This year’s prom will be held in Greenbelt, MD—about 40 minutes away from Jackson-Reed via car and an hour and 45 minutes via public transportation. Compared to locations in the past, the venue,...

Jackson-Reed High School's Italian exchange program will conclude this year, ending a longstanding tradition that connected DC students with peers from Italy.  The program paired American host families...

The Latinx community celebrates once again upon learning that the Postcolonial Spanish class has been reinstated in the curriculum for the 2026-2027 school year.  Last year, the Jackson-Reed administration’s...

As online sports betting apps grow in popularity across the country, they are not only gaining traction with adults but have also found a new market in teenagers.  Nationwide, according to Common Sense...

Next year, Jackson-Reed will eliminate the area studies classes such as Middle Eastern Studies, Latin American Studies, Asian Studies, African Studies, or the Model UN and Diplomacy class. In replacement...

The Jackson-Reed budget is set to increase for the 2026-2027 academic year. However, the expanded funding will not stretch as far as in previous years as a result of increasing teacher salaries.  While...

At 2 p.m. on February 27, more than 300 students left Jackson-Reed and walked to the Lincoln Memorial to protest the nationwide abuses by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). They joined over 1,000...

The DC Tuition Assistance Grant  (DCTAG) has increased the maximum amount of financial aid available to a student from $10,000 to $15,000 annually, starting with the class of 2026. This increase in DCTAG...

In 2025, Kash Patel was appointed the director of the FBI. From 2017-2019, he was the assistant coach of the Tigers’ club hockey team. Patel has been one of the most controversial figures in the second...

Eleanor Holmes Norton, the longest-serving member of the House of Representatives, has announced she will retire at the end of her current term, which will conclude in January 2027.  At 88 years old,...

Former City Council member Kenyan McDuffie is a fourth-generation Washingtonian who graduated from Jackson-Reed when it was still Wilson. Now he is running for mayor with policies that revolve around two...