Valor Dictus

Senior Carrie Walker, the National Honors Society president, speaks at the induction ceremony in 2019.

Honor Societies: Are they significant to the college admissions process?

May 23, 2020

The photo states “Integrity & Ethics have no party.”

Media Accountability: Not as Straightforward as we Might Think

May 19, 2020

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Review!

Patrick Foos, Student Blogger

January 6, 2020

I didn't like it and if you do you're probably wrong.

Life Coming Through the Blinds – EP, Another Sky | Review

Thomas Gaul, Staff Member

December 17, 2019

The English band Another Sky released their new EP, "Life Coming in Through the Blinds," on June 14, 2019. Another Sky, comprised of Catrin Vincent (vocals, piano, and guitar), Max (drums), Jack (guitar), and Naomi (bass), started...

The Interview With the Unwinds

December 17, 2019

Crazy Fact to blow yo MIND

Patrick Foos, Student Blogger

December 17, 2019

The blogs will come, please read this epic article!

Trivia Tuesday

Patrick Foos, Student Blogger

September 20, 2019

Hello, and welcome to trivia Tuesday. I'm Patrick and a trivia expert, some would even say I know everything there is to know about everything (they'd be wrong(also no one says that(can you even put parentheses inside parentheses?)))....

Welcome to the Absurdity

Patrick Foos

September 20, 2019

Howdy y'all Patrick Foos here, blogging as I always do in Fairfax Virginia. Or am I, this is the first blog so how could I possibly always blog here. The answer is quite simple, I have no idea. Anyhow, my name is Patrick and I'm...

Vote Biden: Save Grandma

Patrick Foos

September 20, 2019

Several months ago Joe Biden, the front runner for the 2020 Democrat Party nomination promised at a rally on June 11 he would quote "promise you if I'm elected president, you're going to see the single most important thing that...

Do Schools Place too Much Emphasis on Testing?

Andrew Lichtblau, Editor-in-Chief

June 3, 2019

Albert Einstein once claimed that a man’s intelligence is not distinguished by his knowledge but instead by his imagination.The words of the man admired as one of the world’s greatest intellectuals of the past century certain...

Building Your College List: “Dream,” “Ambition,” and “Comfort”

Andrea Darmawan, Staff Member

April 30, 2019

Three summers ago, I drove down to southern Virginia with my family and toured my dream school. After the third quarter ended, I traveled to Pennsylvania to tour my “ambition” school. Over spring break, I met my “comfort”...

Which Music App Does Everyone Have

Leo Villavicencio, Staff Member

February 12, 2019

Spotify, Pandora, Apple Music, YouTube are all platforms that you can listen to your favorite songs to. Some have more special features of them that others don't. Some of these features can either make the app better or worse th...