Multiple Choice Marching bands and AP calculus; musicals and DNA sequencing. There are extraordinary high schools in our town—places where tomorrow’s great minds are getting a head start. The test is in figuring out which one’s right for your child. We’ve got your cheat sheet. Edited by Amanda Boyd Walters

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Purple Hearts What does it take to make it on the gridiron in this high school football–crazy town? Passion, commitment, and stamina for sure. And if your roots run deep in Elder territory, you’re born with an advantage. You’ve got the right stuff in your blood. By Jack Heffron

And On The Sixth Day, God Created Paleontologists The Creation Museum teaches that earth is only 6,000 years old, that Noah took dinosaurs on the ark, and that the entire fossil record was laid down in one fell swoop. Why would two busloads of scientists spend the day there? Heaven knows. By Linda Vaccariello

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Frontlines WVQC—the Little(r) Station That Could

Being There Edwin Kagin, the legal mind behind American Atheists

Dr. Know Your QC questions answered

Tale of the Tape Madden v. Collinsworth

The Takeaway Sorting out Issue 9

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Storefront Knit On!, Newport

Style Counsel Jessica Flores Garcia, CAM’s associate curator of contemporary art

The Address Parker Flats, downtown

Development Watch Queen City Square, downtown

At Your Service Lisa Marie Luccioni minds your Ps & Qs