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This chart shows the number of native speakers of  the major world languages. Source:Washington Post, Ulrich Ammon

FCPS needs to offer more languages at the high school level

by Tommy Moyer and Meredith Moyer January 22, 2018

The study of the French, German, Spanish, and Latin are all very important, which is why the University of Maryland completer program requires that a student must pass two levels of these language classes...

Jacob Blue

White Rabbit Gastropub: An hidden eating adventure for two

by Jacob Blue, Reporter January 21, 2018

On January 14th I intended to take a girl on a date to the White Rabbit Gastropub. Our intentions were foiled after not being able to find the restaurant in the dark Frederick streets, forcing us to...

No call to play this Call of Duty: WWII

No call to play this Call of Duty: WWII

by Adam Cooper, Reporter January 12, 2018

The Call of Duty franchise is seen as a lion in the first person shooter genre with its immense popularity; however, in the last few years, the games in this franchise have been less than stellar. Sadly...

Holiday decorations and U.S. law: keep church out of state

Holiday decorations and U.S. law: keep church out of state

by Beau Cameron, Co-Editor in chief December 20, 2017

In December, it's easy to take in the lights and trees with wide, child-like eyes. It's easy to overlook the flood of Christmas-themed decorations in our area. So when Fort Detrick in Frederick, MD, placed...

Merry Christmas to all, not just Christians

by Kelsey Ward, Editor December 20, 2017

Merry Christmas! Are you offended? Of course not. What is this “war” that we fight during this season every year? Can’t we agree that “Merry Christmas” is a neutral greeting? According...

Egg Nog Jog Committee Chairs Alex Ismael and Jane Quakenbush pour eggnog for the participants during the event, which is one of the SGAs largest service projects.

Work together, not apart: How to fix the SGA’s biggest problem

by Tommy Moyer, Reporter December 18, 2017

Our school’s SGA has been wildly successful.  In 2015-2016, the SGA raised $12,171. In the area of community service, the SGA holds blood drives, toy drives, and raises awareness for cancer. However,...

The author participates in the Hour of Code by making an app.

Hour of Code: Hours of fun and easy for everyone

by Renata Farrell, Reporter December 18, 2017

Computer Science Education Week was December 4-10. This is when the Hour of Code takes place. Anybody can do the Hour of Code at any time, and it is not limited to just that week. The Hour of Code is...

Graph of Linganore High School student population demographic as of the 2017-2018 school year.

Gilmore, McWilliams create student focus group to address insensitivity, school problems

by Devin Barge and Jason Byrd December 6, 2017

With a school that has a demographic of 86.3% students that identify as Caucasian, 6.1% Hispanic, 2.2% Asian, 2.7% African American, and 2.2% of students who identify as multiple races. However, these...

Rozmia Fattah reads a copy of To Kill A Mockingbird.

Don’t Harm To Kill A Mockingbird

by Hannah Haught, Co-Editor-In-Chief November 9, 2017

Once again, a school has banned Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird. In fact, the entire school district of Biloxi, Mississippi has removed the novel from their eighth grade curriculum due to language...

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