Top 10 virtual clubs to join
Ella Gilmore, Staff Reporter
September 13, 2020
Instead of the usual club fair in the GMHS gyms, on Thursday, September 10, Mason students viewed a video and slideshow about the dozens of clubs still offered during the virtual term. You may be feeling overwhelmed with all of your options - luckily, Lasso writer Ella Gilmore is here to help you, n...
We’re still in a pandemic. Keep expectations for students reasonable.
September 11, 2020
The GMHS community is still living through unprecedented times. We know, you hear that too often, but it’s true. None of us have ever done this before. Mason teachers have never had to structure their classes on Schoology Conferences, the administration has never had to institute guidelines for a s...
Grading the first week
August 30, 2020
As Mason continues to move through uncharted territory, the first week of the new school went... pretty okay. Overall, the Lasso gives it a B+. Despite technology issues and, well, the very fact that school has to be online, this past week was a welcome inch (half inch?) closer to the normal high scho...
A first week like no other
Stella Turner and Megan Clinton
August 29, 2020
The first week of school often entails catching up with friends and watching freshmen get lost on their way to class. No one could have predicted that we’d be starting off the year in our own houses, instead of the in-person classrooms we’re accustomed to. GMHS began the school year on August 24, ent...
It’s official: FCCPS will begin the school year with virtual learning
Sequoia Wyckoff, Stella Turner, and Liam Timar-Wilcox
July 24, 2020
In a virtual School Board meeting on July 23, the board unanimously passed a motion endorsing FCCPS Superintendent Dr. Peter Noonan’s recommendation for the first nine weeks of the school year to operate fully online. The motion, as announced by board member Philip Reitinger, reads: “Given that ...
Online school is virtually a reality
Gabriella Stevens
November 16, 2016
School. The first things that come to mind are crowded hallways, loud classrooms, wooden desks and metal chairs. But what if all of your schoolwork could be done from the comfort of your home? Isabella Flory, a ninth grader at George Mason, does all her schoolwork at home and comes into school for ...
