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Jennifer (right) with one of the swimmers of Oakton Swim Club.

Jennifer Coon, Copy Editor

As a veteran of the Oakton Outlook, Jennifer (right) has seen the paper and her skills evolve since the beginning of her time as a member of the staff. This year, Jennifer is a junior and copy editor of the paper for the second consecutive year. She is also one of the managers for the swim team and involved in many clubs with leadership positions, such as Oakton Swim Club. Some of her passions are writing and coaching for Special Olympics, and her goal for this year is to build a bridge between her interests and writing to give the Oakton community a glimpse into students at Oakton that are often left on the sidelines. By doing this, Jennifer hopes to achieve that the stigma around mental disabilities is reduced and students are more aware of this topic. In the future, Jennifer hopes to attend The Ohio State University as an English major with a minor in Professional Writing. Her favorite quote is the Special Olympics athlete oath: "Let me win. And if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt."

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Special Olympics fundraisers to support today

Jennifer Coon, Copy Editor | May 15, 2017

  Many students at Oakton are involved in Special Olympics. Whether it be as a coach or athlete, these students are promoting inclusion at the community, state, and even global level. Each Special Olympics...

Last year's Oakton Swim Club state athletes and coaches.
Photo from Oakton Swim Club

Oakton Swim Club sends six swimmers to Special Olympics in June

Jennifer Coon, Copy Editor | May 3, 2017

  On Apr. 23, 14 Oakton Swim Club athletes competed at the Special Olympics Virginia Regional meet at George Mason University. At this meet, the athletes could qualify for the State Summer Games in...

Treat yourself to a break

Jennifer Coon, Copy Editor | March 28, 2017

  The end of third quarter is one of the most stressful times of the year for any high school student. With teachers cramming multiple tests and projects into the quarter before spring break, it is...

The banner signed by A and B lunches to stop the use of the r-word.

Oakton ends the word

Jennifer Coon, Copy Editor | March 11, 2017

  On March 8, Best Buddies held their annual Spread the Word to End the Word day. This campaign is meant for people to stop the use of the r-word or “retard.” This derogatory word has been used...

Oh gnome they didn’t!

Jennifer Coon, Copy Editor | March 1, 2017

  Over the course of four days, a few members of the Best Buddies Oakton program visited four local news stations, 94.7 Fresh FM, WJLA ABC 7, Fox 5 News, and WUSA 9 News. All four students, with their...

AP European History and Shakespeare Studies: to take or not to take

Jennifer Coon, Copy Editor | January 19, 2017

  This year at the Curriculum Fair, Oakton introduced two new courses that will be available for the first time next year. Starting in next week, students will be able to enroll in AP European History...

Dory swims to the hearts of people with mental disabilities

Dory swims to the hearts of people with mental disabilities

Jennifer Coon, Copy Editor | November 14, 2016

*This story has spoilers to the movie "Finding Dory" "Finding Dory" was undoubtedly the most anticipated movie of summer 2016. As the sequel to a fan-favorite "Finding Nemo," the film did spectacular...

The new frontier of restaurant-hunting

The new frontier of restaurant-hunting

Jennifer Coon, Copy Editor | September 29, 2016

In the spring of 2009, Naveen Selvadurai and Dennis Crowley co-founded the Foursquare app and launched it in the App Store. By 2011, the app had a whopping 10 million users, which is still increasing today....

A great example of a care package to send to your favorite Oakton alum!

Show our Oakton alumni you care (package)!

Jennifer Coon, Copy Editor | August 26, 2016

On June 21, the Oakton High School class of 2016 officially graduated and began to commence their new chapters of their lives. As a majority of them chose to attend college this upcoming fall, the rising...

What's in store at Oakton for Mental Health Awareness Week

What’s in store at Oakton for Mental Health Awareness Week

Jennifer Coon, Copy Editor | April 18, 2016

Mental Health Awareness Week is currently being held at Oakton to reduce stress in students during the last week of third quarter. The activities planned are sponsored by The Josh Anderson Foundation...

Ready, set, action!

Ready, set, action!

Jennifer Coon, Copy Editor | March 14, 2016

This week was an exciting week for the cinema.  As new movies hit the theaters and the racks of local stores, there is no reason why someone shouldn’t go out and see a movie, whether it’s in the chairs...

Swim/Dive places second and seventh in state meet

Swim/Dive places second and seventh in state meet

Jennifer Coon, Copy Editor | February 23, 2016

On Feb. 20, 2016 at George Mason University, the Oakton swim team participated in the VHSL Group 6A State Championships with 43 other teams. Dive was held on the same day at Oak Marr Recreation Center....

Cougars Swim/Dive places third and sixth in Regions Meet

Cougars Swim/Dive places third and sixth in Regions Meet

Jennifer Coon, Copy Editor | February 8, 2016

This past week was the swim/dive Regional Meet at Oak Marr Recreation Center. The meet was held over five days in which girls dive preliminaries and finals were on Tuesday, boys dive preliminaries and...

The fall of the Kings

The fall of the Kings

Jennifer Coon, Copy Editor | January 4, 2016

On Friday, December 18, the swim and dive team traveled to their first away meet of the season to race the Robinson Secondary School Rams at South Run Recreation Center.  However, the Cougars were not...

Is being grateful unappreciated?

Is being grateful unappreciated?

Jennifer Coon, Copy Editor | November 25, 2015

Thanksgiving, one of the best times of the year, is one of the most underrated holidays.  On the last Thursday of November, the family gathers around the table, says a few a words, and feasts on turkey,...

November Nights: Grease Homecoming 2015

November Nights: Grease Homecoming 2015

Jennifer Coon, Copy Editor | November 9, 2015

This past week at Oakton, a second spirit week was organized by Leadership that led up to the homecoming dance on Nov. 7, 2015.  The spirit week consisted of three days, as Monday and Tuesday were teacher...

Meet this year's new counselors

Meet this year’s new counselors

Jennifer Coon, Copy Editor | October 28, 2015

Oakton has welcomed two new counselors this school year: Mr. Quesuan Wigfall and Ms. Alyson Calvallo. Mr. Wigfall loved to hang out with his friends and play outside as a child. He moved around often,...

Happy to be a tree

Happy to be a tree

Jennifer Coon, Copy Editor | October 28, 2015

Senior Megan Byrnes, the 14th ranked recruit of the Class of 2016 for swimming, verbally committed to Stanford University in July this summer. Byrnes said that her choice of attending the university in...

Players set in position before the snap at the game.

Oakton vs. Chantilly Recap 2015

Jennifer Coon, Copy Editor | October 22, 2015

On Friday, Oct. 16, 2015, the Oakton Varsity Football team traveled to Chantilly High School to beat the Chargers. Throughout the game, there were many glimmering moments of hope for the Cougars, and a...

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