Quick Recap of the Oakton Swim Team
Asher Tankel
March 27, 2019
The Oakton Swim Team had a very successful season, with it ending last month. The boys and girls teams both performed extremely well, with the boys never losing a 1 versus 1 match against neighbouring high schools. The girls also did impressively well, with their team winning all but one match again...
Third Quarter at Oakton: How to Deal with Stress
March 13, 2019
As most students know, high school can be very stressful, especially in the third quarter when you seem to have endless homework and projects in every class. “I’ve been working on an English project all weekend that is going to be half my grade. I’m almost finished, but as soon as I do I need to g...
Breakfast On-The-Go
Haley Longfellow, Staff Writer
March 13, 2019
Sitting down and having a healthy breakfast is only a dream for many sleepy students. Tired from pushing through homework assignments late at night, many of us choose to wait until the last possible second in the morning to hop out of bed, frantically get dressed, and grab a granola bar before dashi...
2019 SATs
Pari Abdollahi, Staff Writer
March 13, 2019
The SATs are coming up and students are preparing themselves for it. Even though students stress so much during the school year, SATs bring greater stress for the students because their future depends on the results of the SAT. An anonymous junior in Oakton high school explained what strateg...
Debate Team’s Season Ending
Riya Jain, Editorial Board
March 11, 2019
This past weekend, the Oakton debate team competed at its last tournament. This tournament was one of the most important tournaments of the year because each competitor had to qualify to compete at the tournament. If a debater does well at the tournament and places in the top 6, they have qualified ...
Stress and What Causes It
Sebastian Osea
March 11, 2019
What is Stress? Stress is our body's way of responding to tasks related to anything physically or mentally in our bodies.Stress is a mental or emotional tension that results from a highly demanding situation.We need stress to survive, too little can give us depression, too much ...
Help Local Kids and Teens in Foster Care!
Haley Longfellow, Staff Writer
March 4, 2019
Sadly, some foster children have never had their birthdays celebrated in the midst of bouncing from temporary home to temporary home. When it comes to helping these kids, fulfilling basic needs undoubtedly takes top priority. It is still important, though, for all children to experience some excitement a...
February Fitness Buddies
Katarina Faben, Editorial Board
March 1, 2019
On February 26th, Oakton Best Buddies hosted their monthly Fitness Buddies event in which passionate members gathered together in the Cafeteria for an afternoon of fun and fitness. A number of Oakton teachers led various activities in the gym for to get the buddies and students up and ready to take o...
Oakton High School’s Crew
Maddie Flickinger, Staff Writer
March 1, 2019
Oakton’s Crew team started up it’s spring season this past week, after three months of winter conditioning on the rowing machines. The rowers are off to the Occoquan river to start practicing for their first race, the Polar Bear Regatta, which is in late March. Oakton’s crew team has more rowers this ...
Thinking about what to take next year?
Courtney Te, Editorial Board, Publicity Manager
January 19, 2019
With registration just around the corner (and for some, already beginning), many rising juniors and seniors are stressing about the potential options for their courses for next year. While Oakton students are notorious for taking 3+ AP level classes and multiple honors courses, I am here to be the on...
FCPS goes solar
Wendy Gao, Editorial Board
January 18, 2019
In the words of School Board Member Ryan McElveen, “2018 has been the year of the student activist.” While students across Fairfax County procured notable achievements in areas like dress code reform and climate change action in the past year, one particular group of students most recently ch...
