On March 13, Titan students, teachers, and staff left T.C. Williams amid the coronavirus pandemic's emergence in the United States. Now, ten months later, most students and staff are still at home, but King Street campus food services, custodial support, and Helpdesk staff never left.
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A Recap of the First Principal’s Chat of 2021
On January 6th, T.C. principal Peter Balas hosted the first Principal’s Chat of the new year and discussed an array of topics including transitioning semesters, potentially returning to school, student grade decreases, Teacher of the Year nominations, and more.
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Superintendent, T.C. Teachers Get Covid Vaccine Amid School Reopening Plans
Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) partnered with the city government and the Virginia Department of Health to get teachers COVID-19 vaccines as in-person school approaches for some students. Alexandria is one of the first cities in Virginia to move to Phase 1b of vaccinations, which includes essential workers such as public and private school employees, the elderly, and staff workers in correctional facilities and homeless shelters.
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Behind the Gossip
While perusing Instagram over the summer, T.C. students may have seen some mysterious anonymous gossip accounts surface: @tcwilliamstea and @tcwhs_ships. Inspired by a trend on the popular social media app Tik Tok, the owners of these accounts compiled gossip, known to Gen Z as “tea,” and relationship pairings or “ships” to post.
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Ask Kate: Cure my Senioritis
Dear Kate, how would a senior find motivation for this school year? -Struggling Senior
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Breaking News: Students Losing Backpack-Carrying Muscles
Quarantine has taken things from every one of us. Family, friends, the simple joys we used to experience, like drinking coffee in a coffee shop and not having personal space in a grocery store. But the worst thing people have lost, the most horrible, gut wrenching, pain inducing, thing: backpack-carrying muscles.
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Spoiler Alert: It gets Worse
While in seventh period, your phone starts blowing up—texts, Twitter notifications, Instagram stories, and reposts all flood in about what is going on in Washington D.C. There are thousands of protesters and rioters in the streets of the nation’s capital to support the president and his false claims of a stolen election. And then you see it: hundreds of people violently storming the Capitol building, wielding Trump flags, Make America Great Again hats, and the occasional assault rifle. They are stealing, breaking, and vandalizing the Capitol, and now four are dead.
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MF DOOM: Your Favorite Rapper’s Favorite Rapper
On December 31, it was announced via social media that the rapper MF DOOM had died. The announcement was initially made on his Instagram page and stated that the rapper had died two months earlier on October 31, with causes still unannounced to the public. The rapper was 49 years old, with a wife and kids and a successful, yet somewhat underrated, career in the music industry.
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Movies and Shows Being Removed from Netflix
As 2020 comes to a close, some of the classic shows and movies are being taken off of Netflix. While there are many shows and movies being removed from the platform, some of the more popular ones such as The Office, The Notebook, and Gossip Girl are going to be greatly missed. They are going to be transferred to various platforms.
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Spotlight on the Career Preparation Program
Amazing opportunities await the Citywide Special Education students in Alexandria. Unlike most middle schoolers, special education students go directly from middle school to the T.C. King Street Campus, bypassing Minnie Howard altogether. They begin high school in the Career Preparation program, a program that prepares students with disabilities for life beyond their post-secondary education.
