Tag: T.C. Williams High School

Poor Robert’s Ruminations with Rob Whittle: A game to remember

By Rob Whittle In 2000, the movie “Remember the Titans” immortalized the 1971 T.C. Williams football team as it successfully struggled to integrate its...

Athletic field lights saga continues

By Liana Hardy | [email protected] Alexandria’s Parks and Recreation Commission endorsed a proposal to install lights at six athletic fields after a contentious public hearing...

Ron Rust Sr., longtime Alexandria Boys and Girls Club employee, dies...

By Denise Dunbar | [email protected] Alexandria native Ron Rust Sr., who was a fixture at the Alexandria Boys and Girls Club for more than four...

Our View: Three cheers for three Olympians

What’s better than having an athlete from your city make the Olympic team? Having three former Titans representing Alexandria and the United States in...

An unforeseen tradition: The story behind Alexandria’s hand-me-down graduation gown

By Katherine Hapgood | [email protected] Five outstanding T.C. Williams High School students, five prestigious universities and colleges, two on-stage graduation performances – and one graduation...

ACPS seniors receive $525,000 in scholarships

By Olivia Anderson | [email protected] The Scholarship Fund of Alexandria awarded more than $525,000 in college scholarships to members of the T.C. Williams High School...

My View with John Porter: An investment that generates a triple...

Triple return? Sounds too good to be true, but it actually is. The Northern Virginia Community College Educational Foundation, dedicated to providing support to our...

Our View: Overstepping their authority

Any issue involving public safety and race in the United States is inherently complicated. Racial injustice is clearly still with us, and that reality...

Your Views: Efficient vaccine operation

To the editor: Kudos to the Alexandria Health Department! My husband and I received our first doses of the vaccine Jan. 14 at T.C. Williams...

Your Views: Systemic racism is far from over

To the editor: A Sept. 24, 2020 letter to the editor of the Alexandria Times was titled, “Alexandria has overcome systemic racism.” The author congratulates...