Montgomery County’s Longest Running School Newspaper
The Tattler
Volume 91 Issue 9
June 2018
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School 4301 East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814
By Andrew Cha and Aidan Smyth With the closing of the 2017-2018 school year arrives a new era for Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School. By this fall, the new addition to the school will be finally open for classes, marking the beginning of B-CC 3.0: the third reinvention of the high school and student culture in its history. In 1996, B-CC opened its doors to the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program, altering not only the academic life but the culture of B-CC; its impacts are felt even twenty years later. Now, in 2018, with another large renovation to the school, the culture and atmosphere of B-CC will undoubtedly change, marking a new chapter in B-CC’s history: B-CC 3.0 However, as noted by our most recent edition, there are still many areas where B-CC can improve, areas where B-CC can do better to raise the spirits of the student body and overall create a more efficient and communal academic environment. While the Class of 2018 displayed a great sense of school
spirit in their last semester, this did not particularly influence the other classes or the staff. It still appears to the casual observer that spirit at B-CC is fairly low, and even lower should the current frustrations at the administration among the student body and the staff be considered. In addition to this, the past school year revealed various other areas where both the B-CC staff and student body could improve. As noted by various members of the school community, the fundraising for charity in the month of February was subpar, as compared to previous years, with many students not even aware of what charity they were supposed to be donating to. 2017-2018 also marked another school year where students remained in low spirits for both Homecoming and the Senior Prom; this was only exacerbated by poor ticket management and controversies over promposals. Undoubtedly, these factors, among others, have
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contributed to a general atmosphere of discontent within the school. However, it is also important to remember that these feelings are a byproduct of both staff and student actions; just as the staff should be responsive to student interest, the students should be cooperative and driven to make this community as great as it can be. But, what’s so exciting about the new addition and B-CC 3.0 is that it provides us with an opportunity to do more, to potentially solve these problems and make B-CC even more than what it already is. With that in mind, the Tattler editorial staff has decided to finish this school year by pitching some potential ideas that we feel, if implemented, would improve both the academic and social environments of B-CC moving forward. “B-CC 3.0” is a philosophy for our future education that accompanies the addition of the new building. Continued on page 5
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