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John Champe Physical Knight flyer posted on the Knightly Newsletter. All parents and students were reminded of this event to gain more attraction.
John Champe Physical Night
June 7, 2025
Alternative Schedule for staff and students on Thursday, June 12.
John Champe High School Teachers Wrapping Up School Year
June 6, 2025
DECA members pose for a picture at the 2025 end of year banquet.
DECA Wraps Up 2025 With End-of-Year Banquet
June 2, 2025
Marie Lyles standing in front of the counseling countdown to summer board.
John Champe High School Counselor Countdown
May 30, 2025
Opening slide for the presentation during the JCHS marching band info night shown in the auditorium May 27, 2025. This slideshow was used to explain information to students and parents interested in joining the marching band in the next year.
JCHS Marching Band Information Night
May 30, 2025
John Champe varsity football team in a huddle before the game starts.
How the Knights Plan to Improve Moving Forward
October 22, 2025
The athletes on the bus going home from States. The athletes shared the bus with Rock Ridge athletes.
Track Athletes Going to States
June 10, 2025
All the district awards are now announced for the girls' varsity lacrosse team (shown in the photo above). Girls who were awarded First Team All-District have gone on to be placed on regional teams.
Lady Knights Lacrosse District Awards
June 6, 2025
A poster advertising the matchup set to begin on June 5th (@NBA on X)
NBA Finals Matchup Set
June 2, 2025
Girls' Lacrosse wins first-ever banner and advances to Regionals.
Girls Lacrosse Advances to Regional Championship
May 30, 2025
Actors waiting backstage for cues to go on during the production of Friday Knight Live Jun. 6, 2025 in the John Champe High School auditorium. Astors wait in the wings of a stage when they are not in a scene during a production.
Friday Knight Live Bts
June 10, 2025
The gift bag given to the seniors by the strings department.
Strings Banquet
June 10, 2025
Ginny and Georgia Season 3 Cover image.
The New Season of Ginny and Georgia
June 10, 2025
Photo courtesy of BibGuru
AP Lang Has Students Already Preparing for College
June 6, 2025
The contestants of Love Island Season 7 pose together.
Love Island Season 7
June 6, 2025
Actors waiting backstage for cues to go on during the production of Friday Knight Live Jun. 6, 2025 in the John Champe High School auditorium. Astors wait in the wings of a stage when they are not in a scene during a production.
Friday Knight Live Bts
June 10, 2025
The gift bag given to the seniors by the strings department.
Strings Banquet
June 10, 2025
Photo courtesy of BibGuru
AP Lang Has Students Already Preparing for College
June 6, 2025
This is a photo taken of the awards table. Taken at the choir banquet. This photo shows how many different things students are being awarded for and how important choir is to students at Champe.
Choir Banquet
June 6, 2025
Central area in Singapore from an early vacation. A public performance was shown in the area only moments ago.
Early Vacations
May 30, 2025
A look into Champe seniors’ college journeys
May 12, 2025
Students complete classwork in Mr. Kim's Film Studies class. These students have been working hard all quarter and are finishing up their work. "The class is a fun class where students can watch films and make them," Kim said. "It's a very niche class for people who enjoy the medium".
BlockBusters and Surprises: 2025 Movie Lineup Revealed
April 2, 2025
The Eras of Trisha Paytas
The Eras of Trisha Paytas
April 2, 2025
Most individuals who responded agree that former President Biden’s administration leaned more toward Israel. 
Inside the Israeli-Palestinian Ceasefire
April 2, 2025
Taylor is starting the show off by introducing her most beloved album, Lover, on June 16th, 2023. Hattabaugh previously mentioned how excited she was for this section of the performance.
Fast-Track Recap of the Eras Tour
January 16, 2025
Civil service workers and activists protest the policies of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk outside the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025
Trump’s Layoffs Will Change Northern Virginia Forever
May 19, 2025
A “Phone Bin” with various students phones Feb. 10, 2025 in ASL teacher Diana Castro’s classroom # 1210 in JCHS. Before class, students are required to turn phones in to adhere to Policy 8655.
Policy 8655; One Semester Later
April 2, 2025
Trump Takes Office: A Returning Era
Trump Takes Office: A Returning Era
April 2, 2025
The promotional material for the fight by Most Valuable Promotions. This was redone as the fight was initially postponed to health concerns regarding Mike Tyson.
Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson: A Controversial Showdown
January 10, 2025
Elon Musk jumps on stage to cheers from the crowd at a rally of Former President Donald Trump on October 5th, 2024 in Butler, PA. Musk had previously voiced his support for Trump, but this marked his first appearance at one of his rallies.
Losing the Battle but Winning the War
January 10, 2025
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Marella Batu is a Senior, and she has been a part of The Round Table Review for three years. She plans on majoring in journalism and communications with a minor in nonprofit management.

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Cooking With The ‘Champe’ions

Kara Lyle and Marella Batu
May 12, 2025
The homescreen for family tips on cyberbullying. These resources are linked in the article as well as sent out on the Knightly Newsletter to keep parents and students informed

Scrolling into Trouble

Marella Batu, Writer
May 3, 2025
Tesla Model 3 being displayed in the Dulles Landing parking lot for the weekly Cars and Coffee event. Many car owners have brought their modified cars with the new parts that start to come out as these technology developments are discovered.

