The Blue & Gold Gaithersburg High School Gaithersburg, MD
Issue Date: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 Issue: November 2006 Last Update: Thursday, November 30, 2006
  • Wall Street comes to Summit Avenue and 355

    Tuesday, November 21, 2006 By: Emma Schwartz and Charlene Thomas

    Gaithersburg High School is the only high school in the country to have a NASDAQ trading room. The NASDAQ room is a classroom located in J207 that contains a ticker board and a plasma screen televisi

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  • Elections shift power, bring change

    Tuesday, November 21, 2006 By: Steven Bennett

    The Democratic Party regained control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate by defeating Republican incumbents in every region of the country.

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  • Time to rebuild

    Tuesday, November 21, 2006 By: Brad Herson

    Gaithersburg High School has gone though many changes in its 102 year history. It has gone from a small square building on the current site of Gaithersburg Elementary in Down Town Gaithersburg, to a b

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  • Genocide in Darfur rages on: Janjweed continues to terrorize civilians

    Tuesday, November 21, 2006 By: Emma Schwartz

    Inside a small region of 4 million people rages a rising battle between the government and its unhappy residents. Welcome to Darfur, a region in western Sudan. Three years ago, the poor and voiceless

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  • Wrestlers have new coach for new season

    Wednesday, November 22, 2006 By: Emily Heldman

    Eric Britton has come to coach the Gaithersburg High School wrestling team after coaching at Poolesville for three years.

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  • Cross CountryTale of shining success, bittersweet disappointment

    Wednesday, November 22, 2006 By: Brad Herson

    The multi-colored leaves, the browning grass, the many mud puddles, and the anxious looks on many runners’ faces are some of many characteristics of the Maryland state cross country championships.

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  • Cheerleaders are red hot

    Wednesday, November 22, 2006 By: Nicole Peterson

    The varsity cheerleading squad of Gaithersburg High school plans to show their determination and talent at the 2006-07 cheerleading competition by doing what they do best: cheering.

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  • Halftime is game time for Poms

    Wednesday, November 22, 2006 By: Erin Willett

    They’re not cheerleaders, yet they show spirit for our school. And they’re not the football team, yet they use the field during the game. They’re a group of eighteen hardworking girls who make up the

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  • Senior girls groan over graduation gowns

    Wednesday, November 22, 2006 By: Roselyn Cortez

    Ah, graduation day. Seniors always look forward to the day when they will eagerly stroll across the stage at Constitution Hall in their stunning blue and gold gowns to obtain their...wait, GOLD GOWNS?

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  • Politically Correct?

    Wednesday, November 22, 2006 By: Renee Rodriguez

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At-a-glance

“Things have been a little weird around here lately,” said character Sandy Cohen on The O.C. season premiere which aired Thursday, November 2, 2006.
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The PSAT. To many students, it’s just another test and serves little purpose other than being a convenient excuse for missing the first four periods of the day.
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At 8:35 on October 29th, while most people were still settled comfortably in their beds, the race began. Thirty-four thousand competitors from all over the world came to DC that Sunday morning for th
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Despite my attempts to harass and stalk the freshmen and sophomores, I’ve found that either I’m really scary, or the underclassmen just aren’t ready to share their embarrassing moments. Nonetheless, b
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Your "drivers' license" no longer has anything to do with driving. In order to get permission from your state to drive, you will have to give the government and businesses the ability to monitor and t
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Many people say that the pressure is too much. The old fable that students cheat because they are lazy and do not want to their own work, no longer applies to all students who cheat.
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Many people say that the pressure is too much. The old fable that students cheat because they are lazy and do not want to their own work, no longer applies to all students who cheat.
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“The one thing that I regret about freshman year was going to the emergency room because I got hit in the head by a rock near the snack bar by the football field; my advice to freshmen is not to stand
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Edline gets passing grade
The new online service, Edline, now allows parents, teachers and students to efficiently discuss student grades and assignments. Most students are now eager to know their grades before interims; paren
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Gaithersburg High School is now one of at least five other schools in Montgomery County that have the Signature Program, otherwise known as the academy program.
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