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Rebecca Sharp smiles.

Sleepless in Falls Church: Rebecca Sharp on COVID mitigation

Sophia Borghesani, Public Relations Editor May 6, 2022

Handling the COVID-19 pandemic over the last couple years has presented our community with many challenges, but ultimately helped to bring us together. Rebecca Sharp played a major role in this, from managing...

Marybeth Connelly campaigns

“We are all connected”: Marybeth Connelly

Kaylah Curley, Managing Editor May 4, 2022

If you are looking for someone who is connected to the heart and soul of the Falls Church community, Ms. Marybeth Connelly is the person to know. Whether or not you are in the Little City, it is likely...

Theisz performs her solo of “How Bout A Dance” from the “Bonnie and Clyde” musical, at the Meridian Choir’s Broadway Desserts Concert.

Art for your ears: Ciara Theisz

Emma Tice-Kepner, Staff Reporter May 3, 2022

Art comes in many shapes and forms. Music, however, is art for your ears. Ciara Theisz is a senior at Meridian High School and has lived in Falls Church her entire life. She has loved music forever, and...

Mr. Molina giving a speech for the previous head custodian’s retirement.

Mr. Molina: Meridian’s maintenance manager

Catherine Norton, Staff Reporter April 22, 2022

Mr. Eduardo Molina is the head custodian of Falls Church City Public Schools. However, his long career in sustaining our schools had gone unnoticed until this year’s Student Handbook Webquest. Molina...

Chloe Calabrese stands at a hot chocolate cooler.

Chloe Calabrese: Embracing the chaos

Stella Turner, Former Editor-in-Chief April 20, 2022

For Meridian junior Chloe Calabrese, “simple” and “easy” are not common in her everyday vocabulary. Calabrese has a never-ending to-do list, filled with assignments from many of Meridian’s...

Coach G celebrates.

The queen of sports medicine

Mac Duross, Staff Reporter April 20, 2022

In the depths of Meridian High School lies a classroom lined with clinic beds, its outside walls constantly cluttered with backpacks and shoes. Injured athletes with hopes of healing flood to the room...

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