The Highlander Newsmagazine

03/06/2021

Editor-in-chief Marina Qu is the 2021 Virginia Journalist of the Year! We are so thankful for all she has done for The Highlander over the past three years. Congratulations, Marina!

Congratulations to McLean High School’s Marina Qu for being named the 2021 Virginia Journalist of the Year!

02/07/2020

Have you visited thehighlandernews.com lately? We are one of just 28 school journalism websites in the nation to be named a National Scholastic Press Association Pacemaker finalist! Check us out!

Editor: Dasha Makarishcheva
Adviser: Lindsay Benedict

05/15/2019

Help us reach our goal of raising $10,000 to help pay for our final issue of the year, as well as our first issue next year! Any amount helps—thank you for your generosity!! 📰

Visit the The Highlander Newsmagazine campaign page and make a tax-deductible donation.

01/10/2019

The Highlander EICs met up with Ryan McElveen last night after he appeared on our very own Highlander News podcast! Be sure to subscribe to our podcast on SoundCloud or Apple Podcast. Check in a couple of hours to listen!

10/17/2018

Check out The Highlander's first podcast, hosted by Nick Monroy! Hear about overcrowding at McLean, learn about upcoming school activities, and enjoy an interview with counselor Mr. Olcott.

Overcrowding Plagues McLean (feat. Greg Olcott) by The Highlander News Podcast https://soundcloud.com/thehighlandernews/overcrowding-plagues-mclean-feat-greg-olcott on

In the first edition of the Highlander News Podcast, Nick Monroy talks about the overpopulation of FCPS schools, upcoming McLean activites, and interviews school counselor Mr. Greg Olcott.

03/01/2018

Read all about today's student walkout during Highlander Time 8!

As the bell rang, more and more students picked up their backpacks and left the school in an act of protest. Hundreds of students gathered on the football field, holding signs and rallying in favor of gun control after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, t...

02/06/2018

The Highlander and its student journalists were featured on last night's ABC 7 News for our most recent cover story, Clouded Judgment, about a new trend of e-cigarette smoking called JUULing! Please read our article and watch the news segment here:

https://issuu.com/the_highlander/docs/the_highlander_-_issue_4

http://wjla.com/features/7-on-your-side/are-your-kids-juuling-at-school-7-on-your-side-investigates

Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Easily share your publications and get them in front of Issuu’s millions of monthly readers. Title: The Highlander - Issue 4 - February 2018, Author: The Highlander , Nam...

12/04/2017

We are proud to announce that The Highlander newsmagazine recently won a National Scholastic Press Association Pacemaker award, the highest honor in scholastic journalism. The Highlander is one of just 26 high school newspapers/newsmagazines nationwide and the only from Virginia to receive this award. Thank you all for your support! http://studentpress.org/nspa/awards/2017-newspaper-pacemaker-winners/

09/27/2017

Come out to Chipotle from 4 to 8 pm today to support The Highlander! Please mention The Highlander at the counter/show the attached flyer and we will get 50% of the proceeds. Bring your receipt in to R133 to enter a drawing to win a McLean Mentality T-shirt!

05/23/2017

Come to the McLean Cava tonight between 6 and 10 to support The Highlander! If you mention The Highlander Newsmagazine when you place your order, 10% of your bill will go to helping us print the magazine.