Senior Plans
June 2, 2015
Every year, The Revolution prints senior plans for after high school, whether that be in college, working, taking a gap year, or anything else. We are proud of all you have accomplished! The following list is sorted alphabetically by last name. The Revolution apologizes for the unintentional omission of any s...
Notice of Retraction
June 2, 2015
The story “Foster Care Challenges Student” in the April 3 edition of The Revolution contained a factual error. The article reported that Ms. Lewis’ adoptive parents “lost custody” of her. The article should have stated that Ms. Lewis’ former adoptive parents relinquished custody of her. ...
Drinking: A Fun Time or Deadly?
Alex Lesie, Online Editor
April 2, 2015
Have you had a drink in the past 30 days? According to the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) “by age 15, half of teens have had at least one drink. By age 18, more than 70% of teens have had at least one drink.” In many European countries the legal drinking age is 16...
Academic Team Wins Again
Ben Yung, Staff Correspondent
April 2, 2015
It was down to the last question in the 2015 Regional academic tournament with the championship on the line. Albemarle was up against Thomas Jefferson High School from Richmond. Senior captain Quinn LeGallo-Malone was the first to react to the question. Looking the prompter dead in the eye, LeGallo-Malone...
Freshmen Fight Club to Offer Starbucks as New Incentive
Ellie Forney, Revolution Correspondent
April 1, 2015
That’s what the coffee is for; if you even mention a Double Chocolaty Chip Crème Frappuccino, they will tear each other to pieces.
African American History Month Teaches Tradition Through Music
Melanie Arthur, Editor-in-Chief
February 13, 2015
This February, Albemarle students and teachers celebrate African American History Month through the rhythm of music. On Feb. 13, drummer William “Whit” Whitten from Charlottesville’s premiere African dance group, Chihamba, visited band director Greg Thomas’ percussion class. He demonstrate...
Reactions To Rolling Stone: Students And Staff Give Their Thoughts On The Controversial Article
Eliza MacKnight, Staff Reporter
January 6, 2015
“All the first-year women are morally uptight. They’ll never do a single thing unless they know it’s right. But then they come to Rugby Road and soon they’ve seen the light. And you never know how many men they’ll bring home every night.” Harmonized by UVa’s fraternities every Friday n...
Immigration Reform Impacts Dreams
Melanie Arthur, Editor in Chief
December 19, 2014
Boarding a plane with her younger sister almost 10 years ago, senior Keyri Lopez felt both excitement and sadness as she left all her family and everything she knew in Usulutan, El Salvador. “Our life, or our new life as I like to call it, began in 2005,” she said. “What I remember from El Salvador is...
National Novel Writing Month Challanges Students
Ashley Bond, Staff Reporter
December 9, 2014
Would you take the challenge of 50,000 words in 30 days? National Novel Writing Month challenges people to every year. The goal is to write a 50,000 word novel between the first and last day of November. Creative writing teacher Charlotte Wood said that she heard about NaNoWriMo years ago when...
Local Boutique Helps Cancer Patients
Ashley Bond, Staff Reporter
November 18, 2014
“There’s certain things that make us a woman, and one of them is having breasts,” LaTisha Barnes said. She is the manager and certified mastectomy fitter at Flourish: A Positive Image Boutique in the Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center. Breast cancer “literally breaks [patients] down emotionally,...
Loading ...