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Current George Mason Elementary School marked in red pen. | Image accessed via Google Street View

George Mason Modernization Stirs Controversy

Casey Donahue, Editor in Chief March 26, 2025

Alexandria City Public Schools plans to completely rebuild George Mason Elementary School this summer as part of the city’s modernization efforts. This project will improve the 85-year-old building,...

School Budget Debates Cause Controversy

School Budget Debates Cause Controversy

Nadja Duss, Editor March 7, 2025

Alexandria’s school board approved its budget for the upcoming school year at a meeting February 26, despite receiving mixed reactions from school staff and students, with many saying that the funds...

Scheduling: What’s Next?

Scheduling: What’s Next?

Pablo Cruz Rivera and Leo Maucieri March 6, 2025

On a cool, cloudy day, students sit in the rotunda with their counselors wondering what classes they are going to take next year. Some wonder if their class choices are too ambitious. Others are perfectly...

Five Northern Virginia School Districts Under Federal Investigation for Transgender Policies

Five Northern Virginia School Districts Under Federal Investigation for Transgender Policies

Julia Gwin and James Libresco March 6, 2025

The U.S. Department of Education launched an investigation in February into Alexandria City Public Schools, along with four other school districts in northern Virginia, for potential discrimination and...

Graphic by Rozalia Finkelstein for Theogony

ACPS Embraces AI

Noah Sternberg, Staff Writer February 21, 2025

As teachers grapple with a growing number of students dubiously getting ahead on their assignments via Artificial Intelligence — or AI — Alexandria City Public Schools is taking a new approach: If...

Officials utilized a floating crane Feb. 7 to remove the wreckage of American Airlines flight 5342 and the Black Hawk helicopter that collided midair.

67 Dead After Airplane Collides With Army Helicopter, Plummets into Potomac River

James Libresco and Noah Sternberg February 3, 2025

Officials said there are no survivors after a commercial jet with 64 passengers and an Army helicopter carrying three soldiers collided shortly before 9 p.m. on Jan. 29 outside of Ronald Reagan National...

A camera at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts captured the crash. / Image captured via EarthCam. Used with permission

LIVE UPDATES: Plane Crash at DCA

Theogony Staff January 29, 2025

Officials said there are no survivors after a commercial jet with 64 passengers and an Army helicopter carrying three soldiers collided shortly before 9 p.m. on Jan. 29 outside of Ronald Reagan National...

A new school board regulation bans phones during the school day, but contains exceptions for Minga digital hall passes for the remainder of the current school year.

ACPS Bans Cell Phones

Nadja Duss, Editor December 20, 2024
School board passes ban 8-1; will be implemented after winter break
The ruins of the Jupiter Temple in front of the Omayyad Mosque in Damascus. / 
Photo by Ai@ce on Flickr, accessed via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 2.0. (see links at bottom of story)

Students Celebrate Assad’s Descent

Noah Sternberg, Staff Writer December 18, 2024

The abrupt rebel uprising that overthrew Bashar Al-Assad’s dictatorship in Syria earlier this December has brought about an optimistic outlook for one Alexandria City High School student. Bashar Al-Assad...

ACHS Mock Election vs. Real Election

ACHS Mock Election vs. Real Election

Noah Sternberg, Staff Writer December 10, 2024

While the November election had an age requirement of 18, another ballot in September had a different entry standard—be a member of an ACHS government class. Known as the mock election, 675 students...

At the beginning of the school year, it took an average of 10 minutes to transport between campuses. Now, that average has reduced to eight minutes, according to a Theogony analysis.

Transportation Challenges Ease

Isabel Shultz and Julia Gwin December 6, 2024
A Theogony analysis has found that commuting students can now make it to class on time — even with a full ban on walking between campuses.
With the possibility of an upcoming phone ban, students may have to rely on Chromebooks for their digital hall passes.

What do Students and Staff Think of Minga Passes?

Arafat Somith, Staff Writer December 4, 2024

Since the beginning of the 2024-25 school year, Alexandria City High School has made it clear that they want to move towards a completely digital future, abandoning items like physical bathroom passes...

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