The Bear Facts

The Red Hot Chilli Pepper Documentary Project

Jahnavi Dave and Louisa Blystone • April 18, 2016

The seventh grade Red Hot Chilli Pepper team was recently given a history assignment by history teacher Jane Gordon to a make documentary on their personal hero. This is Gordon’s first time doing...

The Bruin Times: Vol. 25, Issue 1

April 3, 2016

Pick up your copy of the middle school newspaper, The Bruin Times, from your middle school English teachers, in the library, front office or read about it here online.

There Are No LBMS Sports Teams

Bushra Khandaker and Camryn Spratt, Reporters, The Bruin Times • April 3, 2016

“Lake Braddock does not sponsor any middle school sports.” --Sandra Hunter, administrative assistant for student activities

Bomb Threat: Police suspect call came from inside

Didi Elsyad, EIC of The Bruin Times • April 3, 2016

On March 15, shortly after 10 a.m., LB’s main office received a phone call that would lead shortly to a school-wide evacuation. The call, which threatened LB with a bomb, was not the only one made...

MS Science Olympians place second at District Competition

Aileen Choi and Sarah Wang, Reporters for The Bruin Times • April 3, 2016

On March 12, LB’s middle school Science Olympiad team placed second overall at the Regional Tournament. Science Olympiad events include, but are not limited to: earth science, chemistry, anatomy,...

Antony and Cleopatra Killed it at DC Shakespeare Festival

Bivash Oli and Hunter Reeves, Reporters for The Bruin Times • April 3, 2016

Eboni Pearson’s third period Advanced Theatre Arts class performed an abridged version of William Shakespeare’s Antony & Cleopatra, March 4 at the Folger’s Shakespeare Library in Washington D.C. Six...

Peyton Davis: World-Class Irish Step Dancer

Anna Rae Buschman and Nuha Mohammed, Reporters for The Bruin Times • April 3, 2016

Eighth grader, Peyton Davis, is a three-time national champion for Irish Step Dancing. She participates in about 20 local and out-of-the-country competitions in a year. Davis dances year-long and...

How Your Bus Route and Stop are Decided

Anikait Dhond and Bivash Oli, Reporters for The Bruin Times • April 3, 2016

Do you know how your bus routes and stops are made in order to go to school at Lake Braddock? The FCPS Transportation Department uses a series of complicated systems to make sure that you, along with 30,000...

School-wide Survey Says “No” to New Language Classes Next Year

Namira Anjum and Vivian Stewart, Reporters for The Bruin Times • April 3, 2016

From Oct. 30 to Nov. 6, Lake Braddock middle school students and staff were able to take a language survey, conducted by former assistant principal, Robert Sanders. The survey asked them what languages...

Student Teacher to Finish Year as Substitute Administrator

Aryan Singh and Tyler Wyatt, Reporters for The Bruin Times • April 3, 2016

“I just love Lake Braddock, and I wanted to stay here,” Brandyn Peyton said.

Some MS Students Spend Hundreds on TJHS Test Prep

Daniel Nam and Subham Gurung, Reporters for The Bruin Times • April 3, 2016

Each year many eighth graders take the admissions test to get accepted into Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJ). A majority of students taking the exam prepared in advance, but...

The Low-Down On Lunches

Tyler Garkey and Andrea Cys, Reporters for The Bruin Times • April 3, 2016

Who picked the lunch line foods? What are LB's favorite dishes? Why'd the nachos change shape? And more!