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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...

Veronica Jackson conducting the ACHS orchestra. / Photo provided by Veronica Jackson

Inspiring Students From The Conductor’s Stand

Pablo Cruz Rivera, Editor February 10, 2025

Veronica Jackson, Alexandria City High School’s orchestra conductor, is known among her students for her passion, talent and welcoming classroom. When walking into the orchestra room, students from different...

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...

Vahin Middough (Senior) flying over the bar. / Image Courtesy of the ACHS Track Boosters Facebook Page

Setting The Bar High

Imani Sanders, Staff Writer January 22, 2025

Senior Vahin Middough is well into his journey of success in high jump. Although he started during his junior year, he’s excelling in his second season. Coach Teresa Henderson suggested Middough...

The movie adaptation of the Broadway play "Wicked" goes above and beyond, writes Rozalia Finkelstein.

‘Wicked’ Defies Gravity and Expectations

Rozalia Finkelstein, Editor January 10, 2025
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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. 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...

English teacher Katherine Bentley, right, helps out junior Simge Gerdaneri on an essay. Bentley said she is pleased with the phone ban.

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...

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