SGA Officer Candidates

SGA Officer Candidates 2010

Elections on Tuesday March 23rd and Wednesday March 24th.

Douglas Boatwright 10th
Rawan Al Halali 11th
Khadeja Tipu 11th
Pricilla Hue 11th
Cecile Marsh 11th
Darren Foreman 11th
Emmanuel Sarpong 11th

Snow Strands T.C. Marketing Classes in Warm Florida

On Thursday February 4th, the marketing classes of T.C. left Reagan National Airport for Orlando, Florida to participate in a program taking place at Disney World. Along with their four chaperones the students attended an annual program at Disney called Youth Education Series (Y.E.S.). Y.E.S. is a behind the [...]

TC: “Persistently Lowest Achieving”?

On March 3, 2010, the United States Department of Education (USED) informed the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) that it was posting the definition of “persistently lowest-achieving schools.” The VDOE was required to submit a revised definition and a list of persistently lowest- achieving schools. T.C. found itself in the bottom five percent of [...]

Remedial Options for TC

Tension has been high at T.C. since the announcement on March 3rd that T.C. has been classified as a “Persistently Low Achieving” (PLA) school. T.C. Williams is currently labeled, according to the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) as a Title 1 Eligible school.  Title 1 is a sub-division of schools in which at least 35 [...]

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, [...]

Model UN visits Boston

Over the weekend of February 20th, the T.C. Model UN went to a conference in Boston for high schools from all over the country. The idea of this conference was to model the way the real United Nations works and to teach students about coming together as different nations and reaching agreements. “[The [...]

AP + Snow=Uh Oh

While many of us students were enjoying the snow-pocalypse, the teachers at T.C. were having panic attacks, especially the AP teachers. Altogether ACPS has missed ten full days of valuable school time. For the AP classes, this is one of the worst things that could have happened.
With the plan to make up lost time still [...]

New Schedule at TC

With a contribution by Iva Quint.
Although many students enjoyed a break from school in February, the record snowfall has created many problems. “In higher level classes it’s been very disruptive and it’s going to be a big challenge to get back on track for both students and teachers,” said math teacher Gary Thomas. Alexandria schools [...]

Model UN Goes to Boston

With Rachelle Ehrman
Over the weekend of February 20th, the T.C. Model UN went to a conference in Boston for high schools from all over the country.  The idea of this conference was to model the way the real United Nations works and to teach students about coming together as different nations and reaching agreements.  “[The [...]

Blizzard Forces Make Up Days

Due to the blizzard at the end of 2009, school was cancelled on December 21st and 22nd.  The make up days for ACPS students are scheduled for April 16 and May 28, both of which are Fridays students would have had off.  April 16th was originally scheduled as a teacher work day for the end [...]

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