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Raising Cane’s craze

Jamie Banton, Staff Writer January 21, 2025

Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers, often simply known as Canes, is a fast food restaurant chain that has gained popularity for its focus on one main dish: chicken fingers. Founded in 1996 by Todd Graves and...

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Raising Cane’s craze

Jamie Banton, Staff Writer January 21, 2025

Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers, often simply known as Canes, is a fast food restaurant chain that has gained popularity for its focus on one main dish: chicken fingers. Founded in 1996 by Todd Graves and...

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FCPS policies for immigrant families

Heidi Gilman, Editor in Chief January 20, 2025

With just a few hours remaining before Donald Trump is sworn in for his second term as President of the United States, speculations about his day one immigration policies have spread across the nation....

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Herndon-South Lakes Students break the rivalry

Josie Leon-Guerrero, Staff Writer December 9, 2024

During football season many South Lakes students see Herndon as their rival school. However, as fall athletics come to an end and winter sports start up, athletes at Slakes are creating new friendships...

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Students and staff spread kindness by painting rocks

Sentinel Staff, Staff Writer November 22, 2024

Colorful painted rocks with encouraging messages lined the desks of room 421 on World Kindness Day as South Lakes students and staff concentrated and collaborated over their artwork.  There was...

Vendor spotlight at Reston’s Farmers Market

Vendor spotlight at Reston’s Farmers Market

Heidi Gilman, Co-Editor-in-Chief October 16, 2024

A steady flow of people clutching reusable bags streamed into Lake Anne Village early Saturday morning. For Reston locals, this is not unusual. The weekly Reston Farmers Market was bustling with people....

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Shooting at local gym leaves man dead

Emma Ayres, Co-News Editor September 2, 2024

Reston resident, Hyung Joon Choi, was shot dead while working out at Gold’s Gym on Tuesday, August 20th. The 43-year-old suspect, Steve Taehee Ha, left his home address and name at the front desk when...

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Fairfax County NAACP president dead at 56

Vix Kendley, Staff Writer February 14, 2024

In January of this year, the president of the Fairfax chapter of The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) died, aged 56. Michelle Antonette Leete of Portsmouth, Virginia,...

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Fairfax County recruiting more landlords to participate in affordable rental program

Vix Kendley, Staff Writer January 31, 2024

The Fairfax County Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program serves low-income families to assist with their housing needs. A family (a group of two or more persons related by birth, marriage, or adoption who...

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« Teacher Spotlight: Mr. Ravenstahl »

Mithra Venkatesan and Sierra Hughes January 22, 2024

Mr. Ravenstahl teaches in his classroom by day but that's not all there is to him. Mr. Ravenstahl is an Art 1, IB visual art, and Theory of Knowledge teacher here at South Lakes. He has been an upstanding...

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