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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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Powder puff, the flag football game between the junior and senior class, is being postponed

Top Super Bowl Contenders Heading into the Divisional Round

Nathan Henriques, Staff Writer | January 14, 2021

The NFL is heading into the divisional round, which teams are the best? Many thought the NFL had 0 chance to complete the 2020-21 NFL season, but the NFL has succeeded and is heading into the divisional round of the playoffs after a wild super wild...

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Your Favorite T.V Shows are back in 2021

Anshul Sreenivas | January 14, 2021

One month into quarantine, on April 15, 2020, a new show was released. Many people questioned it but they were amazed by the outcome. Outer Banks built around a teenager who enlists his three friends to hunt for a legendary treasure linked to his father’s...

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Is it Time to Cancel Your Netflix Subscription?

Katie Le, Editorial Board | January 13, 2021

   On January 1, 2021, Netflix removed two very popular shows on Netflix, -The Office and Gossip Girl -and fans are not happy. This has not been the first time the streaming service has done this - shows and movies like Friends, That ‘70s Show, The...

New titles on Netflix that should make your watch list

Addison Becker, Staff Writer | November 3, 2020

Series Emily In Paris This Netflix original series of just 10 episodes is a perfect binge-worthy show and has been on the top ten charts in America for a few weeks. Emily in Paris follows Lily Colins (Emily) as she moves to Paris to offer her American...

Local artists and self expression

Nour Alkaaby, Staff Writer | November 2, 2020

To understand art is an art itself. Since the beginning of time, humans have found ways of self-expression, art in different forms. For each human there expressive art comes in different forms. That is the beauty of it all. I interviewed three different...

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Mosby Woods Elementary School proposes renaming

Alicia Ernst, Staff Writer | October 29, 2020

Mosby Woods Elementary School, an elementary school in Fairfax, Virginia, was home to many current Oakton students during their primary school years. The school is known for its diverse and welcoming community, and the promotion of inclusivity, kindness,...

How AOC has connected with voters like nobody else

October 29, 2020

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Twitch Stream is her latest activity garnering voter support. Since she was elected a Representative for New York’s 14th congressional district, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been the subject of intense attention....

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American Murder: The Family Next Door Documentary Review

Katie Le, Editorial Board | October 20, 2020

    Netflix released a documentary recently on September 30, 2020 about an infamous family murder case, the Watts’ family. This documentary showed many seen and unseen footage and evidence including cops body cam footage, footage during interrogation,...

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Derek Chauvin Released on Bail

Tommy Hunter, Editor-In-Chief | October 13, 2020

George Floyd was killed on May 25th when Dereck Chauvin, a police officer, kneeled on his neck for 8 minutes; Chauvin was arrested on May 29th, four days after the killing of George Floyd, and is facing 2nd and 3rd-degree murder charges. 3 other officers...

Organization during the pandemic

Dilara Vural, Staff Writer | October 8, 2020

What is considered, “staying organized”? Within the month we've started school online, everything has flipped upside down and many people’s concepts of organization have drastically changed.  Because we've never done this before, one can think...

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Fall activities in a pandemic

Shevany Moharir, Editorial Board | October 8, 2020

With the weather getting colder and October here, fall is finally in full swing. That means it’s time to bust out those sweaters, throw on a pair of boots, light an apple scented candle, and buy yourself a pumpkin or two. Many people seem to be concerned...

Letter from the Editors

June 8, 2020

Dear Oakton, To put the world in perspective seems almost impossible. We are spiraling in an era of chaos: the force of a pandemic grinding all to a halt, our jobless rates dropping and leaving our economy battered beyond repair, the COVID-19 death...

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