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Farewell Class of 2010!

After five long years and a ceremony to acknowledge their accomplishments, the Class of 2010 has finally graduated and are now George Mason Alumni.

Congressman Jim Moran, the commencement speaker, talked about having a healthy body, mind and soul. He spent a good portion of his speech talking about the brain and soul and how they are the most important parts of the body. Other speakers included graduates Courtney Ready, Nicole Peyton and Jack Western.

Each student proudly stood up as Principal Ty ...

The kids will play while the seniors are away

While seniors are celebrating their completion of high school, the rest of the George Mason student body is celebrating for reasons less prestigious.

As the seniors begin to finish exams and leave the school building, sophomores have begun to file in to the junior alcoves and courtyard as juniors start to mark their territory in the senior alcoves and courtyard. Freshmen are beginning to come to the realization that they are now a step closer to having their very own alcove, and Gr8's are gawking...

‘Like the New York Yankees’

Over the course of this last weekend before the end of school, George Mason High School won three state championships. One in boys soccer, one in girls soccer, and the tennis team also won.

The girls soccer team was victorious with the help of two goals by junior Hannah Walker and one by Leah Roth. Nicole Mitchell also led the team to victory as the starting goalkeeper. This state title is also the third year in a row that George Mason's high school girls soccer team has been crowned best team in...

Cap and gown distribution

Graduation caps and gowns will be distributed today at 2:00 p.m. in the cafeteria. With only three days left until the seniors graduate at Constitution Hall, it is very important to pick up the required outfit.
Seniors are reminded that in order receive their caps and gowns they must have returned completed pink forms to Ms. Baldo in the finance office. All fines from this academic year should be cleared in addition to any previous ones. All school materials, including textbooks, calculators and ...

Where’s the discipline?

What's the punishment supposed to be for leaving the school campus without permission? A detention or maybe an ASI, depends on the student. How many students have been punished for leaving campus illegally? All added up, it seems as if the number of juniors leaving school for lunch greatly exceeds the number punished.

"Honestly, it's incredibly easy to go off campus," one anonymous junior said, "I feel like I could wave at the administrators as I went." This has been the answer from a great deal ...

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