For a sport that nearly 500,000 high school athletes participate in, Cross Country tends to be a competition not many have a full grasp on and fewer still follow. The sport, which winds its way through wooded trails and over broad fields, is not exactly spectator friendly as it is hard to see runners on every part of the course. It requires an exceptional amount of athleticism and ability to cope with weather since it is held outdoors over many surfaces. It also demands a degree of tactics to make the most of one’s stamina.
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100 Strong
T.C. Alumni and JV Field Hockey Coach Liz Blount has won a school-record 100 straight games. The 2005 graduate has not lost a game for nine seasons, and her teams have scored over 300 goals.
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To College and Beyond
The Jack Taylor College and Career Center (CCC) has three new College Advisors to help students on their journey to college and the workforce.
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‘It is More of a Girl Thing’
“This has been an experience [where] I have learned a lot...Time to hit the pause button, which is what we did,” said T.C. Williams Principal Peter Balas at the Dress Code Forum on September 25.
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TC, But Minnie
In the debate over what to do with Minnie Howard, the ninth grade campus enters its second year of using a team format. It consists of eight teams, each with their own set of team teachers. Academy Administrator of Teams 1-4 Robert Bowes said, “The team system gives students a collection of students and teachers that they are comfortable with.”
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National Merit Semifinalists Announced
Every year, the College Board announces the National Merit Scholar Semifinalists, a list of students who scored in the top one percent of test takers on the PSAT/NMSQT in October of the year before. On September 11, it was announced that T.C. has three students who received the distinction this year: seniors Leah Nickelsburg, James Grimes, and Riley Casagrande.
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ACPS Launches Coming Home Campaign
At the Class of 2019’s graduation last year, Superintendent Dr. Gregory Hutchings announced a new initiative--the Coming Home Campaign. This initiative encourages T.C. graduates to study education in college by guaranteeing them a job teaching in Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) should they “come home.” To be eligible, graduates must achieve a 3.0 GPA and obtain their Virginia Teaching Licensure.
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‘Education, Not Incarceration’
Youth Artists Capture Link Between Mass Incarceration and School-to-Prison Pipeline Bridgette Adu-Wadier Deportation and increased school suspensions of minority students has lead to incarceration that arguably worsen the effects of discrimination. For youth in Chirilagua, a neighborhood in Arlandria with a high Hispanic population, art became a way to express resilience in the face of adversity. A colorful mural on the Tenants and Workers United (TWU) building in Arlandria highlights the consequences of historic discrimination, mass incarceration and the school-to-prison pipeline on Hispanic, black and immigrant youth. “Art is critical to our youth and to our communities, to be able to express what we face. This mural shows how youth…
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Satellite Rising
TC’s Offsite Campus Provides Nontraditional Approach to High School Sadie Finn and Alexis Larsen The hidden gem of Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS), T.C.’s Satellite campus, offers the perfect learning alternative to the King street and Minnie Howard campuses. Satellite is entering its eighth year after being established in 2011. It was originally located at Landmark Mall, but was moved after the first couple of years to the ACPS Central Office on Braddock Place near George Washington Middle School and the Braddock Road Metro station. Even though Satellite is not physically connected to T.C., it is not considered a separate school from the main campus. “We are a campus of…
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Back to School Essentials
Back to school season has come and gone, but a public service announcement released by Sandy Hook Promise is a reminder of the ongoing violence that has become a reality in American schools.
