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 had we tend to take for granted, with Earth Day jus...
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 the march in collaboration with the nonprofit orga...
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. In order to participate, students had to present...
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. You have total control over what you want to share wit...
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 to you getting the job done ages before you ha...
Stephen Hawking
Zoe Sauger, Editorial Board
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). He was given two years to live. however, to everyone’s...
“The Tribe has spoken”
March 23, 2018
“Playing Survivor was a dream for most of my adult life.” -Brendan Shapiro
A STEMtatstic Weekend for Cougar Science
Clare Sparling, Staff Writer
March 23, 2018
“Reason can answer questions but imagination has to ask them,” as once said by scientist Ralph W. Gerard. This quote was the theme for the 2018 Fairfax County Regional Science and Engineering Fair. Oakton sent twenty five students to the fair which is composed of over 400 projects. The fair is divid...
Studying is your new favorite social media trend
Emily Richardson, Editorial Board
February 27, 2018
Identifiable by their colorful notes, plethora of stationary, and bullet journals, things like Studygrams (Instagram accounts) and Studyblrs (Tumblr accounts) are growing in presence all across the internet. You may have seen them on your own social media feeds, perhaps asking the question ‘why?’....
School-shooting survivors ‘Stand up’
Courtney Te, Editorial Board, Publicity Manager
February 26, 2018
CNN was able to give a voice to the survivors of the mass school-shooting that occured in Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida last week on February 14th. Students were able to talk about their feelings about the national debate brought up by this tragic event over the cour...
Spring into Action
Jessica Marshall, Editor-in-Chief
February 25, 2018
Saying goodbye to the Winter Sports’ season means saying hello to the new teams of Spring Sports at Oakton. This past week, tryouts were held almost every day for teams including Soccer, Lacrosse, Tennis, Cross Country, Baseball, and Softball. Despite the cold and rainy weather, the players push...
The best of spirit week
Payton Wozny, Editorial Board
February 23, 2018
Oakton students showed their enthusiasm for spirit week from February 20 to 24. Here are some of the most spirited students from this week. To start the week, the students wore their patriotic colors. Gabby Parrillo, a junior at Oakton, showed off her red, white, and blue on Tuesday to support her ...
