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The Student News Site of McLean High School

The Highlander
The Student News Site of McLean High School

The Highlander
Allie Deutsch

Allie Deutsch, Managing Editor

Allie Deutsch is a senior in her third year of journalism at McLean. In her spare time, Allie likes to read fantasy novels, listen to music and travel.

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Orchestra, band and choir will unite tomorrow to put on a holiday-themed performance for students. The annual Holiday Showcase is a celebratory way to draw recognition to McLean's music scene.

Composing Christmas

Allie Deutsch, Managing Editor
December 19, 2024
Last Saturday, McLean marching band won first place in their category at the USBands Maryland/Virginia State Championship. The band played an array of country music in their last competition of the season.

Marching Band wins state championship

Allie Deutsch, Managing Editor
October 30, 2024
The United States Capitol building offers numerous ghosts, including some with recognizable names. To learn more, I would recommend going on a Capitol Hill ghost tour.

Five local spine-chilling ghost tours you can’t miss

Allie Deutsch, Managing Editor
October 30, 2024
McLean's marching band attended a national competition in Annapolis this weekend, winning first place in Class 5. The country-themed music show attracted bands from across the East Coast.

Going for gold: marching band takes it home after “Country Roads” performance

Allie Deutsch, Managing Editor
October 10, 2024
McLean instated a new cell phone policy that will require phones to be stored for the duration of class. The new phone policy is designed to eliminate the distraction of phones during teaching periods.

Hold the phone: McLean to take cell phones during class

Allie Deutsch, Managing Editor
August 12, 2024
The McLean PTSA has worked throughout the school year to support McLean's teachers and students. The new leadership plans to work over the summer to organize events for the 2024-25 school year.

McLean PTSA wraps up its yearly events

Allie Deutsch, Managing Editor
June 3, 2024
Through yearbook and internet research, Principal Ellen Reilly and McLean alum Rusty Payne returned a mailed McLean Class of 1976 ring to the family of its old owner. Charles Bick, who dropped the ring in a park decades ago, died in a plane accident in 1984. (Photo courtesy of the McLean Yearbook)

Mystery ring links McLean’s past and present

Allie Deutsch, Managing Editor
May 30, 2024
Seniors of the Class of 2023 play poker at last year's All Night Graduation Party. This year's graduation party, scheduled for June 4, will feature similar activities.

A night to remember

Allie Deutsch, News Editor
May 10, 2024
The House of Representatives recently passed a bill that could end up banning TikTok in the U.S should the Chinese company ByteDance fail to sell the app to a government-approved buyer. The bill must be ratified by both the Senate and President Biden for it to go into effect.

[Photo] TikTok on the clock

Allison Deutsch and Alan Tang
March 21, 2024
To begin preparing for the digital SAT test, students can participate in the PTSA's mock SAT on Apr. 6. All registration fees will help fund the PTSA.

[Photo] McLean PTSA to hold mock SAT test

Allison Deutsch, News Editor
March 21, 2024
As the student body spectates, the red team makes a shot, the ball hovering over the net. The red team ultimately secured a 31-29 win over the silver team.

McLean holds annual FanFest basketball game

Hamna Humanyou and Allie Deutsch
March 17, 2024
The teacher shortage is taking a toll on McLean High School, even two years after schools returned from the virtual format.

The Educator Exodus

Minsong Ha, Zakareya Hamed, Nimera Shanil, Allie Deutsch and Sakura Mogami
February 7, 2024
German exchange students, along with their some of their host families, visited the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Jan. 20.

McLean Orchestra’s German exchange commences

Kaelyn Mackay and Allie Deutsch
January 24, 2024
The illuminated McLean auditorium is ready for the third PTSA meeting of the 2023-2024 academic year, in which speaker Kathleen Otal will discuss student mental wellness at the podium.

McLean PTSA to host third meeting of the year

Allie Deutsch, News Editor
January 17, 2024

Backroom Banter Ep. 3: College Advice

Allie Deutsch, Madeleine Stigall, Philip Rotondo and Sabrina Boughanem
November 2, 2023
Fairfax County has identified a number of 'assets' that reduce individual chances of falling into county-identified risk behaviors.

FCPS Youth Survey shows improvement in student mental health

Zakareya Hamed, Allie Deutsch and Alan Tang
November 1, 2023
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