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Virginia high school faces recruiting questions after 30 football players transferred this spring
A Virginia high school raised eyebrows internally when 30 new students transferred to the school this spring with the intention of playing on the football team. Hayfield Secondary School (Alexandria, Va.) is now under investigation by the Virginia High School League (VHSL) for the net gain of 23 new students at a time when enrollment was dropping countywide, according to the Fairfax County Times. The association does not allow transfer or enrollment of school “made because of athletic ability,” according to its handbook.
LHS Students Recognized for Accomplishments
Lakeland High School valedictorian, Kris Dominic, and salutatorian Tala Franklin were recognized for their academic achievement at the June 13 Board of Education meeting. “May your future be as bright as your accomplishments, and may you continue to reach new heights in all of your endeavors,” said Heather Novak, director of communications.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Also recognized for their accomplishments were the board representatives—students who worked as liaisons between their schools and the school board this year. Lakeland High School’s representatives who graduate this year are Sohum Agarwal, Robert Mansfield, and Maeve Dineen-Herzog. Agarwal will be attending the University of Indiana in the fall and will major in finance. Mansfield is a nursing major and will study at the University of Tampa. Dinesen-Herzog will study communications, economics, law, and government at American University. For more local news, visit TAPinto.net
Hayfield football staffer flouts rules; Coach’s controversial past surfaces
This past Sunday, Brenden Hughes, a new wide receiver coach and passing game coordinator for the Hayfield Secondary School football team in Alexandria, tweeted at 4:36 p.m., urging student-athletes to “get some work Monday and Tuesday this week” with training at “$25 a session!”. The problem: as...
America desperately needs to bring back civics in education
Civil society has deteriorated over the last three decades as people have withdrawn from civic life. The root cause of this trend lies in our failed education system, which has substituted nation-building civic education with destructive activism. I’ve seen the results of this failed education firsthand in the classroom as a political science professor. Today’s […]
Amazon Opens Drone Academy At Howard University Amid DEI Rollbacks Across U.S.
This post was originally published on The Washington Informer. In a world with diversity efforts being rolled back because of a rise in conservative pushback, Amazon launched its weeklong Drone Academy at Howard University to promote diversity in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Oluwafemi “Femi” Oladosu, a doctoral student...
Rockville High School Won the “It’s Academic” Super Bowl (DMV) 25 Years Ago
In this edition of the MoCo Time Capsule, we take a look at a team of students from Rockville High School that led their school to victory in the “It’s Academic” Superbowl, beating the champions of the Baltimore and Central Virginia regions back in 1999. A total...
Williamstown student Harper Mann represents Owen Electric in Washington, D.C.
Williamstown student Harper Mann was recently selected by Owen Electric to participate in the Washington Youth Tour June 17-22. The Washington Youth Tour is an annual, week-long, all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C., open to select high school students whose homes are served by electric cooperatives. Twenty-two of Kentucky’s 24 electric...
Local students represent Adams Electric Cooperative, Adams Telephone Co-Operative during Youth Tour to D.C.
CAMP POINT, Ill. — Hundreds of high school students from across the United States annually embark on an educational and inspirational journey to the nation’s capital city. Sponsored by Illinois’ electric and telephone cooperatives, 54 students departed Springfield by bus on June 14 to Washington, D.C., for a week-long trip of a lifetime.
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