As experienced bagel connoisseurs (one Jew and one daily bagel consumer), we embarked on a journey to find the best bagel in DC. Despite Dr. Canedo’s certainty that “DC doesn’t have good bagels,”...
Lily Carr, Web Executive Editor
• October 15, 2024
From trekking across the football field in a marching band uniform to participating in human rights protests, Jackson-Reed teachers stayed busy in their high school years.
Attending Justice High School...
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I don’t understand why we have to solve math problems by hand. When am I ever going to be on a deserted island without a calculator needing to solve a math problem? Just let me use the freaking...
How many people have actually checked out books from the school library?
When are the freshman going to hit 5 foot?
Where is the door to the clock tower?
What happened to the 2nd floor girls’...
High school teachers with a few extra minutes to spare or a lack of lesson planning rejoice at the option of these “educational” games that keep their rowdy students at bay. The only issue these teachers...
Lily Carr, Web Executive Editor
• December 18, 2023
Something has been plaguing the computers of Jackson-Reed scholars. Not even blocked sites can stop us. It’s 2048.
Created by 19-year-old Gabriele Cirulli in 2014, 2048 involves merging two tiles...
Lily Carr, Web Executive Editor
• October 12, 2023
Paper Source is one of two places (the other being REI Co-op, a haven for outdoor clothing and gear) where you can walk out of the store with mysteriously much less money than you had when you entered....
Every morning as I stroll into school, the banner-like signs which now cover the fence by the trailers, catch my eye. Initially, I see the classic black and white photographs of our school's namesakes,...
Da Hong Pao, a hot spot for Chinese cuisine is Logan Circle, is one of Chinese teacher Ms. Yin Chang’s favorite restaurants. I was welcomed by the bright red letters and characters reading “Da Hong...
Star Magnolia: I started at the Jackson-Reed sign and began my trek down Nebraska. Among the average looking trees behind the Jackson-Reed sign was a tree with a branch containing a single star magnolia....
Ever since Little Red Fox closed, I’ve been left with a fox-sized hole in my heart. The pandemic had created what I thought would be a lifelong routine of getting a Fox BLT every week. Leading up to...
Ever since Little Red Fox closed, I’ve been left with a fox-sized hole in my heart. The pandemic had created what I thought would be a lifelong routine of getting a Fox BLT every week. Leading up to...
Lily Carr, Web Executive Editor
• November 13, 2022
Since 2020, Jackson-Reed has relied on Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER), to fund various COVID related concerns. Brandon Hall explains what Jackson-Reed plans to do with the most...
The teacher onboarding process, scheduled to take place over the summer, leaves many classes at Jackson-Reed with no teachers or long term substitutes.
All new teachers at Jackson-Reed must go through...
English and ESL teacher Randy Potts is in his first year at Jackson-Reed. He previously taught in Dallas, Texas, as well as in his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Potts has spent much of his life traveling....
I started off the Tenleytown Heritage Trail with fairly low energy, but would soon learn that was an unfortunate mistake. Seen by all, but forgotten by most, the “Top of the Town” trail contains 19...
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