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Anjali Khanna, Features Editor|October 4, 2014

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While students and teachers deal with the impact of Fairfax County Public School’s (FCPS) new grading system, FCPS intends to create more accurate evaluations. “All high school credit-bearing classes will use the new [100 points] scale next school year,” FCPS stated as one of their newest changes.

The dark side of the new grading policy

Teacher Feature: Marianne Razzino

Teacher Feature: Marianne Razzino

Students complete an activity based on “1984” by George Orwell in Turing Commons. “That was actually an activity that goes with today,” English teacher Michelle Lang Boswell said. “It was a thing that I could do, hoping it was a short term power outage.”

Learning in the dark: how classes adapted to a half-day power outage

"Bitcoin," the world's first and most popular cryptocurrency has been expanding rapidly worldwide, becoming a vital part of the economy. "I think [cryptocurrency] had a pretty big growth recently with a little bit of a fall off," senior Nikhil Vattathara said.

Commas Club take on the future of AI and Cryptocurrency

Users can view club announcements by clicking a button at the center of Ion’s Dashboard tab. The Ion club announcements feature was developed between the Sysadmin and Student Principal’s Advisory Committee (SPAC) teams through the spring. “The new Ion announcements feature is a great way to have communication for clubs happen in one place,” sophomore and SPAC member Tala Tohmeh said.

Ion launches Club Announcements Feature

Narrating a skit for the pep rally on Thursday, Sept. 26, senior class president Akul Dixit tells the story of “sleepy seniors.” “I think this was our worst pep rally,” Dixit said. “We came into this under the impression that we could turn off lights, but minutes before this roll call, we were told we couldn't. It didn't go well.”

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PTSA conflict timeline

PTSA conflict timeline

A mask lies on the floor in an empty Nobel Commons. After FCPS announced the closure of all schools, Jefferson remained empty for nearly a year before students began to return.

The pandemic: Reflections of a year gone by

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COVID-19 timeline

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