Mustang Ambassadors Mail Care
Packages to Soldiers in Iraq
(December 21, 2006)

Myriad Musicians Make All-District Band
Martinez, Moscati in Top Band
By Charlotte Volpe (December 15, 2006)
Thirty musicians auditioned for the All-District X Band at JEB Stuart High School last Saturday. Out of those students, two were selected to perform in the first high school band (the Wind Ensemble), ten were selected to perform with the second high school band (the Symphonic Band), and two were selected as alternates.

Latest on ‘Dirty Dancing’ Dilemma
An Open Dialogue Moving
Tentatively Towards Consensus
Margaret Lipman (December 15, 2006)
After weeks of debate and discussion, the issue of inappropriate behavior at GMHS dances may be reaching its conclusion.

Scholastic Bowl
Mustangs Dominate at Home,
Bringing District Record to 9-0
By Margaret Lipman (December 13, 2006)
The George Mason Scholastic Bowl team continued its overwhelming success in the Bull Run District during the only home meet of the season on Monday evening.

Winter Wishes Come True
Huge Shopping Spree To Put Smiles
On 120 Needy Children’s Faces
By Sarah Van Buren (December 12, 2006)
Working with the Salvation Army’s Adopt-A-Child program, 65 TA reps shopped for toys and gifts for needy children at Target last Friday.

New Project Benefits Homeless
Senior Class Gets Cookin’
By Anna Duning (December 6, 2006)
The senior class officers, Anna Duning, Andrew Walden, Irene Morrison-Moncure and Elena Martinez, and class sponsors, Ms. Alissa Mears and Ms. Paige Whitlock, kicked off the senior class’s latest service project by delivering a warm cooked meal yesterday to the Falls Church Winter Shelter that opened Friday.

Fall Musical Premieres Tonight
Playing ‘The Pajama Game’
By K-K Bracken (November 30, 2006)
“I’m proud to be in the pajama game,” sings junior Joseph Kendra as the curtain opens to frantic working girls stitching away at pajamas in the Sleep-Tite Pajama Company’s factory.

Greenberg Reaches
Out to the Community
By Dean Woodley (November 29, 2006)
What if I told you that I know someone who is the founder and leader of a charity with a goal to help poverty-stricken children in the D.C. area?

Should Mason Offer Arabic, Chinese?
Study Committee to Explore
Critical Languages Feasibility
By Rebecca Gomez (November 29, 2006)
“ We would love to offer another foreign language at George Mason, above all, Chinese or Arabic,” says Linda Johnsen, who, in addition to being a French teacher and head of the Foreign Language Department, is also chair of the Critical Languages Study Committee (CLSC).

First-Ever Student Academic
Council Convenes
By Anna Duning (November 13, 2006)
Last Thursday afternoon, students and faculty assembled after school for the very first meeting of the new Student Academic Council. Eleven of the 12 elected students were present, representing the sophomore, junior and senior classes along with six faculty advisers.

Interpreter Offers Insights
To ASL Students
(November 7, 2006)

Past Greats Inducted into
Athletic Hall of Fame
(November 7, 2006)

Zombies Take the Stage
3 Earn VHSL Acting Honors
By K-K Bracken (November 3, 2006)
Last Monday, October 30, the IBH Theater class loaded up a school bus with set pieces and props and settled down for the long trip down to Madison County for the VHSL Bull Run District one-act competition.

In Memory of Nora Hemphill
FORCE Stages Fashion Show
To Fight Childhood Cancer
(October 31, 2006)

JV Show
Annual Talent Show Raises
$2,700 for Juniors, Prom
By Charlotte Volpe (October 30, 2006)
The annual Junior Variety Show served its purpose well in not only showcasing numerous talents throughout the school, but also helping to raise money, some $2,700 for the prom, which is traditionally funded by the junior class.

Congo Scholar Shares Insights
With Int. Relations Students
(October 14, 2006)

Annual Powder-puff Game
Seniors Defeat Juniors 7-0
By Charlotte Volpe (October 12, 2006)
The senior girls defeated the junior girls 7-0 in the annual Powder-puff football game at Moore Cadillac Stadium last evening.

2006 Homecoming Court
(October 6, 2006)

Spirit Breaks Loose Today
As Homecoming Begins
By Anna Duning (October 5, 2006)
“ Yeea-Haw!” yelped vice principal, Tim Guy, and later, SCA president, Will Stewart, over the intercom Thursday morning, declaring the commencement of annual Spirit Week

Young Diplomats Tackle World Affairs at
19th Annual GM MUN Conference
By Anna Duning (October 3, 2006)
Nations from six continents met at our own George Mason High School to discuss pressing international affairs and plot the world’s current direction this past weekend. Well, not exactly, but the stream of events was not far from this as Mason was the host of the nineteenth annual Model United Nations Conference.

Mason Defeats Kennedy, Bullis - (Spanish Version - 10/3/06)
On ‘It’s Academic’
By Charlotte Volpe (September 30, 2006)
“The largest colony of penguins in the world is not in Antarctica but in what capital of Scotland?” With the correct answer of “Edinburgh,” Mason’s “It’s Academic” team was propelled to a 20-point tiebreaker victory over John F. Kennedy Academy High School and The Bullis School earlier today

Students Discuss Spirit Week Plans, - (Spanish Version - 9-28-06)
School Issues at SCA Retreat
‘Heroes and Villains’ Decided as Week Theme
By Anna Duning (September 27, 2006)
Led by SCA officers and sponsors Ms. Karin Tooze and Ms. Jennifer Jayson, 47 students and six faculty members spent 24 hours planning homecoming festivities and discussing important school issues from Sunday morning to Monday afternoon during the annual SCA Fall Retreat at Camp Highroad in Middleburg, Virginia.

Spicer Announces ‘Pajama Game’ Cast List
(September 21, 2006)

Scores Audition for ‘Pajama Game’
By K. K. Bracken (September 20, 2006)
Auditions took place Monday and Tuesday in the auditorium for the fall production of "The Pajama Game." Students were asked to sing a song of their choice that showed their general vocal range, acting and projecting as much as possible.

Interview
Principal Snee Reveals Goals for the
Year and Reflects on Mason’s Past
By Margaret Lipman (September 5, 2006)
Compared to last year, when George Mason became an 8-12 high school and a brand-new middle school sprung up where the tennis courts once stood, this fall seems relatively calm.