McLean High School's monthly student-run newsmagazine.
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!
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
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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!
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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.
Read all about today's student walkout during Highlander Time 8! https://thehighlandernews.com/13131/news/student-led-walkout-advocates-for-gun-control/
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...
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...
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/
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!
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.
8th grade Longfellow Middle School students came to McLean today to learn about clubs and classes they can join next year! This is the first year the 8th graders traveled to McLean for the Activities Fair.
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Read more about Neil Gorsuch, Trump's Supreme court nomination, and what McLean students think!
Following the death of Antonin Scalia on Feb. 13, 2016, the Supreme Court has been without a full bench for almost a full year. With Obama having less than one year left in his final term as president, Republican party leaders decided they would not consider any nominee put forth until a new preside...
McLean's Model UN receives Outstanding Small Delegation Award at Ivy League conference.
McLean’s Model U.N. team competed Jan. 26-29 at the University of Pennsylvania’s Ivy League Model United Nations Conference (ILMUNC), which many high schools consider “the equivalent of the world championships for MUN,” according to senior and co-Secretary-General of the club Fatima Shahbaz. This ye...
McLean's Scholastic Bowl team will compete in the VHSL state championship on Feb. 25!
For the first time ever, the McLean High School Scholastic Bowl team has won both the Liberty Conference and Region 6A North tournaments this year. “We were surprised and thrilled to have won…[We] have been devoting multiple hours a day to study…for these tournaments,” junior Carson Flickinger said....
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Read about the Women's March at thehighlandernews.com!
On Saturday, January 21st, the largest protest in American history took place in Washington D.C and across the world. The Women’s March on Washington is estimated by organizers to have exceeded 500,000 in turnout, with many estimates ranging above one million. Over 2 million demonstrators part...
Keep up with breaking news on today's bomb threat evacuation on our website. http://thehighlandernews.com/bomb-threat-mclean/
The Highlander newsmagazine is now available to read on Issuu! Check out our February issue here: https://issuu.com/the_highlander/docs/finalv1/1
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Senior boys hit the dance floor again at the final pep rally of the year!
Highlanders, we have a 2 hour delay tomorrow but we will still have all red day classes, including 7th period!
If you missed it on the morning news show this week, be sure to check out this video about Jack Holland's football injury and recovery, created by WMHS News reporters Ryan Dahlseid and Sam Gollob. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bgsCcULE_E&list=UUCLGwQK5cPKjK_04llsuiyQ
Senior Jack Holland is recovering from an injury that occurred on the football field this fall. Reporters: Ryan Dahlseid & Sam Gollob
Watch out for traffic this Halloween with Mr.Menderson and Ms.Dwyer!
2014 Senior Boys Dance Team!
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It's been two weeks since 2014. How are you keeping up with your New Year's resolutions? Vote here at http://thehighlandernews.com/
Understudy Night at Annie receives standing ovation Dec 24 no comments When the curtains parted late Thursday night on Dec. 5, the usual stars of Little Orphan Annie, the McLean Theatre Depar...
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Our latest issue! Cover looks great!
School is closed tomorrow. Enjoy another day off! http://www.fcps.edu/news/emerg.shtml
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Senior boys hit the dance floor again at the final pep rally of the year!
2014 Senior Boys Dance Team!
