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By Dave Borowski
Last school year, Our Lady of Good Counsel science lab teacher Samantha Forbes started a club to encourage students to think about technology and its interaction with the environment. About 20 students signed up for the Science Club and its twice-monthly meetings. Forbes, who earned a bachelor’s in natural resources and environmental sciences from the […]
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By Dave Borowski
The era of social media began almost 15 years ago with the social networking sites MySpace and Hi5. Those two pioneers are still around, but giants like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram have taken many of their users. Long embraced by athletes and other celebrities, religious organizations and clergy now are using social media platforms to […]
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By Ashleigh Buyers
After more than two weeks of rain in Arlington, the sun was bright on Pentecost Sunday. To celebrate this day when the Twelve Apostles and Mary were filled with the Holy Spirit, St. Agnes Church in Arlington hosted “St. Agnes Time and Talent Sunday” after the 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Masses. More than a […]
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By Zoey Dimauro
Before the morning bell at Robinson Secondary School in Fairfax, some 20 students gathered in a Spanish classroom May 10. They watched as a screen flashed facts and pictures of embryos set to high energy music. When the lights went up, three club members each took a trimester of pregnancy and tackled the technical terms […]
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By Katie Scott
When students of St. Thomas More Cathedral School in Arlington gaze up at the sky in the upcoming months, they’ll know that a small piece of their efforts is orbiting Earth, offering its inhabitants information about the “final frontier.” On May 16, a satellite students created was deployed into space from the International Space Station, […]
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By Katie Scott
Above the hum of the table saw, one story was told, then another. As the dark chestnut boards were fixed together, gradually taking shape as a sturdy rectangular box, three brothers pieced together memories of a life. “Something rich and beautiful happens when your hands are occupied but your mind is free,” said Michael Schmiedicke, […]
Schools
By Jackie Dibartolomeo
It’s been a busy year for Paul VI Catholic High School’s music program. In addition to a Star Wars-inspired winter concert and a strings ensemble performance at the Volunteer Fairfax Awards Gala in April, the program looks forward to entertaining runners in the Army 10-miler race in October. Between great conductors and enthusiastic musicians, it […]
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By Elizabeth Foss
It is the season of diplomas and honors, recognition and resumes. As the flurry swirls around me, I find myself thinking increasingly of humility. When a young person sets out on the course of finding his life’s work, nothing will serve him better than humility. This time of year serves as a powerful reminder to […]
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By Russell Shaw
Although the wave of battles now underway in several parts of the country over religious freedom laws and LGBT rights may come as a surprise to some people, it shouldn’t. At least since last year’s Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage, and probably longer than that, it’s been clear that something like this was bound […]
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By Effie Caldarola
In the great movie, “Schindler’s List,” there’s a scene near the end that speaks poignantly to the heart of anyone who wants to do good in the world. The 1993 film tells the story of Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who, at the beginning of World War II, moves to Poland to make his fortune […]
