Student Life – The A-Blast

Six Flags’ Fright Fest: fearful, fun, and festive

Katie Pope, Weekend editor

October 18, 2018

Filed under Entertainment, Lifestyles, People, Story of the Day, Student Life, Top Stories, Weekend

Rides, roller coasters, and food stands are mainly what venturesome people at Six Flags go for, but do you know what else is at Six Flags? Fright fest. Are you courageous and daring enough to take on the clowns, monsters, and...

The dangers of the quick striking meningitis B

October 11, 2018

FDA introduces regulations on flavored e-cigarettes

October 11, 2018

Restaurant Review: Carlyle’s Crushes the Competition

Katie Pope, Weekend Editor

October 6, 2018

Filed under Editorials, Food, Top Stories, Weekend

Great American Restaurants may own 12 similar restaurants in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, but Carlyle’s is a unique and special place. It is a semi-formal American Bistro restaurant that is vegetarian and ...

Who Am I? Issue 2

Jamileh Hamadeh

October 5, 2018

Filed under People

I attended... Langley High School and the University of Virginia. The extracurricular activities I did were... Model UN, and Club Rugby I was born in... Greenwich, CT My favorite book is... Enders Game by Orson Scott Card Befo...

Students take on standardized tests

Shyeim Campbell, Staff writer

October 5, 2018

Filed under Academics

Every year the students here at AHS participate in the PSAT and SAT tests. The SAT is a standardized entrance exam introduced in 1926 used by almost every college and university to make decisions on who will be allowed to att...

Senior Zain Ghul sets into IB

October 4, 2018

Top spots to study and snack

October 2, 2018

How to cope with extracurricular activities and school

Marian Osman, Staff Writer

October 2, 2018

Filed under Academics

Playing sports or doing extracurricular activities after school can be challenging especially when taking difficult courses at school that have rigorous curriculum. Taking IB or Honors classes while doing extracurricular activiti...