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Native American Heritage Month presentation
Roots Remembered: Native American Heritage Month
Progress update November 8, 2025.
The Grace Hopper Center: Taking Shape
Students with the Ambassador of Switzerland, Dr. Ralf Heckner. Photo Credit: Steven Jones, ITC
Delight at the Swiss Embassy
Vibrant Voices: ACC Students Honor Hispanic Heritage
Vibrant Voices: ACC Students Honor Hispanic Heritage
How Does It Feel Being an ELI Student?
How Does It Feel Being an ELI Student?
Slice of ACC: Electricity
Slice of ACC: Electricity
Slice of ACC: Mystery in the History Wing
Slice of ACC: Mystery in the History Wing
Slice of ACC: New Class Pet
Slice of ACC: New Class Pet
Slice of ACC: Joke in the Box?
Slice of ACC: Joke in the Box?
Slice of ACC: Capturing Childhood
Slice of ACC: Capturing Childhood
D.C. Reviews: Georgetown Cupcakes
D.C. Reviews: Georgetown Cupcakes
A man at the protest dressed as biblical Jesus promoting empathy for ALL
No Kings Day: A Day For the History Books
Best Food In The Pentagon City Mall
Best Food In The Pentagon City Mall
Mid-Autumn Festival
Mid-Autumn Festival
How Does It Feel Being an ELI Student?
How Does It Feel Being an ELI Student?
Single Player Award Predictions for the Upcoming NBA Season
Single Player Award Predictions for the Upcoming NBA Season
One Take on the NFL Draft
One Take on the NFL Draft
Road To Munich 2025
Road To Munich 2025
Ovechkin or Gretsky?
Ovechkin or Gretsky?
Top 10 teams to look out for in the 2025 MLB season
Top 10 teams to look out for in the 2025 MLB season
Teacher Feature: Mr. Nystrom
Teacher Feature: Mr. Nystrom
Teacher Feature: Dr. Van Lare
Teacher Feature: Dr. Van Lare
Teacher Feature: Electric Mr. Ellison
Teacher Feature: Electric Mr. Ellison
Teacher Feature: Mr. Zawalo
Teacher Feature: Mr. Zawalo
Teacher Feature: Mr. Kivitz
Teacher Feature: Mr. Kivitz
Simone Carmody: An Array of Passions
Simone Carmody: An Array of Passions
Emely Fuentes: The Journey to ACC
Emely Fuentes: The Journey to ACC
Photo by: Christina Ascani
Timothy Jones: The Home Zoo
Photo by: Rei Sovada
Vivien Mcginn: Up-and-Coming Scientist
Henry Adams: Freshman Basketball Fanatic
Henry Adams: Freshman Basketball Fanatic
Career Profile: Jennifer Clark, Anthropologist at the Smithsonian
Career Profile: Jennifer Clark, Anthropologist at the Smithsonian
Career Profile: Cathy Pinskey, Director of Mason Facilities
Career Profile: Cathy Pinskey, Director of Mason Facilities
Career Profile: Jasmine Salem, Office of Cancer Training and Research Education
Career Profile: Jasmine Salem, Office of Cancer Training and Research Education
Career Profile: Tripp DeFalco, Architect
Career Profile: Tripp DeFalco, Architect
Career Profile: Kristen Clark, Journalist
Career Profile: Kristen Clark, Journalist
Beyond the Sideline: The Pen Shootout
Beyond the Sideline: The Pen Shootout
Imagery Award at Districts
KoiBots Swimming Far: A Robotics Team Update
ACC Archery Club: Shooting High
ACC Archery Club: Shooting High
KoiBots Hopping to BunnyBots
KoiBots Hopping to BunnyBots
ACC Kindness Rocks; Lifting Spirits
ACC Kindness Rocks; Lifting Spirits
Letter
Letter
Doakes Is Everywhere; But We Can’t Prove It Yet
Doakes Is Everywhere; But We Can’t Prove It Yet
Are you writing this down?
Are you writing this down?
Adventures Yondr: The Tutorial
Adventures Yondr: The Tutorial
Join the Amish
Join the Amish
Letter
Letter
Are you writing this down?
Are you writing this down?
