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The Online Edition of the Annandale High School Newspaper.

The A-Blast
The Online Edition of the Annandale High School Newspaper.

The A-Blast
Aseal Saed

Aseal Saed, Co-Editor in Chief

Senior Aseal Saed is currently the Co-Editor in Chief of The A-Blast. This is her fourth year on staff. Her previous positions were as In-Depth Editor and Editorials Editor. When she is not in the lab, she is reading, studying, or hanging out with friends.

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Seniors Mariam Mohamed and Natnal Endalkachew participate in the March for Our Lives protest in Washington D.C. to call for gun reform.

Students across the country demand action on gun safety

Aseal Saed, Co-Editor in Chief
March 25, 2018
Senior Priscilla Park and sophomore Sadaf Khan are one of the many students that are calling for stricter restrictions on the ability for people to access guns.

What is the solution?

Aseal Saed, Co-Editor in Chief
March 24, 2018
Filament advisor Soo Jin Lee encourages Golden Hour participants to submit their creative work to be featured in the Filament magazine and to join the Creative Writing class.

Golden Hour workshop inspires creative writing

Aseal Saed, Co-Editor in Chief
February 6, 2018
Senior Nicolle Uria will be U.S. Congressman Gerry Connolly's guest to the President's State of the Union on Jan. 31. She will be representing herself and the reported 800,000 DACA recepients.

Student Dreamer will be a guest at the State of the Union

Aseal Saed, Co-Editor in Chief
January 27, 2018
Arabic teacher Ola Layaly connects with her students because of her ability to immerse her students in shared traditions, culture and background to the classroom.

FCPS strives to diversify its teacher workforce

Aseal Saed, Co-Editor in Chief
January 23, 2018
Senior Hidaya Hussen joins the number of men and women who have spoken out on their own sexual abuse as part of the #MeToo movement

Breaking the silence

Aseal Saed, Co-Editor in Chief
November 21, 2017
Editors from over 20 FCPS high schools gather for a press conference with Superintendent Scott Brabrand to address questions of concern in their communities on Oct. 23.

Superintendent pledges to bring the fun back in FCPS

Aseal Saed, Co-Editor in Chief
October 26, 2017

Green Atoms sell ornaments

Aseal Saed, Co-Editor in Chief
October 26, 2017

IB Exams will cost students

Aseal Saed, Co-Editor in Chief
October 25, 2017
The varsity cheerleaders pose to show how some of them a knee during the national anthem.

Sit down to stand up

Aseal Saed, Co-Editor in Chief
October 25, 2017
Seniors (right to left) Megan Lee, McKenzie Yi, Jessica Roop, Melissa WIlson, and Allen Kokilananda pose for a picture before last year’s homecoming dance.

Leadership prepares for Homecoming

Aseal Saed, Co-Editor in Chief
October 4, 2017
Taste of Annandale: a day of festivities to celebrate diversity

Taste of Annandale: a day of festivities to celebrate diversity

Aseal Saed, Co-Editor in Chief
October 4, 2017
Mayada Hassan (center), a Stuart senior, protests at the “Reject White Supremacy” in Washington D.C. to fight back againt racism in the wake of Charlottesville rally.

Students challenge Confederate symbols

Aseal Saed, Co-Editor in Chief
August 28, 2017
RIsing seniors gather to paint over last year's 2017 painting in the courtyard.

Senior class paints the courtyard

Aseal Saed, Co-Editor in Chief
August 26, 2017
Memorial of Nabra Hassanen in DuPont Circle in Washington D.C..

AHS wonders how it couldn’t be a hate crime

Aseal Saed, Co-Editor in Chief
June 21, 2017
New superintendent chosen

New superintendent chosen

Aseal Saed and Binqi Chen
June 9, 2017

Review: YA novel Everything Everything, by Nicola Yoon

Aseal Saed, Editorials Editor
May 18, 2017

Hold companies accountable

Aseal Saed, Editorials Editor
February 14, 2017
We need more black history in the classroom

We need more black history in the classroom

Aseal Saed, Editorials Editor
February 14, 2017
A screen grab from the fake news site Liberty Writers News told the Washington Post that their stories focus on "chaos and aggressive wording."

Beware of fake news

Yabi Bereket and Aseal Saed
January 19, 2017
Junior William Wheatley leads a physics lab on force.

Minorities needed in STEM

Aseal Saed, Editorials Editor
January 19, 2017
Interracial couples are accepted more

Interracial couples are accepted more

Aseal Saed, Editorials Editor
January 19, 2017
Protest to voice your opinion

Protest to voice your opinion

Aseal Saed, Editorials Editor
January 19, 2017

What it’s like to spend three days in a remote village

Aseal Saed, Editorials Editor
January 17, 2017

Junior Aseal Saed spends three weeks in Northern Sudan

Aseal Saed, Editorials Editor
January 17, 2017

End the abuse of elephants in the circus

Aseal Saed, Editorials Editor
November 18, 2016
Stop being afraid of immigration

Stop being afraid of immigration

Aseal Saed, Editorials Editor
October 11, 2016
Video grabs taken from the video clips of Eric Garner chokehold altercation with NYPD.

Videos ensure that the police are held accountable

Aseal Saed, Editorials Editor
October 11, 2016
J.E.B. Stuart HS may change its name

J.E.B. Stuart HS may change its name

Aseal Saed, Editorials Editor
September 13, 2016
Arabic teacher Ola Layaly bonds with her students over shared traditions, religion and background.

This is why most of your teachers are white

Aseal Saed, Editorials Editor
September 13, 2016

Video slams Annandale

Aseal Saed, Editorials Editor
June 6, 2016
A look back on the past school year

A look back on the past school year

Aseal Saed, Editorials Editor
June 6, 2016
Teens getting famous over nothing

Teens getting famous over nothing

Aseal Saed, Editorials Editor
May 18, 2016
Fox readers being racist

Fox readers being racist

Aseal Saed, Editorials Editor
May 18, 2016
Benefits to a gap year

Benefits to a gap year

Aseal Saed, Editorials Editor
May 18, 2016

Survey show opinions on sex

Aseal Saed, In-Depth Editor
April 13, 2016
30, on average, Green Atoms members work to keep their garden growing every week.

Students make their impact on the environment

Aseal Saed and Serene Ghul
February 19, 2016
WHITEHOUSE.GOV

Students react to President Obama’s new gun plan

Binqi Chen and Aseal Saed
February 1, 2016
President Thomas Jefferson's copy of the Koran

5 Debunked myths about Islam

Binqi Chen and Aseal Saed
December 9, 2015
Should there be more technology in the classroom?

Should there be more technology in the classroom?

Aseal Saed and Serene Ghul
November 10, 2015
photo from: PETA.org

The screams behind the creams

Aseal Saed, In-Depth Editor
September 23, 2015
More awareness, less hate

More awareness, less hate

Aseal Saed and Grace Hogye
March 17, 2015
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