Applying to college is hard, and we're here to help. Here's a timeline of the process of applying to college through all four years of high school.
Freshman year
1. Maintain good grades. “The first two years of high school are really the foundation...
On June 13th, 2017, Virginians will all go to the polls to elect the candidate they want to represent their party in the general election. So far there are four declared republican candidates, and two declared democratic candidates. Although the republican...
On April 25th 2014, the city of Flint made a cost-saving decision to switch its water source from Lake Huron to the highly polluted Flint River. This seemingly minute change resulted in a huge disaster that is now known as the Flint Water Crisis.
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From the moment some children are born, they are raised with the goal of becoming a professional athlete. For these kids kids, academics are put in the back seat on their ride to stardom. Instead of skipping out on a practice to finish up a school project,...
En la comunidad de Oakton, es importante que nosotros prestemos atención a los problemas del medio ambiente. Los estudiantes en las clases de Español 4 participaron en unos proyectos del medio ambiente en este pasado Abril. Ellos se dieron cuenta...
On April 28, 2017, Netflix released a new Netflix-original series, “Dear White People.” This show is based on the movie “Dear White People” which was released in 2014. The movie portrays a culture war between blacks and whites at a predominantly...
In Washington DC, over 200,000 people gathered on Saturday, April 29th and marched up Pennsylvania Avenue ultimately ending at the White House and continuing with speakers at the Washington Monument. The People’s Climate March was a large scale event...
Courtney Te, Editorial Board, Publicity Manager
| May 15, 2017
In today’s media, you often see popular artists “topping the Billboard charts,” but what exactly is Billboard? The Billboard charts gives daily updates on who’s ranking at the top in the music industry, so you can know who everyone is...
Choosing your main source of education and ultimately your home for the next four years is likely one of the if not the hardest decisions a teenager has to make when deciding their college. Many sorts of things appeal to different sorts of students when...
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Vladimir Putin, in the last decade, has returned the old Soviet policy of interfering in the domestic politics of other countries. In 2015, the first government-sponsored International Russian Conservative Forum gathered representatives of fringe...
Big Sib Project
What is the BigSib Project? The Big Siblings program is a school wide effort to create a comfortable atmosphere for rising freshmen. Any current Oakton student can sign up, to help a ninth grader find their way around the school. Applicants...
Just over a hundred days into President Donald Trump’s administration as his approval ratings hit a historic low, journalists and Democrats alike start to wonder if the Democrats can retake the Senate in 2018 given that they only need to win three states,...
