¿Sabías que Jackson-Reed tiene un equipo de frisbee femenino clasificado a nivel nacional?
¿Sabías que el 90 % de nuestros jugadores nunca tocaron un frisbee antes de la secundaria?
Si estás...
Clara Doyle, Web Technical Editor
• October 15, 2024
While speech and debate is a frequent club choice taken by many students who love to argue, there is a lesser-known but just as good option down the hall: Model UN (or MUN for short). Based on how the...
Clara Doyle, Web Technical Editor
• August 26, 2024
Did you know that Jackson Reed has a nationally-ranked girl’s ultimate frisbee team?
Did you know that 90% of our players never picked up a frisbee before highschool?
If you are looking for...
On June 7th and 8th, both the girls and boys ultimate frisbee teams traveled to Rockford, Illinois to compete at the High School National Invite Tournament (HSNI). Last year, the JR boys team placed seventh...
While for freshmen it can be a struggle, the rest of us get mornings off and more time to study for AP tests. It’s the only two weeks in the school year where you can show up at 12:30 PM and miss absolutely...
This February, Dartmouth announced it would begin requiring SAT or ACT scores for the school year (SY) 24-25 admissions cycle. Dartmouth was the first of several colleges to announce that they would reinstate...
En Febrero, la universidad Dartmouth anunció que comenzaría a requerir puntajes del SAT o ACT para el ciclo de admisiones del año escolar 24-25. Dartmouth fue la primera de varias universidades en anunciar...
Jackson-Reed prides itself on its diversity, both in its student body and curriculum. However, there is a serious failure to showcase female voices in English classes. This is most apparent in the English...
20 years later, the Plastics are back. Tina Fey’s new Mean Girls movie, based on the Broadway adaptation of the OG movie, hit theaters on January 12, and while it in no way came close to topping the...
Clara Doyle, Web Technical Editor
• February 13, 2024
The college admissions process is biased and rigged. It favors wealthier students and leaves everyone else on the outside wondering how to get in. The lack of clarity on the admissions process, along with...
Clara Doyle, Web Technical Editor
• December 18, 2023
The holiday season is by far the most wonderful time of the year, but sometimes spending 24/7 with family can be 24 hours a day too many. While staying in DC might not be as fun as traveling, it gives...
Clara Doyle, Web Technical Editor
• November 28, 2023
Even with a few weeks left in fall, there are still so many ways to make the best of the season before winter takes over and it’s officially the holiday season. In case you are a little behind and haven’t...
Clara Doyle, Web Technical Editor
• October 18, 2023
This school year, Principal Sah Brown has made a point of improving and increasing student participation in Jackson-Reed academies. Academies are a series of classes related to one academic area. The classes...
DCPS announced they will be redrawing boundaries that will determine the feeder pattern for students. The Redrawing Committee met for the first time on March 30 where members discussed their hopes for...
Clara Doyle, Web Technical Editor
• March 23, 2023
In an effort to combat overcrowding at Jackson-Reed, DCPS will open MacArthur Boulevard High School this fall in Northwest DC. MacArthur will be the new in-boundary school for all in the Hardy Middle School...
Clara Doyle, Web Technical Editor
• January 24, 2023
No matter the grade level, students are thinking about ways to complete those 100 community service hours. Families for Families (F4F) is a DC-based non-profit organization that has a chapter at Jackson-Reed....
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