Fresh from our newsroom

• New English teacher joins Parkdale family This school year, Ms. DeAndrea Johnson joined the Parkdale English team after working as an editor since 2005.  Although she is only two
• Ambassadors turn up the heat Calling all multilingual students interested in helping and mentoring! The Parkdale ESOL Ambassador program could be just what you’re look
• Freshmen expectations shot down within first month… Duh! There have been countless Disney movies about high school and how fun and exciting it is to be in a teenaged hormone-infested school. Everyo
• 10 ways to make your school year the best Schools back in session for the 2019-2020 school year and although it may be hard balancing school life and personal life, it’s possible!.
• Summer slide affects hundreds of students There’s the “Summer Slide”, the “Achievement Gap” and the “Summer Brain Drain”. No matter the name, the effect is still impact
• Newly added temps cause more space, clutter to school Beginning in the 2019-2020 school year, Parkdale has added four additional portable classrooms, best known as “temps” to its campus.  A
• Local burger joints to try this summer May was burger month and a perfect excuse to eat burgers. Luckily for you, we reviewed some common burger joints to save your taste buds. We
• PGCPS adopts gender neutral cap and gown policy In recent years, PGCPS has changed its policy on graduation attire to keep cap and gown colors gender neutral for transgender and other LGBT
• Don’t overlook the option of community college Many people are doubtful of the effectiveness of community college and say it's more like “13th grade”, but what a lot of people may not
• Get Ready for Summer! Many students are counting down the days until summer break (it’s 13 school days, by the way!), but do they know what they’re doing aft
• Planet Fitness’ Free Summer Membership for Teenagers Beginning on May 15 through September, Planet Fitness is having a free membership program for teenagers from the age of 15 up to 18. Their g
• Spring meets Carnival season Every Spring, the Carnival swoops in to Landover to kick off the change in weather and bring local residents excitement and joy. The carniva
• Juniors, you’re up! Here are six tips on surviving senior year Senior year can be the best year of high school… as long as you you try. It is better to start planning at the end of junior year so you c
• Parkdale tackles mental health together On May 3rd, Parkdale held a Mental Health Awareness program where students gathered ainthe gymnasium to talk about how they feel and think i
• What to do for mother’s day Mother’s Day is around the corner and many of us don’t have ideas on what to get our mom’s. Don’t be basic and don’t get them flow