The annual Chantilly High School Science fair was held on the night of January 18, 2012. Students of all grades dressed for the event. Projects ranged from the testing of music box resonance to the effects of fresh water on salt water currents.
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Choosing the right college is a daunting task that makes high school seniors tremble with trepidation. There are so many great colleges to choose from that students are plagued with options. Some seniors have applied to the nation’s top, most prestigious schools.
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As junior Christine Questch and her reading buddy sit down to start a writing assignment, she receives a Christmas card and a candy cane as a holiday gift. As a reading buddy, Questch spends half an hour every other Thursday at Navy Elementary interacting with her third-grade buddy.
Continued...The long winding road that stands in front of graduating seniors has many forks and bumps along the way to their future. These new adults must find their own place in the world and choose their own method of attacking the many choices that lay before them. These options include four-year schools, community colleges, trade [...]
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English may be second nature for some, but for people who have moved here from foreign countries, English is a hard obstacle to overcome.
Continued...The newly established English Honor Society inducted 107 students on Nov. 16.
Continued...If there were ever a place where students could work amiably together on essays and other work from all different subjects, it would be the Writing Center, which was started in February of 2011 by English teachers Danielle Hicks and Nikki Lehman.
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The World Religions class had the opportunity to speak to Jumeirah College, a school in the United Arab Emirates, on Nov. 14 as part of the Face to Faith program. The trans Atlantic video conference was held at the First Amendment Center in the Newseum in Washington D.C.
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Good news: washing down chalkboards and dusting out erasers after class are coming to an end. Touchscreen Smartboards populate almost every classroom. The bad news: instead of $60 chalkboards, the county must pay a considerably higher price for these new tools.
Continued...Piles of textbooks thick as bricks, papers and practice worksheets scattered everywhere, tutors and classes, all to prepare for just one test?
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