employers. According to Oertner, he now makes over six figures.Continue Reading
With our current school-issued laptops retiring at the end of this year, FCPS is looking into better options. The FCPS central IT office chose Marshall as one of the schools piloting new Chromebooks this year. This means select students are testing out machines that may be used next school year.Continue Reading
Principal Jeffery Litz released an email on Feb. 8 focusing on “a recent uptick” of student misconduct, including students leaving the campus during lunch periods. The email outlined consequences for these actions. One student who also noticed this increase was junior Medhi Abbassi “People are skipping way too much,” AbbassiContinue Reading
Who better to help the student actors of “Xanadu” prepare for the musical than the original actress who starred in the Broadway production 16 years ago? Theater director Bernie DeLeo set up a workshop with Broadway starlet Kerry Butler. The two leads in the musical, senior Dale DeVinney and juniorContinue Reading
Freshman Taye Mihrete poses in the hallway, wearing his new yellow Nike Tech Fleece. Mihrete used Christmas money to buy himself a Tech Fleece from Nike, opting to buy one in yellow. His purchase garnered attention across grade levels. “It gave me attention,” he said. “Now more people know me.”Continue Reading
Scenes of banned books and starry nights fit together every day as students work on the library’s daily puzzles. However, puzzles are no longer the only avenue of entertainment in the library. Librarian Elizabeth Toledo said the library released a call for LEGO donations, and for the last couple weeksContinue Reading