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Many high school students want to get ahead of the game for college by taking lots of AP courses. It’s practical, cheap, and lets you skip a few college courses, saving money on tuition. Overall, it looks good on applications and is a good way to get a head
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St. John’s is a school with a variety of clubs and athletics in DC … but minus a cheerleading team. The year 2007 is the year cheerleading mysteriously disappeared. Mr. Morse was a student during the “2007 cheerleading ban.” He said, “Cheerleading ended because I remember a girl fell on
Lifestyle
Like most people, I love the Christmas season. After Thanksgiving, I was searching for a quality Christmas playlist as a way to spread my abundant Christmas cheer with everyone else. However, I could not find a good one that has multiple good songs. So, I took the matter into my
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For this Christmas season, St. John’s Theatre put on a production of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, based on Barbara Robinson’s book, which shows the struggles that play directors can often face, specifically in plays involving lots of children. It opens with a spotlight on the narrator, Beth
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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is worth a watch if you’re a fan of Harry Potter. However, it left viewers with many questions. The Crimes of Grindelwald is the second installment in the Fantastic Beasts franchise. The franchise is a Harry Potter spin-off loosely based on J.K.
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High school kids are constantly broke. Nobody can afford anything, and when the Christmas season comes around, we’re left with a week and $20 to buy presents for all of our friends. However, if you look at places like Target, Marshalls, or Walmart, you can find fun gifts that
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The Hate U Give is a powerful movie that focuses on the life of a teenage girl, Starr, who becomes an activist because of a terrible experience. In The Hate You Give, during the first scene in the movie, Starr’s father (Russell Hornsby) is explaining to his children what
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The Rocky franchise is one of the longest running and most popular series of all time. It’s one of my personal favorites and with the release of Creed II, I thought I’d give my ranking. 8. Rocky V The embarrassment in the Rocky franchise is obviously Rocky V.
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Ariana Grande’s new album, Sweetener, was released back in August, and it features 15 tracks and multiple collaborations with other artists. The topics of the songs range from mental health to relationships and the attack at her past concert in Manchester. I grew up listening to some of Grande’
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SJC’s boys soccer team competed at the DC state championships (DCSAAs) on Sunday, November 11. They played against nearby Woodrow Wilson High School and managed to get the win earning the program its first championship since 1986. Wilson scored the first goal, but St. John’s quickly bounced back
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On Nov. 20, Alahna Sabbakhan ’19 made her commitment to the University of Virginia official. She signed to run track at the university next year. After visiting a number of colleges this fall, Sabbakhan settled on UVA in early November. She said, “When I went on my visit, I just
Around Campus
Peyton Hinton and Nadia Zaki talked to members of the SJC community about their favorite aspects of Thanksgiving!