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Lake Braddock's Independent Student Newspaper

The Bear Facts

Lake Braddock's Independent Student Newspaper

The Bear Facts

Lake Braddock's Independent Student Newspaper

The Bear Facts

Summer Style

Brooke O’Neill, Staff Writer May 22, 2025

Recipients of the StudentCam second place prizes in the high school East Division, who were awarded $1,500. Photo courtesy of C-SPAN StudentCam Judge Craig McAndrew.

Apply Yourself

Harley McAndrew and Lily O’Connor May 20, 2025

C-SPAN StudentCam Documentary Competition:  The StudentCam documentary competition under the network company C-SPAN allows students to create a documentary that addresses prevalent topics in the nation....

A Splash of Color

A Splash of Color

Jayden Dang, Staff Writer May 20, 2025

June is fast approaching, and with it comes Pride month. Pride may at first bring to mind flamboyance, big parades, corporate logo redesigns, and flashy, colorful clothing all decorated with rainbows and...

Gymnastics celebrating after winning their fourth consecutive state title on February 28th at the 2024-2025 VHSL state championship.

Raising the Bar

Eric Voegtlin, Online Editor March 7, 2025

On Friday, February 28, the varsity girls gymnastics team won their fourth state title in four years, finally completing the last piece of the four-peat that the program has been searching for all year....

Seasonal Supremacy

Seasonal Supremacy

Eric Voegtlin, Online Editor December 19, 2024

Think for a second, and ask yourself a simple question, how often do you listen to Christmas music? For most people they would say anytime after Thanksgiving while others would say the second Halloween...

Josephine Ha returns a serve at the match against West Potomac. Photo courtesy of Khoi Truong

Josephine Ha, Girls Varsity Tennis

Lee Beltran and Julia Key May 4, 2023

            Practices, scrimmages, matches, finals, sunburns, hard work, and a plethora of tennis balls. Led by Coach Maxwell and Assistant Coach Truong, the girls varsity tennis team is back...

Spotify: Is Listening Everything?

Lee Beltran January 25, 2023

Blocked websites and filtered searches come as no surprise to the majority of staff and students. Since 1998, the FCPS school board has taken an active approach in protecting their students from harmful...

Graphic by Julia Key

Is the Marvel Cinematic Universe dead?

Kyle Helm, Staff Writer January 23, 2023

Throughout many years of cinema history, the quality of movies has been increasing over time. From technical quality such as the switch from black and white to full color movies, visual quality with the...

Ms. Lindsey Kearns holds her newborn son, Declan. Photo Courtesy of Ms. Lindsey  Kearns

Meet Ms. Lindsey Kearns

Claire Holiday, Staff Writer January 23, 2023

Many know Ms. Lindsey Kearns as the current interim principal but beyond her job, she’s a wife and a mom to one year old child. However, with her husband’s job requiring lots of travel, it’s difficult...

Buying Service Hours

Sophia Healey, Staff Writer January 23, 2023

Positive Clubs and honor societies such as NHS and Key club set a high requirement for service hours, and many prohibit “double dipping” or using the hours for more than one club. These strict guidelines...

Mental Health Crisis Looms

Oliver Duffy, Staff Writer January 23, 2023

Over 77,000 physicians and 200 children’s hospitals declared a mental health crisis over a year ago. The lack of mental health professionals and space for behavioral health patients is not new, but the...

Books to Read Before You Graduate

Lauren Zheng – Staff Editor March 10, 2021

Towards a New Socialism by Paul Cockshott “I consider Towards a New Socialism pretty much essential reading for leftists, Marxists of course, but also those with basic knowledge who are trying...

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