Adventures Yondr: The Tutorial
Adventures Yondr: The Tutorial
Ejection Rejection: A Familiar Face
Ejection Rejection: A Familiar Face
Fat Bear Week
Fat Bear Week
Simone Says: Dr. Doofenshmirtz
Simone Says: Dr. Doofenshmirtz
Thank you, sophomore Eddie Nabala and freshman Hunter Wright
Wise Words for Freshmen
Created by Simone Carmody
Simone Says: Pokemon GO Fein
Created by Simone Carmody
Simone Says: Fish Griever
Ask the Wiz-Wizard Issue 5
Ask the Wiz-Wizard Issue 5
When STEAM Meets Streaming: The Process Behind Vtubers
When STEAM Meets Streaming: The Process Behind Vtubers
The Captive Panda Dilemma
The Captive Panda Dilemma
Cover image from Claudio Hinz depicting a complex halo containing a 22-degree halo, parhelic circle, sundogs, lower and upper tangent arcs (with the upper one having a suncave parry arc), infralateral arc, heliac arc, a supralateral arc touching a circumzenithal arc, and 4 tape arcs.
Halos: Circles Around the Sun
Fox 'N Facts with Oliver Sprout
Fox ‘N Facts with Oliver Sprout
Photo from the World Animal News The link to their article is https://worldanimalnews.com/endangered-mexican-gray-wolf-named-asha-returned-to-the-wild-after-being-captured-for-wandering-past-usfws-regulated-zone-let-wolves-roam-freely/
Asha’s Story
Doakes Is Everywhere; But We Can’t Prove It Yet
Doakes Is Everywhere; But We Can’t Prove It Yet
Join the Amish
Join the Amish
November Book Nook
November Book Nook
Movie Cover
One Battle After Another (OBAA) (2025)
Massive K-pop idol scandal?
Massive K-pop idol scandal?
Scholastic Art Contest - Gold
Scholastic Art Contest – Gold
Scholastic Art Contest - Silver
Scholastic Art Contest – Silver
Scholastic Art Contest - Honorable Mention
Scholastic Art Contest – Honorable Mention
By Giulia Galvao
Art I: Value / Shading
Lost in Space- Uriel Guasti Ortiz
Gallery Underground Show- SPACE
Spring Adventure Contest
Spring Adventure Contest
Created by Mayah Millhouse
Having Hope in Hard Times
Image from Adobe Stock
Time Has Changed
Image from Adobe Stock
It’s Mine Till the End of Time
Ode to Love Contest
Ode to Love Contest
Summer Print Edition 2025
Summer Print Edition 2025
Hot Off the Press: Spring Print Edition
Hot Off the Press: Spring Print Edition
Hot Off the Press: Winter Print Edition
Hot Off the Press: Winter Print Edition
Hot Off the Press: Fall Print Edition
Hot Off the Press: Fall Print Edition
Hot Off the Press: The Spring Print Edition
Hot Off the Press: The Spring Print Edition
Ditch the Bells
Ditch the Bells
The Rise of the Pouches
The Rise of the Pouches
Maggie, Cody, and Emory, Reporters on the National Mall, Spring 2025
My Philosophy Exemplified
Tech Development Alongside Our Development
Tech Development Alongside Our Development
Looks or Personality: The Holistic Approach and a Critique of the U.S. College Admissions Process
Looks or Personality: The Holistic Approach and a Critique of the U.S. College Admissions Process
26 with '26: Kate Runion
26 with ’26: Kate Runion
26 with '26: Conrad Skelly
26 with ’26: Conrad Skelly
26 with '26: Finn Patchen
26 with ’26: Finn Patchen
26 with '26: Lucy Day
26 with ’26: Lucy Day
26 with '26: John O'Flaherty
26 with ’26: John O’Flaherty
26 with '26: Kate Runion
26 with ’26: Kate Runion
26 with '26: Conrad Skelly
26 with ’26: Conrad Skelly
26 with '26: Finn Patchen
26 with ’26: Finn Patchen
26 with '26: Lucy Day
26 with ’26: Lucy Day
26 with '26: John O'Flaherty
26 with ’26: John O’Flaherty
26 with '26: Kate Runion
26 with ’26: Kate Runion
26 with '26: Conrad Skelly
26 with ’26: Conrad Skelly
26 with '26: Finn Patchen
26 with ’26: Finn Patchen
26 with '26: Lucy Day
26 with ’26: Lucy Day
26 with '26: John O'Flaherty
26 with ’26: John O’Flaherty
Archers' TV: Episode 12
Archers’ TV: Episode 12
Archers’ TV: Episode 11
Archers’ TV: Episode 11
Archers' TV: Episode 10
Archers’ TV: Episode 10
Archers' TV: Episode 9
Archers’ TV: Episode 9
Archers' TV: Episode 8
Archers’ TV: Episode 8

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School News
Native American Heritage Month presentation
Roots Remembered: Native American Heritage Month
Yara Shomali, Staff Reporter • November 13, 2025

On Monday, November 3, the Commons was filled with Indigenous artwork, ceremonial items, and different presentations celebrating Native American...

