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School moves from Zimbra to Google Mail

School moves from Zimbra to Google Mail

April 18, 2017

At the conclusion of the school year, the school will change its e-mail interface from Zimbra to Google Mail (Gmail). Zimbra hosted the school’s email services for the past eight years, but declining...

Two juniors earn internships at Imperial College

Two juniors earn internships at Imperial College

March 29, 2017

Nick Mannhardt (’18) and Karthik Balasubramanian (’18) won a WorkExperience (WorkX) internship at Imperial College over the summer based on a mathematics and statistics project they completed for the...

Housing property reserved for private leasing

Imogen Weiss, Staff Writer March 27, 2017

In 2010, the Board of Trustees set up a Strategic Plan which, among other things, included purchasing homes adjacent to the school on Loudoun Road. With the nearing completion of the Strategic Plan, the...

Adopting comprehensive corricula

Adopting comprehensive corricula

March 27, 2017

Starting next school year the Biology and Molecular Biology courses will be removed by the science department, and replaced with a Science 9 course mirroring the format of the English 9 course. The following...

Finalized logistics for athletic facilities

Finalized logistics for athletic facilities

March 27, 2017

ASL has undergone immense change following the completion of the New Frontiers campaign, and after six months the projects logistics have been finalized. A major aspect of New Frontiers was the creation...

France nears Presidential election

March 27, 2017

Josh O’Toole (’18) sat amongst a sea of 3,500 fellow French nationals, all eyes were on one man: French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron. The candidate who is the former Minister of Economy,...

Security procedure reinforced

Security procedure reinforced

March 27, 2017

Students received an e-mail on February 10 from Director of Student Life James Perry informing them that they would have to use their ID cards to enter and exit the building. Students have always been...

Seven questions with Student Council leaders

Seven questions with Student Council leaders

March 27, 2017

Sourna Daneshvar Jr.: First of all, congratulations on being the President and Vice- President respectively. To start, how would you describe each other? Student Council (StuCo) Vice-President Charlie...

School reacts to Westminster attack

March 23, 2017

  An unnamed attacker ran over multiple people with a car before crashing into the railings near the houses of Parliament, in the early afternoon of March 22. Police officers shot the terrorist,...

Extracurriculars at ASL update

March 17, 2017

High school students participate in a range of extracurriculars at ASL. Recently there has been a lot going on and Online Editor Christina Leonard covers the latest events from a few of the most active extracurriculars....

Meet the presidential candidates

Meet the presidential candidates

February 22, 2017

StuCo members running for president gave speeches in front of the entire high school in an optional assembly on February 22. Students now have the opportunity advise their grade representative on whom...

Students travel to refugee camps

February 8, 2017

With over one million Syrians having requested asylum in Europe, there is no question that the Syrian Refugee crisis poses one of the greatest geo political challenges the world has ever faced. From Greece...

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