The Rachel Carson Middle School library was filled with new books from Dec. 2 to Dec. 6 as students attended the annual Book Fair, a collaborative effort with a bookstore called Bookworm Central in Manassas, VA. Eli Cheung-Nguyen,...
Students might go to school later and come home later next year if a proposal was to be passed. The school board has been deciding whether or not to make middle school start times later. If this change were to happen...
On Oct. 27, after a 1.4% chance of winning the game, Jayden Daniels, quarterback for the Washington Commanders, threw a hail mary to wide receiver Noah Brown, securing an 18-15 win for the Washington Commanders over the Chicago...
This year's Super Bowl halftime show will be performed by Kendrick Lamar on Feb. 9, 2025, pleasing lots of rap fans but angering some pop fans. Kendrick Lamar is an American rapper from Compton, California. He is currently...
E.coli and Listeria have been spreading through some popular food companies, but the RCMS cafeteria manager said RCMS is protected. Recalls have included Wegmans waffles, several brands of carrots, McDonald's quarter pounder...
After the calamitous Hurricane Milton hit Florida on Oct. 9, a dangerous type of bacteria has been rapidly spreading in brackish waters. Mrs. Saundra Hand, eighth-grade English teacher in the Voyagers team, expresses...
Teachers and students are enjoying the new iPhone 16 that came out on Sept. 20. The iPhone 16 looks like an older model, the iPhone 11, but there are some differences. Instead of the A13 Bionic Chip on the iPhone 11 we...
Students at Rachel Carson Middle School took the world language credit exam Nov. 13-14 -- entirely on the computer for the first time. In previous years, the exam has assessed students only based on hand-written essays....
The 2024 NBA season has begun, and there have already been so many surprising and expected team scattered across the league a little over a month into the season. The first two games of the season occurred on Oct. 22,...
Oct. 18, TSA officially opened its doors at RCMS after long months of waiting, and many students were able to finally join this STEAM/STEM based group. TSA stands for Technology Student Association. This student-based...
A woman was shot in the Fairfax area in September after attacking officer with a kitchen knife in a nearby apartment building. Officer Peter Liu of the Fairfax County Police Department responded to a medical welfare check,...
The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the New York Yankees on Oct. 25 to solidify themselves as MLB champions. “It was between two old-school teams that have been successful for a long time,” said Mrs. Sharri Clifford, a seventh-grade...
SpaceX conducts its fifth Starship spacecraft test flight at Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas on Oct. 13, hoping to someday go to Mars. SpaceX caught the Starship spacecraft’s booster with mechanical grid fins, allowing...
Students came off the bus Oct. 28 through Oct. 31 dressed up for the first spirit week. Multiple students wore pink tutus, plaid pajamas pants, onesies with cartoon characters on them, and their Halloween costume. Jaxon...
New Google Doodle games have been released, adding more fun to the collection of games. Doodles are little games or pictures commemorating certain special events. Google changes its logo to do this. Virginia Anseloni-Dias,...