Ms. Melissa Weger, a U.S. history and psychology teacher, passed away Friday, May 6 due to complications from leukemia.
Ms. Weger taught at Oakton for two years, beginning in the 2014-2015 school year,...
Before their adoption by the School Board last October, later start times were hailed as a panacea for practically all of high-school students’ problems. Fatigued teenagers would get a desperately needed...
Learn more about a commonly misunderstood topic in the news
Gender identity has been in the news lately, due to FCPS’s highly publicized adoption of a non-discrimination policy, but many people today...
As many students already know, the administration of the SAT on Saturday, June 6 did not go as planned. While the instructions given to proctors set the time limit of the last reading section on the...
Voters in Ireland overwhelmingly approved same-sex marriage by referendum last Friday, May 22. The country is the twentieth to legalize gay marriage, but the first to institute it through a popular vote.
The...
Andrew Jackson should be removed from the $20 bill
The nation’s seventh president, Andrew Jackson, has been on the $20 bill since 1928, when his portrait was placed on it by the Treasury Department....
job shadow program enhances students' career options
This winter, several Oakton students have had the opportunity to participate in the Tysons Regional Chamber of Commerce’s job shadow program, which...
The islamic state destroys priceless antiquities in iraq
During the month of March, the self-proclaimed Islamic State, also known as ISIS, has targeted numerous museums and historical sites for destruction....
Francophiles, French students, and children of all ages will be excited to hear that a film adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's masterpiece, “Le Petit Prince” (“The Little Prince”) will be...
Obama's announcement ends a 50-year stalemate
On Jan. 23, two days of intense negotiations between the United States and Cuba ended with little accomplished. These talks follow President Obama’s December...
Announced on Nov. 20, President Barack Obama’s executive actions give temporary legal protection to undocumented parents of U.S. citizens, and they will have far-reaching consequences for about four...
The Ebola outbreak began in December 2013 in the small village of Meliandou in Guinea, when a two-year old boy became ill. After his death on Dec. 6, the virus quickly spread to others in the community...
In the past few weeks, the West African Ebola outbreak has continued to threaten global health. The virus is now seen by many Americans as a major concern after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
This summer’s rush of undocumented child immigrants is subsiding. Although the crowds of undocumented children at our border have steadily declined from 10,600 in June to 3,129 in August, the problem...
