Theogony

Building Futures: New Construction and Carpentry class at ACHS

Evelyn Gennarelli, Staff Writer • September 17, 2025

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...

‘To Kill A Tiger’ Screening Kindles Conversation

Julia Gwin, Editor • May 20, 2025

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...

Understanding The World Around You: Meet Mr. Han

Arafat Somith and Michael Sweeney • April 11, 2025

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...

Creator, Speaker, Role Model

May 30, 2023

During her four years at Alexandria City High School, Miracle Gross has gone above and beyond to be involved in the school community. From being in the National Honors Society to running her own small business, there is not much that she hasn’t done! Now, Gross is getting ready to graduate and will be continuing her studies at Hampton University. Also known as, “the Black Ivy League and my home by the Sea,” as said by Gross.

Seniors Behind School Spirit

May 19, 2023

Leadership is an elective open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. In Mrs. Cordero and Mr. Henry’s leadership class, students learn valuable skills like communication, effective planning, and other professional social tactics. Students help plan school-wide events and engage in the community. To thank our seniors for their hard work these past four years, we interviewed them about their favorite leadership experiences throughout high school.

Emily Milton

Yahney-Marie Sangaré, Editor • May 9, 2023

Theogony celebrates our School Board student representative senior editor: the activist, future political strategist Emily Milton.

Nora Malone

Yahney-Marie Sangaré, Editor • May 9, 2023

Theogony celebrates our only two-year senior editor: the thespian, future museum technician Nora Malone.

Guy Cardwell

Yahney-Marie Sangaré, Editor • May 9, 2023

Theogony celebrates our only male senior editor: the columnist, future economist Guy Cardwell.

A Sustainable Spotlight

February 28, 2023

Passionate teachers are hard to find these days, but Patrick Earle is one of the good ones! Mr. Earle is a multi-subject teacher at ACHS who creates a fun and engaging learning environment. He has a lot of environmental knowledge that he enjoys sharing with today’s youth.

Science Olympiads Spotlight

May 6, 2022

Every year, thousands of schools across the country compete as ‘Science Olympiads,’ putting their knowledge and skills to the test as they formulate, create, and innovate a variety of devices within the field. With Science Olympiads on track to garner similar popularity to its Mathletes counterpart, Alexandria City High School has recently created its own division, ready to participate in all levels of competition.

Spotlight on AP Modern Reanimation

April 1, 2022

Alexandria City High School is proud to be one of the first schools in the nation to have the newest AP Science Course, AP Modern Reanimation. This course is a hands-on science lab that focuses on self-paced student projects.

Contrasting Interests Collide at Cereal and Coloring Club

March 23, 2022

Cereal and coloring is an unlikely pair, but it has been merged together at Alexandria City High School to form the Cereal and Coloring Club (CCC). In mid-February, the CCC was formed, and since then, members have enjoyed a new cereal weekly while coloring in coloring books to relax.