Taking part in volunteer projects is a generous way for people to spend their time. For high school students, volunteering can be an important part of their religious, extracurricular, or in-school experiences. Some clubs at Oakton dedicated...
Mental health is something that is increasingly on the minds of students and education professionals. But it’s still far from reaching the level of awareness it deserves. According the 2012 National Survey of School Counselors, the recommended counselor...
Exploring the adjustments at each grade level
The beginning of a new school year is always an exciting time. Students gather new supplies, new outfits, and take on a new attitude towards a new grade level. When we are younger, each grade may bring...
Ishika Jain, Editorial Board Member
| April 21, 2016
America's bills are set on a schedule to constantly get redesigned to implement better anti-counterfeit technology. In June of 2015, the Treasury Department announced that it would redesign the bill to highlight women in response to requests to include...
On April 12, 2016, the nation celebrated Equal Pay Day. Equal Pay Day was founded by the National Committee on Pay Equity (NCPE) in 1996 as an event to demonstrate the pay gap between women and men. The date symbolizes how far into the year women must...
Ishika Jain, Editorial Board Member
| March 18, 2016
As the cultural festival approaches, the question, “What is the purpose of the Cultural Festival?” has been brought up many times. Students are not sure if it is a day for people to show their talents or a day to embrace their culture at Oakton. According...
Have you ever stopped to question whether people who volunteer abroad are doing more harm than good? Many people point to “voluntourism” as an example of privileged people using volunteering to address their own needs and not those of the group in...
With the introduction of controversial candidates like Donald Trump the 2016 Presidential race has seen the rise of a new political kingpin: Twitter. Twitter, in its simplest form, is a platform that allows millions of Americans to spew whatever information...
This school year has brought the return of online textbooks, but it also has left students with conflicted feelings about the best medium for studying. Teachers find that online textbooks are a way to give students the freedom to use their technology...
Ishika Jain, Editorial Board Member
| October 28, 2015
Fairfax County recently implemented a new Student Information System (SIS), as well as ParentVue, a parent portal. Parents now have the ability to monitor their child’s attendance, grades, course history (from elementary school to their current grade),...
Terrorism has entered the 21st century, and is expertly spreading its lies and propaganda in 140 characters or fewer.
Recruitment is essential for a growing organization with big plans such as ISIS. And what better group to focus recruitment on than...
As deadlines to submit college and scholarship applications creep closer and closer, students are given more and more advice. More often than not, this encouragement and guidance comes from those who haven’t seen applications since they had to be filled...