New Tech of 2025

Marella Batu, Writer
April 2, 2025
DECA members Mahmoud Khatab and Jacob Dawson standing in the Virginia Beach Conference Hall. Over 5,000 students gathered to attend this three day conference and competed for spots at ICDC.

DECA State Leadership Conference Recap

Marella Batu, Writer
March 10, 2025
The post given to students to advertise on the event. Students were able to look at all dance details prior to the event.

Frostbitten Plans: Winter Formal Cancelled

Marella Batu, Writer
February 7, 2025
President Carter is survived by his children — Jack, Chip, Jeff, and Amy; 11 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Rosalynn, and one grandchild.

The Death of Jimmy Carter

Marella Batu, Writer
January 23, 2025
The advertisement post is helpful in bringing in attendees and displaying crucial information regarding the event. The use of this poster was very important as it helped the booster club spread the information fast and effectively.

Champe Rising Together: Empowering Athletes and Building Futures

Marella Batu
January 10, 2025
The promotion picture for the Student Success Talks helps get the word out to families who may not know about the event. In addition, an announcement was made on the Champe website to direct viewers to this event and promote engagement with other families and the superintendant

Student Success Talks: Fostering Student Support

Marella Batu, Writer
November 22, 2024
LCPS tutor page that includes resources for online tutoring which is available to all LCPS students. This website has all the different tutoring methods linked in the website.

Free Tutoring Resources at Champe

Marella Batu, Writer
October 29, 2024
Champe SCA provides a homecoming spirit week post so students are able to know the themes before the week starts. The post has helped students to plan their outfits prior to when the week starts to they have their outfits ready.

Homecoming Week Kicks Off

Marella Batu, Writer
September 24, 2024
SchoolLinks dashboard makes it fast and easy for students to find and apply what sessions they are interested in attending. This resource has been overlooked in the past but students have gotten better about exploring the different events they offered

SCA students Nsayah Davis, Mya Townes, Delaney Neal, and Darby Hamilton inside a museum to tour some of the many New York sites. This experience helped these students connect and spend time with one another so they are able to work well together for the year to come.

SCA Trip to New York

Marella Batu, Writer
September 9, 2024

SAT Scores Make a Comeback

Marella Batu, Writer
May 7, 2024
The seniors after game gifts displayed next to the dugout. The underclassman came together to put together gifts for each of the seniors.

Softball Senior Night

Marella Batu, Writer
May 4, 2024

Project-Based Assessments vs. Standardized Testing at Champe

Marella Batu, Writer
April 25, 2024
The opening image to a Autism Awareness post that SCA sent to inform students on the positive messages they are sharing.

Autism Awareness Month

Marella Batu, Writer
April 3, 2024
Students Liv Mcmann and Kyra Tellman posing with John Champe Principal Kevin Tyson at the Educators Rising Conference. This event lets students meet new people and overall learn lots of new information about the education field.

Educators Rising Conference

Marella Batu, Writer
March 19, 2024
The boys lacrosse team is running onto the field to start their game. This led to their first win of the season against Westfield.

Boys Lacrosse Kickoff Scrimmages

Marella Batu
March 4, 2024

School Breaks and Mental Health Broadcast

Kara Lyle and Marella Batu
February 20, 2024
Swimmer Bryce Rohr is swimming 500 free at his senior night meet. He had reached his personal best time and qualified for states.

Upcoming District Swim Meet

Marella Batu, Writer
February 16, 2024
SCA posts the event to get students to come watch. This helped create a bigger crowd for the event and got students involved

Juniors vs. Seniors Powderbuff game

Marella Batu, Writer
February 16, 2024
The Champe SCA officers are playing a game of "Who knows our positions?" This game was played in the middle of the showcase as more fun for the students.

John Champe High School's full front parking lot containing student and staff vehicles. More than 50% of Juniors and Seniors have commuted to school this year leaving a surplus of students that have overspent on gas.

Inflated gas prices affects Champe Students and Faculty

Marella Batu, Writer
December 4, 2023
Anika Badatala is taking the ball up to court as she scores her third three pointer of the game. Playing guard, she helped lead her team to victory

A Great First Win for the Girls Basketball Team

Marella Batu, Writer
December 1, 2023
On Friday, November 3rd, the John Champe Varsity Football and Cheerleading team are holding the district champions banner on their home field. After the game against Freedom, they were named district winners for the 2023 season.

The Recap and Future News for Champe Football

Marella Batu, Writer
November 15, 2023
John Champe students dressing out for Purple Out

[Photo] Care for Kiddos Purple out

Athulya Pujala, Writer
November 6, 2023
In the John Champe girls main bathroom took place the freshman girls fight on Wednesday the 18th. This resulted in a four day suspension for both girls involved as well as punishments for students caught filming the fight.

The Concerns of Recent Fight Outbreaks

Marella Batu
October 23, 2023
The John Champe Volleyball team has posters they have created around the school to educate the students on why breast cancer is important.

Dig Pink Games and Events are Approaching

Marella Batu, Writer
October 13, 2023
SCA Student Ayda Pannell is creating posters for the junior staircase which will be displayed during the spirit week class competition.

SCA prepares for homecoming spirit week

Marella Batu, Writer
October 3, 2023
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