For the first time ever, Washington, DC, is hosting WorldPride. WorldPride is an international LGBTQ+ celebration that occurs in different cities every two years. WorldPride promotes visibility and awareness...
Welcome back to “Are You Smarter than a Freshman?”
Today, our contestants are the Easter Bunny and Social Studies teacher Ariel Alford. Each contestant answers 10 questions about Easter, bunnies,...
Welcome to “Are You Smarter than a Freshman?” Today, our contestants are social studies teacher Matthew Burgoyne and freshman Vivian Collier. In this game, we take one random teacher or senior and...
Welcome back to “Are You Smarter than a Freshman?” In honor of Valentine's Day, this edition, we’re taking one random teacher and putting them head-to-head with a brain-rotted freshman in love!
Today,...
For over 50 years, the Jackson-Reed Black Student Union (BSU) has been bringing African American students together, cultivating a safe space where students feel free to express themselves. Aimed at celebrating...
Jackson-Reed students and staff expressed worry and unease over President Donald Trump’s recent actions targeting school curricula and removing protections for transgender and undocumented students.
In...
Welcome to “Are You Smarter than Santa Claus?” In this game, we take one random teacher and put them head-to-head with Santa Claus!
Today, our contestants are physics teacher Maria Delos Santos...
Welcome to “Are You Smarter than a Freshman?” Today, our contestants are English teacher Elsie Palmieri and freshman Ansel Kripke. In this game, we take one random teacher or senior and put them head-to-head...
On March 8, teachers from multiple DCPS schools including Jackson-Reed, Alice Deal Middle School, Janney Elementary School, and Murch Elementary School, met at Nebraska Avenue and Chesapeake Street at...
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Two words could describe Nicki Minaj’s new album Pink Friday 2. Gag. City.
If you are unfamiliar with the paradise, the metropolis, and the 8th wonder of the world known...
The moment winter break begins, most of us leave as quickly as possible to begin our holiday plans. While staying at home and sleeping or taking a family trip might be one of your answers to the many break-centered...
Beloved social studies teacher Matthew Burgoyne has been at Jackson-Reed for seven years. Yet this year, when you look at him, he has a new glow… but how? All year long, people have been talking. And...
On October 13, a large altercation occurred in Tenleytown between students of Dunbar High School and Jackson-Reed, inciting a heavy police response. This event happened after the Jackson-Reed vs. Dunbar...
As the new school year kicks off, you may have noticed unfamiliar faces in the halls- and we’re not just referring to the freshmen class, but the administrators telling them where to go.
The...
Be. Who. You. Are. For. Pride. Guys, pride month is HERE! Blast the Cupcakke and Lady Gaga, turn up the Beyoncé, because this pride month will be crazy. Call up Frankie Grande and every gay you know and...
Quick poll: who here bought a ticket to the Valentine’s Day Bash? We asked 100 students in the Atrium this question during STEP. Out of all 100 students, only one had purchased a ticket, and they claimed...
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