“I’ve been lucky to find a place like Carson, and I will miss the staff and students very much,” says Mr. Alberto Barrueco, a math, ESOL, and academic language teacher who teaches grades seventh and eighth, here at Rachel Carson Middle School.  Along with Mr. Barrueco, four other teachers are leaving–Mrs. Angie Cahill, Mrs. Helen…

Carson student enrollment rates are lower for the 2025-26 school year, and it could be due to a variety of reasons.  Mr. Chris Powell, one of the assistant principals at Carson, said Carson is a big school, and lower enrollment rates can have both pros and cons.  “A bigger school means more opportunities for teachers,”…

Change can be difficult, but it can open doors to new opportunities. Current eighth-graders are excited but also nervous to be going to a new school next school year.  “I look forward to my engineering classes, meeting new people, and getting better at violin,” says Charis Lee, 13, of the Voyagers team, who’s going to…

Getting a tan might feel like a summer win, but it’s not as harmless as it looks. Too much sun can lead to wrinkles, sunburns, and even skin cancer.  Mrs. Lori Molnar, a RCMS PE teacher, notes a dangerous effect. “The younger you start tanning then the higher percent risk of getting skin cancer,” said…

“Low-key, illicit weapons, TSPMO, and yes delegates, illicit weapons do [irritate me], the country of Bangladesh, off. However, I have a plan: the DISARM plan, a plan to ensure that illicit weapons don’t PMO anymore,” said a delegate representing Indonesia from Brambleton Middle School. That interactive and attention-grabbing speech kicked off Carson Middle School’s second-ever…

U.S. President Donald Trump, on a visit to the Syrian Ahmed al-Sharaa president on May 14, encouraged Syria to make peace agreements with Israel, who have been doing hundreds of airstrikes on Syria for months. Since the new Syrian president came into power last December, Israel has been doing these airstrikes on Syria. They are…

“Honestly, the moment I got inside Alcatraz, I got goosebumps,” said Skyler Kim, a seventh-grader on the Majestics team. “I could feel the history, both good and bad.” Alcatraz, a former maximum security federal penitentiary, is a tourist attraction, but that may soon change. President Donald Trump, 45th and 47th president of the US, posted…

Government officials have started facing consequences for a group chat containing classified information. From March 11 to March 15,  government officials such as Mike Waltz, Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio, and Vice President JD Vance were part of a group chat containing classified information about the U.S. bombing of the Houthi group in Yemen. The group…

RCMS students have been stressed out by the firing of the federal government because they are worried about their parents losing their jobs on March 5.  Tahlia Mohr, a seventh-grader on the Champions team’s family was affected by this firing of the government. She was impacted because her father got fired and they had to…

Family and Consumer Sciences started using reusable tableware from the Going Green Club at Rachel Carson Middle School after spring break, to reduce the amount of single-use plastic.  “The main goal was to help Rachel Carson be more sustainable,” said Ms. Ellen Bickford, one of Rachel Carson’s Get2Green representatives. Ms. Patty Walsh, a science teacher…

After-school programs were saved for next school year after almost getting canceled due to high budget cuts caused by rising costs and the economy. The budget proposal had suggested cutting almost $60 million in spending, of which $4.13 million would come from the after-school and the Value in Prevention programs, according to a March 11…

“I really want to go to Seoul,” says Isabel Descaire, an eighth grader on the Dolphins. According to travel.aaa.com, by 2027, the U.S. travel industry will make $279 billion annually. “My favorite vacation?” Mrs. Aubrey Darling on the Dolphins team asked. “Well I would have to say my trip to France I took when I…