What Defines a Hero?
“A person who is admired for great or brave acts or fine qualities.” The broad definition – from the Webster dictionary. The definition can hold, but what does it really mean? What does being a…
Two Truths and a Lie
(1) Photo Credits: Irina Mir, dribbble Are you a good lie detector? It’s time to put your abilities to the test with the classic icebreaker game, Two Truths and a Lie. Get out your trench…
All About Internships: New Lunch and Learn Series
As high school students turn 16 years old, many of them focus their attention on opportunities, like volunteering and part-time jobs, that give them work experience in their field of interest. Specifically, a lot of…
Mitosis Lab
January 19th: AOS AP Biology students practice identifying the phases of mitosis by looking at slides of onion root cells under a microscope as part of their unit on the nucleus of the cell. …
New Year Traditions Around the World
It’s officially a new year! Despite the pandemic cancelling most New Year’s parties, many cultures have other traditions to celebrate the end of Earth’s revolution. Numerous countries have specific “good luck” foods that they eat…
The Academies’ Holiday Plant Sale
Every winter, arrangements of multicolored blossoms fill the Academies’ greenhouse. This is the ACL Holiday Plant Sale, and it showcases resplendent plants like poinsettias, cyclamens, and Christmas cacti. Although the sale only runs from December…
ACL Family Fun Night
A step into the Academies of Loudoun building at night will reveal that there are many things that go on after dark. For example, on the evening of December 8, the Academies held its first…
The Mystery Behind the Lawsuit
It has been close to five months since the release of Black Widow, a Marvel movie starring Scarlett Johansson, who plays Natasha Romanoff, aka Black Widow, in her first solo movie. This movie was a…
Science to Art: Light Waves
ACL students and members of the Science to Art Club, Saanvi Gutta and Ananya Bellary, have worked hard to create educational posters to help elementary students learn about light waves! The Science to Art Club…
Arcane: League of Legends (Show Review)
Director: Pascal Charrue Arnaud Delord Genre: Action/Adventure/Fantasy/Sci-Fi Show Length: One Season, Nine Episodes (Average of 41 Minutes per Episode, Net Runtime of 370 Minutes) Streaming on Netflix Arcane: League of Legends is rated TV-14 for…