Op Ed
Ditch the Bells
Ditch the Bells
Wynnie Gibson, Staff Reporter • November 10, 2025
For a couple of weeks in November, the bells were periodically silent. In my opinion, whenever the bells are off, school is more peaceful.
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Teacher Features
Teacher Feature: Mr. Nystrom
Teacher Feature: Mr. Nystrom
Erin Chen and Alice Cheng • September 17, 2025
Teacher Feature: Dr. Van Lare
Teacher Feature: Dr. Van Lare
January 23, 2025
Teacher Feature: Electric Mr. Ellison
Teacher Feature: Electric Mr. Ellison
October 23, 2024
Teacher Feature: Mr. Zawalo
Teacher Feature: Mr. Zawalo
May 31, 2024
Community & Beyond
D.C. Reviews: Georgetown Cupcakes
D.C. Reviews: Georgetown Cupcakes
Vivien McGinn, Staff Reporter • November 17, 2025
A man at the protest dressed as biblical Jesus promoting empathy for ALL
No Kings Day: A Day For the History Books
Vivien McGinn, Staff Reporter • October 24, 2025
Best Food In The Pentagon City Mall
Best Food In The Pentagon City Mall
Simone Carmody and Vivien McGinn • October 10, 2025
Mid-Autumn Festival
Mid-Autumn Festival
Erin Chen and Alice Cheng • October 8, 2025
Clubs & Extras
Beyond the Sideline: The Pen Shootout
Beyond the Sideline: The Pen Shootout
Aaron Turner, Staff Reporter • September 30, 2025
Imagery Award at Districts
KoiBots Swimming Far: A Robotics Team Update
Alice Cheng and Ilana Hoffer • April 28, 2025
ACC Archery Club: Shooting High
ACC Archery Club: Shooting High
Vivien McGinn, Staff Reporter • March 21, 2025
KoiBots Hopping to BunnyBots
KoiBots Hopping to BunnyBots
Alice Cheng, Lead Publisher, Staff Reporter • December 19, 2024
Entertainment
Doakes Is Everywhere; But We Can’t Prove It Yet
Doakes Is Everywhere; But We Can’t Prove It Yet
John O'Flaherty, Staff Reporter • November 13, 2025
Join the Amish
Join the Amish
Ashton Hadley, Staff Reporter • November 6, 2025
November Book Nook
November Book Nook
Cole Carney, Staff Reporter • November 6, 2025
Movie Cover
One Battle After Another (OBAA) (2025)
Finn Patchen, Staff Reporter • October 28, 2025
Art Gallery
Scholastic Art Contest - Gold
Scholastic Art Contest – Gold
Ms. Ascani's Art and Photo • January 29, 2025
Science & Tech
When STEAM Meets Streaming: The Process Behind Vtubers
When STEAM Meets Streaming: The Process Behind Vtubers
Yara Shomali, Staff Reporter • November 6, 2025
Chronicle Comics
Letter
Letter
Giulia Galvao, Staff Reporter • November 17, 2025
Advice Column
Simone Says: Dr. Doofenshmirtz
Simone Says: Dr. Doofenshmirtz
Simone Carmody, Staff Reporter • October 10, 2025
26 With '26
26 with '26: Kate Runion
26 with ’26: Kate Runion
John O'Flaherty, Staff Reporter • November 10, 2025
26 with '26: Conrad Skelly
26 with ’26: Conrad Skelly
John O'Flaherty, Staff Reporter • November 6, 2025
26 with '26: Finn Patchen
26 with ’26: Finn Patchen
John O'Flaherty, Staff Reporter • October 7, 2025
26 with '26: Lucy Day
26 with ’26: Lucy Day
John O'Flaherty, Staff Reporter • October 7, 2025
Attention Senior Class
How many days until graduation?
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