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Weekly News Update: March 14th

Sandra Webb, Staff Writer
March 14, 2013
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Nadia Elgendy

This week, the Weekly News Roundup is covering the Spring Filament Coffee House, a possible ban on soda, state assessments for orchestra, and recent wins and losses for spring sports.

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Sandra Webb
Sandra Webb, Staff Writer
Sandra Webb is a staff writer for The A-blast. She joined this year as a sophomore. Outside of A-blast, Sandra runs tech for Poe MS theatre productions. She has worked spotlights, the light board, and run soundtrack for every Poe theatre production since her graduation in 2011. Sandra is also a tutor for the Atoms Writing Center (AWC) and a member Math Honors Society (MHS). She volunteers weekly with the children's ministry at her church.
Nadia Elgendy
Nadia Elgendy, Head Videographer
This is Nadia’s fourth year on staff after first joining The A-Blast as a Journalism 1 student her freshman year and becoming a staff writer her sophomore year. She is now the Head Videographer/Dictator of Multimedia who will continue her participation with the publication for the rest of her high school career.   She spends her time being a slave to the IB curriculum, interning for campaigns in Fairfax County, yelling at the television on election days, and spending too much time on her phone.   Nadia will be attending Christopher Newport University in the fall and will be majoring in Political Science.   Follow her on twitter @Nawdeeyuh.
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