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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 under fair use

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...

DE Composition student Simge Gerdaneri gets help from Bentley on her essay.

Pencils, Paper and Passion

Nadja Duss, Editor December 18, 2024

Every red day at roughly 8:45 in the morning, I wearily trudge into Katherine Bentley’s Duel Enrollment Composition class, not knowing what to expect and still half asleep. The only thing I have learned...

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.
Stronger Together

Stronger Together

Alexander Duncan, Guest Contributor December 6, 2024
As challenges with intercampus transport persist, we recognize the need for continued change, ACHS Executive Principal Alexander Duncan writes.
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...

Nick Roman has owned Fairlington Pizza since 2011.

Behind the Counter

Pablo Cruz Rivera and Isabel Shultz November 15, 2024

When Nick Roman graduated from T.C .Williams High School — now Alexandria City High School — in 1988, he was a customer at Fairlington Pizza. In 2024, he now serves the same community from behind the...

The newly elected Democratic candidates for City Council celebrate their victory at Pork Barell BBQ in Del Ray. From left: John Chapman, Jacinta Greene, Sarah Bagley, Alyia Gaskins, Abdel Elnoubi, Kirk McPike, Canek Aguirre.

Democrats Sweep Local Elections

James Libresco, Editor in Chief November 6, 2024

Read Theogony's full ELECTION 2024 coverage here. For the fifth consecutive election, Democrats swept Alexandria’s races for City Council and mayor. It’s been more than 15 years since the city has...

Today is the last chance for voters around Alexandria to cast their ballots. Polls close at 7 p.m., though anyone standing in line at that time will still be able to vote. Faces blurred for privacy reasons.

LIVE UPDATES: ELECTION 2024

Theogony Staff November 5, 2024
Election results are in. Here's the latest.
Alexandria City Public Schools

Is DOE Doomed?

Noah Sternberg, Staff Writer October 29, 2024
The Future of Federal Funding for ACHS
Theogony Take: The Lamentable State of ACHS

Theogony Take: The Lamentable State of ACHS

The Editorial Board October 8, 2024
EDITORIAL: As the school year begins, we can’t help but scratch our heads at the flurry of seemingly unforced difficulties ACHS is facing.
Naomi Brooks Elementary has been closed since September 26 for cleaning.

Elementary Students Exposed to Lead

Nadja Duss, Editor October 4, 2024
After a construction project went awry, an undetermined number of students at Naomi Brooks Elementary School were exposed to lead. The school system has no contingency plan for classes.
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