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Oakton Outlook

The student news site of Oakton High School

Oakton Outlook

The student news site of Oakton High School

Oakton Outlook

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Cultural Festival Reflections

Clare Sparling, Staff Writer | April 12, 2018

As Mr. Lee prepares to leave Oakton next year, he has provided insight into the cultural festival experience. Every year cultural festival, with it’s bright colors and myriad of songs from all over the world, captures the hearts of the Oakton community....

Post College Apps: Seniors’ Thoughts

Amy Dai, Staff Writer | April 12, 2018

After almost 3 long months of anxious waiting, seniors have now heard their long awaited college admissions decisions. Colleges in the United States sent out the last of their notifications on April 1 (with exceptions to colleges that accept applications...

Places to Eat in Vienna

Zoe Sauger, Editor-In-Chief | April 12, 2018

Everyone loves food. However, it can sometimes be difficult to find the trendy places you see on Instagram or Twitter. And, even if you do find them, they might not have good food. So, I tried to find the trendiest places to eat that also had good food,...

Rejecting the R-Word

Rejecting the R-Word

Katarina Faben, Editorial Board | April 12, 2018

On April 4th, Best Buddies held their annual Spread the Word to End the Word celebration during lunch in the cafeteria. During the event, Oakton students signed the campaign created by the Best Buddies organization dedicated towards spreading awareness...

Photo Courtesy of Chris Vinh

Oakton Improvables

Nathan Tankel, Staff Writer | April 12, 2018

The Oakton Improvables is a club that performs multiple times a year at Oakton High School. Their performances are comedic and are free to attend. The brand of comedy their show consists of is known as improv which means nothing is scripted and the performers...

A Snowy Spring

A Snowy Spring

Olivia Garrone, Editorial Board | April 12, 2018

It seems like everybody’s snow dances, inside-out pajamas, and spoon-under-the-pillow antics have finally paid off - a few months later than expected. The biggest snow of 2018 happened in the spring, just days before Spring Break. Since then, snowflake...

Challenges to save the world

Challenges to save the world

Rebecca Woodhouse, Editor-in-Chief | April 10, 2018

Breathe in, breathe out. The birds are chirping, the sun is shining, the grass is green. And why is this? Because the Earth is a beautiful place, and provides each of us with the resources we need to survive. While sometimes the things we have always...

March for our Lives

Ashley Shepard, Staff Writer | April 4, 2018

On March 24, the kids and families of March For Our Lives took to the streets of Washington DC to demand that their lives and safety become a priority and that we end gun violence and mass shootings in our schools. Student organizers are planning...

photo courtesy of Shannen Prindle

Onto states and national competitions for Oakton scientists

Rebecca Woodhouse, Editor-in-Chief | April 3, 2018

Spending weekends on research, reading through published papers, designing and redesigning experiments. There is no rest for the weary, until after the Regional Science Fair. Students from Oakton received various awards at the FCPS Regional Science Fair....

How Oakton students are embracing the EOL

Gracie Mouzavires, Staff Writer | April 1, 2018

The EOL is an exciting opportunity for students to share something that they have learned whether it is academic or a hobby. Although a project isn’t something most students want to hear about, the EOL is different from any other projects in school....

MacBook? More like ChromeBook.

MacBook? More like ChromeBook.

Brendan Bellingham, Staff Writer | March 24, 2018

 As a student at Oakton, you have likely become jealous of the hand full of students in your classes that whip out their shiny new MacBooks in class each day. As you wait for your sluggish Dell to boot up, the MacBook is up and running on the desk next...

Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking

Zoe Sauger, Editor-In-Chief | March 24, 2018

On March 14, 2018 Stephen Hawking passed away. He was seventy-six years old, which is a long life considering he was sick for most of it. In 1963, Hawking was diagnosed with a form of contracted motor neurone disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)....

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