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Letter: Project-Based Learning
To the Editor: It seems like every time you read an article regarding education there is talk of standardized high-stakes testing. Teachers spend hours planning and prepping lessons that ensure their students will select the correct answer on a lengthy multiple choice test. Students regurgitate this information one day late in the spring, when the only thing anyone can focus on is the looming summer months. When you think about what we want our students to be able to do when they exit high school, is being really good at test taking the first thing that comes to mind?
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Frosh Snow Leads Youthful Bruins
Lake Braddock midfielder scores six goals.
Frosh Snow Leads Youthful Bruins
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Frosh Snow Leads Youthful Bruins
Lake Braddock midfielder scores six goals.
Frosh Snow Leads Youthful Bruins
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A Fluid Situation
I don’t mean to be the least bit paranoid, but I suppose that’s because, as a stage IV non-small cell lung cancer “diagnosee,” I’m already the most bit paranoid. A terminal diagnosis of incurable cancer has a way of doing that to you (at least to me it has). Not to blame cancer totally for my behavior, but can you think of a more deserving and appropriate cause of this effect than the “leading cancer killer in both men and women in the United States.” In fact, according to the American Lung Association, “Lung cancer causes more deaths than the next three most common cancers combined (colon, breast and prostate).”
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Easing Election Fears
Local therapists say acknowledging, reassuring are keys to easing anxiety.
On the morning after what was possibly the most adversarial election in recent history, psychologist Carolyn Lorente, Ph.D. felt an urge to send a text message to her two teenaged children.
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Fairfax City Council Weighs in on Hotel Project
Concerned about traffic, but excited about the idea.
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Letter to the Editor: The Story My Grandma Told Me
To the Editor: This summer, I visited Bangladesh, the country where my parents grew up, for the first time in six years. When we visited the small village where my father grew up and my grandparents still live, my grandmother told us stories about the immense poverty in which most of her neighbors were living, including the story of one man whose wife was very ill.
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West Springfield Graduates Remain ‘Spartan Strong’
The class of 2017 is the school’s 50th graduating class.
West Springfield Graduation
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Spiking Breast Cancer Together
Shawn Schutzmeister is battling breast cancer and her daughter, Savannah and the West Springfield volleyball team are fighting with her.
Spiking Breast Cancer Together
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Spiking Breast Cancer Together
Shawn Schutzmeister is battling breast cancer and her daughter, Savannah and the West Springfield volleyball team are fighting with her.
Spiking Breast Cancer Together
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Spiking Breast Cancer Together
Shawn Schutzmeister is battling breast cancer and her daughter, Savannah and the West Springfield volleyball team are fighting with her.
Spiking Breast Cancer Together
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Woodson’s Winning Words
Despite loss of three Division I-A athletes, Cavaliers keep winning tradition alive.
Woodson’s Winning Words
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Cub Run Rec Center Coming
$19.2 million facility is slated to open in Chantilly in January 2005
Cub Run Rec Center Coming
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W-L, Yorktown Boys’ Soccer Play to 1-All Tie
Generals off to slow start following 2011 National District title.
After a 16-win season that included a National District title and a trip to the Northern Region semifinals last year, the Washington-Lee boys’ soccer team is still trying to settle into a groove in 2012. Facing rival Yorktown on April 16, the Generals didn’t do themselves any favors while trying to elevate their level of play.
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South County Football off to 4-1 Start
Stallions dismantle West Springfield, 54-3.
South County scored more than 50 points in each of its four victories this season.
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Twas the Night Before Retirement
Tom Bailey aka Santa Claus leaves Post Office after 30 years.
Wendy Kilpatrick used to mail her packages with help from Santa. The Hollin Hills resident would often joke with the Christmas icon while purchasing postage at the Belle View Post Office.
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Musical, Murder Mystery Whodunnit Comedy
It’s ‘Curtains’ for Robinson’s Cappies play.
A whodunnit, murder mystery, musical comedy, “Curtains” is Robinson Secondary’s upcoming Cappies play. Show times are Thursday-Saturday, May 8, 9, 10, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 at www.robinsondrama.org.