Payton Wozny, Editorial Board
April 11, 2019
Filed under Feature, News, Oakton News, Oakton teachers
Sophomores were recently introduced to the “Power of Yet” and the concept of growth mindset during a counseling lesson during gym periods in the end of March led by Mrs. Stanley and Mr. Grausz. This presentation covered execu...
Zoe Sauger, Editorial Board
March 11, 2019
Filed under Oakton News
For the longest time students have had to take 9 SOL’s in order to receive their nine credits to graduate. The SOL stands for standard of learning exam, which means it is testing standard knowledge the student learned for that...
Conor Krouse, Staff Writer
March 11, 2019
Filed under News, Oakton News
Known as the melting pot of the world, America as a country has many different and distinct cultures and ethnicities. Especially in our home of Northern Virginia, representation from other countries is at the highest it has ever...
Pari Abdollahi, Staff Writer
March 5, 2019
Filed under Boys Lacrosse, Oakton News
Spring sports, such as lacrosse have started. Oakton spring sports tryouts started the week of Presidents Day and some tryouts are still ongoing due to weather delays. Many people attended the spring tryouts including those who are...
March 1, 2019
Maddie Flickinger, Staff Writer
March 1, 2019
Filed under Crew, Events, News, Oakton News, Oakton students
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...
February 27, 2019
Wendy Gao, Staff Writer
January 18, 2019
Filed under Feature, Local News, Oakton News, Oakton students, Politics
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 chang...
January 18, 2019
Filed under Oakton News, Oakton students
Cougar time is an integral part to any Oakton student’s day and provides 32 blissful minutes of relaxation and enjoyment. As we move into the third quarter, there are rumors that there will be changes made to cougar time. Ca...
Maddie Flickinger, Staff Writer
January 18, 2019
Filed under Oakton News, Oakton students, Opinion
As we come back from winter break we have more than just snow days on our mind. Due to Oakton’s renovations and lack of space for classes, we as students have the task of quickly figuring out which classes to take in our up...
Asher Tankel, Staff Writer
October 23, 2018
Filed under News, Oakton News
Have you ever wanted to meet a therapy dog? If the answer is yes, come to the cafeteria after school on Wednesday, October 24th to meet some local therapy dogs. Students will get a chance to meet the dogs and play with them. Th...
October 17, 2018
