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The Student News Site of McLean High School

The Highlander
The Student News Site of McLean High School

The Highlander
Farah Eljazzar

Farah Eljazzar, Editor-in-Chief

Farah Eljazzar is a senior at McLean High School in her second year of journalism. She enjoys writing opinion articles about pressing social justice issues in the community. In her free time, she enjoys playing volleyball, going to concerts, reading, and collecting CDs.

All content by Farah Eljazzar
The rock, which was originally painted for International Transgender Day of Visibility, was egged by an unknown party.

Rock vandalized after being painted for transgender visibility

Farah Eljazzar and Tanner Coerr
April 11, 2023
Head coach Jen Sobota finishes cutting down the net after the game.

Girls varsity basketball defeat Langley in a tight game to win the District Championship

Farah Eljazzar, Editor-in-Chief
February 18, 2023
House Party vs. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

House Party vs. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

Farah Eljazzar, Isabella DiPatri and Dalia Fishman
January 25, 2023
New rules introduced to McLean are overly restrictive

New rules introduced to McLean are overly restrictive

Madeleine Stigall and Farah Eljazzar
January 12, 2023
Seniors Arielle Elise and Kate Fontaine, as well as junior Micah Pierce, all had key roles in TheatreMcLean's production of Much Ado About Nothing.

TheatreMcLean actors sexually and verbally harassed during Much Ado About Nothing previews

Farah Eljazzar and Isabella DiPatri
December 15, 2022
Highlanders and Generals fight to inch a yard towards the end zone

Washington-Liberty spooks McLean for a Halloween loss

Farah Eljazzar, Editor-in-chief
October 29, 2022
A bracket that puts 16 Trader Joe's items from the Fall line head-to-head.

Trader Joe’s: Fall Product Face-off

Farah Eljazzar and Tara Pandey
October 28, 2022
Pinterest launches new Shuffles app

Pinterest launches new Shuffles app

Farah Eljazzar, Editor-in-Chief
September 6, 2022
Students at McLean struggle with body shaming

Students at McLean struggle with body shaming

Farah Eljazzar, Isabella DiPatri and Josephine Phillips
June 3, 2022
McLean students pose with pro-gun control posters during the school's walkout on May 26

Recent shootings call for legislative change

Farah Eljazzar, Opinions Editor
May 27, 2022

Signs of Change

Tanner Coerr, Farah Eljazzar, Makda Bekele, Saehee Perez and Omar Kayali
March 30, 2022
Say goodbye to the infamous bubble sheets—the SAT will soon be online, though still in a proctored setting.

SAT to go Digital 2024

Farah Eljazzar, Reporter
January 26, 2022
Multiple inches of snow piled up in Fairfax County at the beginning of the week.

Extra snow day cancellations were unnecessary

Farah Eljazzar, Reporter
January 6, 2022
Kirsten Knight as Meg, Kiera Murphy as Beth, Franny Hemsley as Amy, Kirsten Tierney as Marmee and Kylee Majkowski as Jo run through Lewinsville Park during their Little Women publicity photoshoot on Oct. 14.

TheatreMcLean’s “Little Women” marks big comeback

Saehee Perez, Makda Bekele and Farah Eljazzar
November 16, 2021
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