Halloween Costume Contest

Megan Ryan and Olivia Lafferty|October 31, 2013

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About the Writers

This is Megan Ryan’s second year on The A-Blast starting off as a staff writer her junior year. Currently she is the Entertainment co-editor for her...

Olivia Lafferty, Photographer

Olivia Lafferty is a photographer for the newspaper. This is her first year on staff. She often takes pictures and writes stories with Priya Adhikary....

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Senior Rudy Serat changes the oil and oil filter for a car. “This class teaches you a lot. We get to work on cooling systems and transmitions, and sometimes get to bring in our own cars to work on. I really like learning about the ins and outs of cars because it’s useful information for aspects outside of school,” Serat said.

Inside auto tech

The festival allows nearly two dozen restaurants and food trucks to come together to display a diverse offering of cuisine that the Annandale area has to offer. Among them was this plate of tacos from El Fuego Mexican Grill.

Getting a Taste of Annandale

The steps from the Belvedere at National Harbor (11 miles, 24 min away) is a popular spot for unique Prom pictures. “Some people were a little disappointed about the location being so close but I don’t think anybody minded once we got there and saw how nicely it had been decorated,” alum class of 2018 Megan Lee said. “It helped that our parents were like our personal photo crew, telling us to move over and fix our dresses and all that.”

The best spots for Prom pictures

Chorus students put on a spectacular production of Broadway Desserts

The Lady Atoms win their senior night game

Story of the Day

BITEZ

Melany Arevalo Guzman jots down notes during her class.

Coming to America : Senior Melany Arevalo Guzman moves from Bolivia to America

Meredith Hedrick (middle left) helps refugees at the distribution center alongside the volunteers she met through the World Central Kitchen

Teacher volunteers for Ukraine distrubutions

English teacher Bonnie Vining (center) takes a picture with former students.

Staff and faculty say goodbye to AHS

Covid-19 still threatens AHS, despite decrease in cases

While the number of Covid-19 cases has seen a decrease at AHS from the winter, the threat of the pandemic is not yet over. Students are still being pu...