Pandemic Pet Scams
With a global pandemic lurking just outside the door, millions of people find themselves isolated from loved ones during the holiday season. So, what better way is there to combat loneliness than to bring a…
Avengers: Endgame (Movie Review)
Directors: Joe and Anthony Russo Genre: Action/Adventure Running Time: 182 minutes Avengers: Endgame is rated PG-13 for sequences of violence. Avengers: Endgame. The most anticipated movie of 2019, and the biggest box office hit in…
eQuoo (App Review)
With everything that’s happened in 2020, an app designed to emotionally strengthen you may be what you need at the end of this long, long year. The app eQuoo is designed to do just that….
Front Desk (Book Review)
Loudoun County Public Library recently announced the selection of the middle-grade novel Front Desk for its 2020 1book 1community program. This award-winning novel by Kelly Yang explores immigration, poverty, classism and racism through the eyes…
THE ACADEMIES ONLINE
WELCOME TO THE ACADEMIES ONLINE, the digital newspaper produced by the Newspaper Club for the Academies of Loudoun. The newspaper serves as a resource for our school community and beyond as we report relevant, interesting,…
Integration
It isn’t safe at night. She knew this as well as anyone else, had been taught to repeat the phrase like a mantra ever since she was a child. Don’t travel alone after dark, and…
The Vivificantem
“Dim, damp, musty, metallic, retching,” I whisper to myself. One word for sight, touch, taste, smell, and hearing. A ritual almost, to ground myself into a reality of sickness and suffering rather than a fantasy…
Perfection
Mia stood in front of the mirror, gritting her teeth at the painful sensation of her skin twisting and crumpling and pinching itself into Leah Wintern, the loved and well-known darling of her school. Her…
But Now She Would Be Called Queen
Margeret Bane had been called many things in her past life: thief, liar, outcast. Now, however, she would be called queen. “All hail Queen Margeret.” She gave a thin-lipped smile to the crowd assembled before…
Apology
I’m very, very good at apologizing, Because I feel like it’s always my fault. If my mistakes were all locked up, I’m a robber who steals them from a vault. Every problem is a…