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Above photo displays parking at the Secondary Campus, most of the open spaces being located in the South Parking lot (Photo via Falls Church City Public Schools)

Parking walkout avoided after students reach deal with administration

Charlie VanHorn, Contributor October 14, 2022

On October 13, a planned parking walkout was canceled after student organizers reached a deal with the administration. The students were protesting the lack of available student parking in the FCCPS-owned...

Juniors Erin Tarpgaard, Katie Rice, Anna Dickson, Hope Kleinberg, Hanna Hall, Clara Kasik, and Mia Mayer hold signs that say enough is enough and protect children, not guns. (Photo by Isabel Costa)

Secondary campus students participate in nationwide walkout to protest gun violence

Isabel Costa, Managing Editor May 27, 2022

On Thursday, May 26 at noon, students from both Meridian and Mary Ellen Henderson walked out of class to protest gun violence. The walkout was a part of a nationwide effort organized by Students Demand...

An instagram post from the Meridian Executive SCA account notifying students of the walkout. Photo via Instagram/@meridianscaexec

Meridian students to walk out in response to gun violence

Stella Turner, Former Editor-in-Chief May 25, 2022

In response to a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, as well as others across the country, the Meridian Students Demand Action club is participating in a nationwide walkout scheduled...

SOCA students are interviewed after the walkout.

Video: Students walk out to protest racial harassment

At 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday October 20, students from Meridian High School walked out of their classes and onto the football field to protest the recent incidents of racial harassment against students of...

Sophomores Elly Loyd and Sophia Margarella draw a picture of the earth with the positive message “Love Each Other” written underneath. (Photo by Rachel Doornbosch)

Chalk for action: student walkout on Columbine anniversary

Rachel Doornbosch April 30, 2018

About 100 students walked out to protest gun violence in schools and to remember the 19th anniversary of the Columbine, Colorado school massacre on Friday, April 20 at 10 a.m.  This particular act was...

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