TC Art Students Gain Colorful Experience

“It gave me my first abstract work with contemporary colors,” was what T.C. senior Oscar Flores had to say of his mentorship at the Torpedo Factory Art Center.
While such a comment may sound full of artistic technicalities, it is not uncommon to hear such things in a visit [...]

Editorial: Students Need a Voice

“She will just fail me. She don’t care,” was an immediate reaction of a student one recent afternoon when asked about her “worst class” and why she disliked the teacher. This student, slowly making her way to the nurse, shared her frustration emotionally, [...]

TC Crew Dedicates the Brooksie Koopman; Defeats West Potomac

On March 27, T.C. Crew and the T.C. Crew Boosters dedicated their newest high tech Vespoli racing shell, the Brooksie Koopman at their rowing facility in Old Town. Named for a long time crew volunteer, the shell will be rowed by the T.C. boys team in coming years.  In the shell’s inaugural race, the TC Varsity [...]

Holocaust Survivor Visits TC

As a large group of T.C. sophomores gathered in the auditorium on February 4th, a small woman with a beaming smile sat in a chair on the stage. Student chatter quickly subsided as the speaker broke her silence and began what many students would call an ‘unforgettable’ speech. The guest was Eva Mozes Kor, [...]

The Foster Families of TC

As the 2009 holiday season is well underway, most TC students will spend time with their families and celebrate the holiday in which they believe. Additionally the holidays are also used to get the whole family together and celebrate their love for each other. Most of us are lucky to have that opportunity and to [...]

Don’t Knock the Rock

Three principals, more than ten thousand students, and one rock have called T.C. home over the past seven years. T.C.’s senior rock, which currently sits near the main entrance to the school, has become a staple of Titan culture. Every summer, T.C. senior class leaders, artists, and graphic designers get together to redesign [...]

Helping the Homeless One Step at a Time

Calvary Women’s Shelter started in 1983 in the basement of a church with a simple yet noble cause: to help women in Washington who were down on their luck. Now 26 years later, the cause remains the same although the means have changed dramatically. Every night, Calvary houses 46 of Washington’s homeless women. [...]

Helping the Homeless: One Step at a Time

Calvary Women’s Shelter started in 1983 in the basement of a church with a simple yet noble cause: to help women in Washington who were down on their luck. Now 26 years later, the cause remains the same although the means have changed dramatically. Every night, Calvary houses 46 of Washington’s homeless women. [...]

TC Students in Austria

In March 2009, a class of exchange students from Spittal, Austria called Alexandria their home for about three weeks. The group attended TC Williams High School for some classes and visited significant American sights in New York City and Washington. But as with all exchanges, they work both ways and this past June was [...]

Friday Night Lights?

In 1965, amidst simmering racial tensions, riots and controversies surrounding Alexandria’s first integrated high school, a smaller battle was brewing over an athletic issue that still haunts the school today: lights on the football field. In the end, the Titans would lose this fight and lights were barred from being built. There was an agreement [...]

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