By: Brandon Dung

The 600s hallway, also recognized as the arts hallway, is always a memorable place for current students, alumni, or any other visitors to Glen Allen High School. Everyone walks into the hall in amazement as they see the craftsmanship in each and every work of art. Some admirers even take pictures and selfies by them. As their final project, senior art students are invited to decorate the hallway with a beautiful mural of their choice. From the opening of the school, the walls have been getting filled as each senior class graduates, making it what it is now. Each mural is completely different from each other as well the meaning behind them, but the things that connects them all together, regardless of everything, are …

Thousands of people flooded into Glen Allen to attend the 34th Annual Lebanese Food Festival from May 18th to My 20th. The festival has been serving authentic Lebanese culture to the Richmond area for thirty-four consecutive years now, providing cuisine, music, family fun, and other live entertainment.

The Lebanese Food Festival is mostly known for the myriad of different foods available to taste. Some more conventional favorites include lamb kabobs, cheese pies, hummus, and cucumber salad. However, the Festival also offered some more exotic options that are culturally specific to the Middle East, such as Zaatar bread, Shawirma, and falafel.

There were many options on how to approach dining on the festival’s diverse and delicious …

May has not only ushered in warm weather, but also the Class of 2018’s last full month as Glen Allen High School students. Whether it be higher education, entering the work force, joining the military, taking a gap year, or any of the countless opportunities this year’s graduates will have after receiving their diplomas at graduation on June 12th at the VCU Siegel Center, Senior Jags are eagerly anticipating graduation and their last day of high school.

Glen Allen High School has taken many actions to celebrate this year’s Seniors and their next steps after high school. Not only will all Seniors gain recognition on June 1st on their last full day of high school at the Senior Honors Assembly, but numerous other communal and individual…

During past SOL testing periods, the weeks of testing have been filled with hectic schedules and sitting in classes for three hours where little to no productivity occurs. It would take two weeks for people to do 3 or less tests; it seemed longer than necessary for the standardized tests that could be done in a couple days.

Now, through a group of caring teachers, the SOL schedule has been revamped to be more efficient and more fun for the students and teachers.

The testing period is now three days, and for everyday a student is not testing they have the option to sign up for activities that involve life skills that are not usually taught in a class room setting. If you’re not interesting in learning helpful skills that can aid yo…

It’s quiz bowl season! Over the past few months, Science Club, Rho Kappa History Honor Society, and Mu Alpha Theta (Math Honor Society) planned their respective society’s quiz bowl tournaments. Though Math Bowl was cancelled after being scheduled for Wednesday, May 2, the students who were able to participate in the latter two learned to embrace their knowledge and extend their learning beyond the classroom.

On February 22 at 7:00 pm, the first of several competitions—Science Bowl—was hosted by the Science Club. Excited students formed teams of four or five, stepped up to the plate and answered multiple-choice and free response questions. The competition utilized a bracket format that pitted teams against one another until a winn…