When people think of states with a rich history of music, they usually imagine places like Tennessee for pioneering country and the blues, or New York for being the birthplace of hip-hop. However, Virginia...

In a Hispanic-dominated population of more than 5000 students, Latinos for Latinos serves as a pillar for the Alexandria City High School Hispanic community.  L4L came from the knowledge that school resources...

On Friday Sept. 19, Alexandria City High School celebrated the 25-year anniversary of the blockbuster “Remember the Titans” movie during a home football game against John R. Lewis High School. The...

ACHS sophomores, Gemma Pianesi and Molly Payne are local singer/songwriters that go by the name musicbymollyandgemma. They perform shows across Alexandria. Q- Why do you like to perform music? A-...

The Carpentry and Construction class is back at Alexandria City High School. After a 12-year hiatus, there is a lot of excitement about its return from both teachers and students alike. The class's new...

Every teacher has interesting stories and surprising facts about them that most students don’t get a chance to discover. With roughly 300 teachers at ACHS, recognizing a new face among the crowd can...

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,...

In the opening scenes of the 2022 Oscar-nominated documentary To Kill a Tiger, subsistence farmer Ranjit is alone on screen. He sits, smiling, in front of a verdant landscape in Jharkhand, India, but he’s...

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...

On April 4, students gathered in the Alexandria City High School auditorium for the highly anticipated International Night, known as I Night. The event, primarily organized by students, is a celebration...

Following her victory in the 2024 mayoral election, I had the opportunity to interview Mayor Alyia Gaskins for Theogony. In the interview, Mayor Gaskins said that creating a Mayoral Youth Council will...

Zhaocheng Han is a physics and earth science teacher at Alexandria City High School. He started teaching at ACHS this year, coming from Freedom High School in Loudoun County Virginia.  Han was born...