On Saturday, Sept. 27, Mayor of Alexandria Alyia Gaskins hosted the Mayoral Youth Forum for geographic disparities. The youth forums are events held for the youth of Alexandria, each dealing with a specific...

Following an Aug. 19 Title IX ruling, which places federal funding for several Northern Virginia school districts on a "reimbursement only” standing, Alexandria City Public Schools has announced plans...

For centuries, textbooks have served as the backbone of education in America, providing an organized and accessible resource for students from middle school to universities. However, as time passes and...

ACHS’s Theatre Department is set to perform Pygmalion this fall. Auditions were Aug. 26 and 27 and roles were announced Sept. 5. Now, the beginning stages of the play are in full swing.  School performances...

On Tuesday, Nov. 4, Virginians will head to the polls for the 2025 state elections. There are three races appearing on the ballot: The gubernatorial election, the lieutenant gubernatorial election and...

The 2025-2026 school year has officially begun! Among the thousands of students returning, the class of 2029 is just beginning their Alexandria City High School experience. With new people to meet and...

From the Governor to our school administrators, students’ opinions for the creation of a phone ban in schools have largely been ignored. Yet, students have been the ones most affected by the phone policy.  This...

After a few weeks of school, students are experiencing dramatic changes to the bus system between classes, leading to significant backlash from the student body, who reportedly do not share much common...

At 9:00 a.m. yesterday, the Alexandria City High School Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps program held their annual memorial in remembrance of the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001. The JROTC...

On an October morning in 2022, the metro ride to school felt like any other to Zaria Edwards.  Then, she heard a gunshot.  “[That experience] traumatized me and it's been really hard to speak about,...

As the summer inches closer every day, seniors are officially signing off. Scholarships, college decisions and graduation mark the accomplishments of the graduating class. The events of Prom concluded...