State of Virginia Scales Back SOLs for Juniors and Seniors, Changes Requirements
Written by Rebecca Faletti, Kylee Harrell, and Anna Gilbert
March 12, 2019
Filed under Local News, News
What has been codified in Virginia law since the 1990s is about to change for the Freshman Class of 2022: the state is pulling back on the administration of official Standards of Learning (SOL) tests for the freshman, and classes are struggling to modify the curriculum. For teachers, this news is nothing...
2020 Presidential Election Kicks Off
Written by Connor Graham and Maryam Khan
March 8, 2019
Filed under Local News
Citizens across the nation are waiting with bated breath for the 2020 presidential election. The tensions for this next election are very high, with much controversy surrounding Trump and his administration. The battlefield is crowding with Democratic candidates declaring their participation in this...
Students Take Part in the Ongoing Fight for Women’s Rights
Written by River Stone and Lainey Lynch
March 8, 2019
Filed under Local News, Student News, Top Stories
After waves of sexual harassment accusations began making headlines, actress Alyssa Milano ignited the #MeToo movement with a tweet: “If you’ve been sexually harassed or assaulted, write ‘me too’ as a reply to this tweet.” Now, over one year later, as International Women’s Day approaches,...
6-1 Vote Concludes Debate Over Preservation of African American Grave Sites
Written by Chris Tuttle
March 8, 2019
Filed under Local News, Top Stories
Following years of protest and negotiation, the The Loudoun Freedom Center, as well as many local African American groups, were met with success, after a 6-1 vote in the Leesburg Town Council rescinded a proposal leasing Sycolin Cemetery to local businesses. Instead, the historic African American gravesite...
Northam Faces Fire for Racist Yearbook Photos
Written by Maryam Khan and River Stone
March 8, 2019
Filed under News, Top Stories
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam refuses to step down amid growing calls for his resignation, after a photo from his medical school yearbook depicting racist paraphernalia surfaced in early February. The yearbook photo features a student in blackface standing next to a man wearing a Ku Klux Klan robe,...
New Nicotine Regulations On the Way in Virginia
Written by Ryan Wilkinson and Mark Blevins
March 4, 2019
Filed under Local News
The Virginia State Legislature is currently pushing through a bill to raise the sale age for Nicotine products from 18 to 21. The bill, HB 2748, won the majority, with a 67-31 final vote by Virginia House of Delegates. The new law received bipartisan support and is expected to be signed into law by Democrat...
Woodgrove’s Top 5%
Written by Dominique Cruz and Cora McQuaid
February 13, 2019
Filed under Student News, Top Stories
Twenty members of Woodgrove senior class were honored in December as part of the county’s excellence in Education Banquet, which recognized the top five percent in each senior class throughout the county. In 1983, Al Sowards, LCPS’s gifted program manager, first recognized the academic achievers in the ba...
George W. Bush Should Be Known More Than Just In Politics
Written by Kylee Harrell
January 22, 2019
Filed under Editorials, News, Opinion
The 41st President of the United States, George W. Bush died on Nov, 30th, 2018 from a form of Parkinson's disease at his home in Houston, Texas. At 18, President Bush enlisted as a second-class seaman in the Navy's flight training program. He was the last of the World War II generation to occupy...
Online Shopping: The Downfall of Department Stores
Written by Mia Cammarota, Dillon Holdridge, and Carissa Vergeres
December 20, 2018
Filed under Local News, News
In recent years, stores such as Sears, Target, and many other department stores have made an online store for their retailed products, and for a lot of them, it has caused more damage to their businesses than good. Internet shopping has taken the world by storm, and because of this, more people are...
Flu Epidemic Spreads Nationwide
Written by Gretchen Nagle, Maryam Khan, Ashleigh Moffett, and Ryan Wilkinson
December 20, 2018
Filed under Student News, Top Stories
Flu season. The most infamous scourge of winter. Fevers, coughs, sore throats, headaches, fatigue, and runny noses are all main symptoms that make people dread the flu. Woodgrove High School nurse Stephanie Lovasz says, “The flu season can start as early as October, run to March and April, and it...
LCPS Faces Security Concerns
Written by Connor Grahamn, Kylee Harrell & Lorallye Partlow
December 20, 2018
Filed under Local News, Student News, Top Stories
Sam Hermens, a LCPS itinerant specialized facilitator for reading who works for Loudoun County, was caught taking pictures up the skirts of female students. A Woodgrove staff member noticed the unusual behavior of Hermens, whom he originally perceived to be a student, and immediately escorted him to...
Cheating Epidemic Spreads Across LCPS
Written by Meghan Dunster, Rebecca Faletti, Maryam Khan
December 20, 2018
Filed under Student News, Top Stories
Some might call it an open secret. To others, it is an epidemic. To a few, however, it may be what their academic career depends on, for better or for worse. No matter what you call it, cheating is a very real fact of life at every level of education, and it cannot go ignored. The recent advent of photo...
Students quiz in an AP Calculus class-a class with no associated SOL.
Photo by Rebecca FalettiA quick rundown of the current SOL landscape.
Graphic made by Rebecca Faletti
Henry the African Elephant stands proudly at the Smithsonian
Photo by Daniel Alvarez
Two lattes from Compass Coffee in downtown D.C.
Photo by Sarah Murtaugh
Map of D.C. plotted with some of the destinations below.
Map created by Daniel Alvarez
President Trump faces Congress during 2019 State of the Union. Photo used with permission from Creative Commons
Senator Bernie Sanders, considered a front runner for the Democratic Party. Photo used with permission from Creative Commons.
Dani Kimbrough participating in the Women’s March in Washington D.C.
Photo by Kevin Crandall
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