Tag: T.C. Williams

T.C. junior wins STEM award

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] Ana Humphrey’s going to cure cancer someday — or do something equally important. The 17-year-old T.C. Williams High School junior was...

Letter to the Editor: High school should keep the name T.C....

To the editor: I appreciate your editorial’s suggestion (“Should Alexandria's high school bear the name T.C. Williams?”) to change the name of Alexandria’s high school...

Our View: What’s in a name?

Last week’s Alexandria Times contained a front page story about a courageous black woman named Blois Hundley, who in 1958 was fired from her...

A school cook’s forgotten civil rights stand

By Jim McElhatton  In the fall of 1958, longtime Alexandria schools superintendent Thomas Chambliss “T.C.” Williams took the unusual step of firing a black school...

Our View: Should Alexandria’s high school bear the name ‘T.C. Williams?’

We are in the midst of a national conversation concerning who should be memorialized with statues or by having their names on street signs,...

Letter to the Editor: T.C. Williams lights are an unacceptable breach...

Just when one thought the community engagement process had reached a new low in transparency and objectivity with the Patrick Henry project, we now have the...

Gun violence town hall held in wake of mass shootings

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] Alexandria City Public Schools hosted a town hall conversation about guns in America’s schools at T.C. Williams High School on...

T.C. rugby recruits members

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] T.C. rugby may not be the most popular sport at Alexandria’s only public high school, but its coaches and players...

Sports Spotlight: Titans field hockey goes undefeated in conference

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] T.C. Williams Varsity Field Hockey closed out its season this fall with a record of 16-3 for the regular season...

Local soccer star earns national award

By Missy Schrott | [email protected]  Walking around the field at T.C. Williams High School, Claire Constant is at home – she waves to almost everyone...