Bridgette Adu-Wadler

Superintendent, T.C. Teachers Get Covid Vaccine Amid School Reopening Plans

January 13, 2021

Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) partnered with the city government and the Virginia Department of Health to get teachers COVID-19 vaccines as in-person school approaches for some students. Alexandria is one of the first cities in Virginia to move to Phase 1b of vaccinations, which includes essential workers such as public and private school employees, the elderly, and staff workers in correctional facilities and homeless shelters.

Will It Ever Be Possible to Get out the Youth Vote?

March 19, 2020

While politicians attempt to engage young adults (ages 18-29) each election season, this group has had low turnout for decades.

Theogony Editors Discuss Their Super Tuesday Picks

March 16, 2020

PBS NewsHour's Student Reporting Labs reached out to several Theogony staff on March 4, 2020 to hear who they voted for on Super Tuesday. Watch below to hear from editors Celeste Amron and Reagan Feld...

T.C.’s Latest Visitors

January 29, 2020

From Tim Kaine to Judy Woodruff, It's Been a Full House Senator Tim Kaine discusses recent U.S. tensions with Iran with JROTC students. Photo by Bridgette Adu-Wadier.Panelists Robert Balfanz, Jaime...

T.C. Students’ Questions for the Democratic Candidates

December 19, 2019

T.C. Theogony and broadcast students had the opportunity to be on PBS NewsHour to speak on the political issues they care about and ask questions for the presidential candidates to answer during the Democratic debates.

Being ‘the Only Black One’ in an AP Class

December 11, 2019

Black and Hispanic students have disproportionately low enrollment in Advanced Placement (AP) and Honors courses despite making up more than two-thirds of the T.C. population, which has sparked action among some students.

High School Expansion: What’s New?

September 17, 2019

ACPS released four suggestions for high school programming, which the newly established 80-member Educational Design Team (EDT) created over the summer.

‘There is Ability in Every Disability’

June 19, 2019

Children with autism and other disabilities have a unique experience at T.C., as they are apart of the special education community and are often misunderstood by their typical peers. Five mothers of children with disabilities -- Mildred Rivera, Yolie Carrasco, Isabel Garcia Rosell, Omeima Khidir and Heather Trammell -- started doing school presentations to educate the student body about the experiences their children have as autistic students. They presented to the T.C. Health and Medical Sciences Academy on Tuesday, April 23, continuing at Hammond and the Alexandria Police Department.

TC Honors Pro Documentary Creators

June 12, 2019

The TV channel C-SPAN held a student-led documentary competition, called StudentCAM, to initiate growing interests in TV media production journalism and to celebrate students' TV media skills. This year's theme was “What Does It Mean to be American?” Students were prompted to create a six to seven minute documentary analyzing the topic.

Combating Climate Change One Student at a Time

May 6, 2019

“The water is rising,” said Kenneth Warren, co-founder of CURE, Community United for Renewable Energy, an environmental organization dedicated to promoting sustainability at T.C. “When the wind starts blowing and the water starts rising… it will not be about Snapchat, or

Rebuilding Minnie Howard and Secondary Expansion

March 22, 2019

As of fall 2018, the population of T.C. Williams High School has reached 3,959 students. It is the largest four-grade high school in Virginia, and ACPS is bracing for an additional 1,200 more students to enroll along with the 860 current students at Minnie Howard.

We The People Wins Regionals

February 7, 2019

“It’s one thing to know the Constitution. It’s another to know the Constitution and look at how they [lawmakers] have neglected to follow their own laws,” explained Ra Alim Shabazz, the coach and sponsor of the We the People team.