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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

Katie Le, Editorial Board

Hi, I’m Katie and I’m a Senior at Oakton High School! This is my fourth year with Oakton Outlook and I’m part of the editorial board. My favorite pieces to write are opinion, politics, and A&E. Also, I’m on Oakton’s cheer team and this is my third year on the team. Blue is my favorite color and burgers are my favorite food.

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Come Home To Kids Miss You Album Review

Katie Le, Editorial Board | May 17, 2022

   Jackman Thomas Harlow, better known as Jack Harlow, is a 24-year-old rapper from Kentucky. He made his debu t in 2015, releasing a couple of EPs and mixtapes. By 2018, Harlow was signed by...

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Is Virtual Learning Coming Back?

Katie Le, Editorial Board | September 22, 2021

COVID-19 spread to the United States around March 2020. Cases appeared in every state including Virginia, especially in the NOVA area. In mid-March, FCPS decided to close schools down for two weeks after...

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Anti-Rioting Bill in Florida

Katie Le, Editorial Board | April 28, 2021

On Thursday, April 15th, Florida’s Senate passed a bill similar to other states that would increase the punishment for assaulting the police and vandalizing monuments during riots. However, this bill...

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Are Vaccinated People too Comfortable with the Pandemic Now?

Katie Le, Editorial Board | April 15, 2021

   During December 2019, China faced dozens of pneumonia cases with unknown causes, the cause would later be named as the coronavirus. This virus spread globally and to the United States early 2020 and...

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The Rise of Asian Hate crimes

Katie Le, Editorial Board | March 10, 2021

History/Origin Asian hate crimes first started during the California Gold Rush in the 1850s. Major waves of Asian immigrants came to America in hopes of a better life, yet faced racism and discrimination...

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The Bachelorette Scandal

Katie Le, Editorial Board | March 10, 2021

 The Bachelorette is a reality TV show that recently came out with a 16th season starring Clare Crawley, a former star on The Bachelor, season 18. She also made an appearance on seasons 1 and 2 of Bachelor...

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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...

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American Murder: The Family Next Door Documentary Review

Katie Le, Editorial Board | October 19, 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...

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Is This the End for TikTok?

Katie Le, Editorial Board | October 7, 2020

   TikTok, previously known as Musical.ly, is a social media app people use to create and share short-form videos. TikTok is one of the most popular forms of social media nowadays, with hundreds of millions...

Super Bowl Halftime Show Vs. Ohio Pastor

Katie Le, Editorial Board | February 19, 2020

On February 2, 2020, our 54th Super Bowl was won by the Kansas City Chiefs, leaving the San Francisco 49ers in defeat. This marks the Chiefs’ first Super Bowl victory since Super Bowl IV, with them...

Is Disney+ worth it?

Katie Le, Editorial Board | January 17, 2020

Disney+ is an online streaming service owned and run by The Walt Disney company. Like Netflix, it requires a subscription fee of $7 a month, which is less than Netflix and similar streaming services. Disney+...

Will there be any snow days?

Katie Le, Editorial Board | January 14, 2020

This winter in Virginia has been unbalanced because of the unusually warm weather we’ve been having. This poses the question, will there be any snow days this year? On Tuesday, Jan. 7, Virginia got a...

Ruel-Free Time World Tour at Songbyrd Cafe

Katie Le, Editorial Board | October 31, 2019

     Ruel Vincent van Dijk is a 17-year-old singer/songwriter from Sydney, Australia. He began gaining attention after he was discovered by M-Phazes, a producer and artist. Soon, Ruel released a song...

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The Rise of The Young Artist Ruel

Katie Le, Editorial Board | September 16, 2019

Ruel Vincent Van Dijk is an Australian singer born in London, United Kingdom. He and his family moved to Sydney, Australia when he was still young. Ruel became passionate about music as a child and started...

Top 5 Summer Adventures to Add to Your Bucket List

Katie Le, Editorial Board | May 6, 2019

Summer is just around the corner and there’s so many thing to do during the two and a half months of no school. With all that time, people still have no clue on what to spend their summer doing. Although...

The Legacies

Katie Le, Editorial Board | April 30, 2019

The Vampire Diaries is a TV series that was produced by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, based off of a book series with the same title by L.J. Smith. In this show, a girl named Elena Gilbert is torn between...

Why Don’t We 8 Letters tour

Katie Le, Editorial Board | April 11, 2019

Why Don’t We is a boy band that includes five members named Zach Herron, Jack Avery, Daniel Seavey, Jonah Marais, and Corbyn Besson. Each member started as a male solo artist, deciding to form a band...

Why Don’t We

Katie Le, Editorial Board | March 13, 2019

Why Don’t We is a boy band consisting of 5 boys, Zach Herron, Daniel Seavey, Jack Avery, Corbyn Besson, and Jonah Marais. They all started off solo and came together in September of 2016, gaining tons...

Alicia Keys 2019 Grammy’s Performance

Katie Le, Editorial Board | March 1, 2019

This year, Alicia Keys hosted the Grammys and opened the show with a speech,Michelle Obama and Lady Gaga joining her on state. Keys has won around 15 Grammys of her own the past years, including Best Rap...

The Life of Jake Paul

Katie Le, Editorial Board | October 17, 2018

Shane Dawson created a documentary series on YouTubers and what goes on in their lives and controversies they’ve had. Tanacon, Tana Mongeau’s YouTube convention, was what started this documentary series,...

Halloween costume ideas

Katie Le, Editorial Board | October 11, 2018

  Every year Halloween comes around and people dress up as anything they want, but some people have a hard time deciding what to dress up as. Halloween is coming up and you’re probably trying...

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