EDITOR’S NOTE

ARLINGTONIAN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

It’s hard to believe, but we’re already halfway through the quarter. For seniors like myself, this is a strange time of year, as Greta Miller points out in her op-ed on page 24. We are expected to have one foot in the present — here at UAHS — and one foot in the future — college, work, trade school, or whatever our post-high school plans may be. This struggle to balance when our attention is constantly split between present and future makes it all too appealing to disengage from high school. Call it senioritis. But I urge seniors to make the most of this final semester of high school, continuing to put forth an effort. Even though we will soon leave, we are still here now. So continue to create and strengthen connections with others at UAHS. You can do so right here within the pages of Arlingtonian. Read Matthew Doron’s profiles of two rising star student athletes on pages 14 and 15. Or, you can learn more about the work your classmates are doing in the arts on page 9, where Thea Postalakis describes the musical. Besides senioritis, another hallmark of senior year is Capstone, the senior-year project that is a graduation requirement at UAHS. On page 16, Matthew Doron, Iris Mark and I take a deep dive into the Capstone course and what students think of it. Whether you’re a senior who’s already completed their capstone or an underclassman for whom the project is years away, I encourage you to consider what Capstone’s role at UAHS is and could be.

Capstone isn’t just a box to check on your way to getting a diploma; it arguably sets the tone for the entire UAHS educational experience. If Capstone encourages students to freely explore their intellectual interests, then so, too, will UAHS as a whole.

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