• • Summer break is only three weeks away! •
  • • Week of 05/19: AP late exams •
  • • 05/26: Memorial Day (no school) •
  • • 05/27: Adjusted Schedule (SOLs) •
  • • 05/28: Adjusted Schedule (SOLs) •
  • • 05/29: Adjusted Schedule (SOLs) •
  • • 05/30: Adjusted Schedule (SOLs) •
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Meenal Alagumuthu

Meenal Alagumuthu, Staff Writer

Meenal Alagumuthu is a first-year journalist and staff writer for The Current. As a freshman, she is a part of theatre at Ocean Lakes, most recently being in the onstage crew of Clue. She also is a volunteer at VBPL and enjoys writing poetry and dancing in her free time. After high school, she hopes to go into the medical field.

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Meenal Alagumuthu, Staff Writer
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Caption: Amelia Montgomery and Cassi Terry represent Luxembourg at the event. The debate is a lesson in negotiation and collaboration for its participants. Photo used with permission by J Picou-620 Design.

Ocean Lakes hosts EU Debate Simulation, expands from previous year

Meenal Alagumuthu, Staff Writer
April 3, 2025
Illustrated by Khadija Sissoko on March 5, 2025. A stressed student takes a test. Standardized tests like the MAP can be incredibly anxiety-inducing for students.

MAP testing, the ninth-grade time-waster

Meenal Alagumuthu, Staff Writer
March 25, 2025
From left to right, Griffon Yetter, Andrew Friedman, Gillian Gutierrez, Eleanor Strader, Amanda Morris, Lyla McGowen and Marty Hester stand onstage before the talent show begins. The show happened on Saturday, February 15, 2025. Photo used with permission from Sophia Phaneuf.

Dolphin Dash and OLTC revive annual talent show

Meenal Alagumuthu, Staff Writer
February 14, 2025
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