Gauging students’ emotions during the pandemic
Megan Goodell, Staff Reporter
June 29, 2020
In just a few days, the world changed when the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the United States and no one knows when this will end and what the future will look like. Naturally this has caused fear, anxiety, and stress for many people. “I think it’s especially concerning because we don’t...
Contrasting culture across countries
Megan Goodell, Staff Reporter
April 25, 2020
Arlington is a diverse area-- there are students who have lived all over the world, whether because they grew up in another country or they moved abroad for their parents’ jobs. Moving anywhere can be a difficult experience, but moving to another country can be especially difficult. While many students...
Students who sell
Sophie Muir, Staff Reporter
April 25, 2020
Typically, hobbies are seen as separate from jobs--one is viewed as bringing joy and relaxation, while the other is a means to make ends meet. Some students have already found a way to integrate these two things. Senior Sam Hollans runs six social media marketing accounts through Instagram. His biggest...
Black lives matter!
Emily Newman, Staff Reporter
April 24, 2020
In 2013, Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African American boy, was shot and killed by a white man who received no legal punishment. This event led to the beginning of the Black Lives Matter movement, the widely-known protest and campaign for racial equality. Beginning two years ago, students at the school...
The great outdoors
Talley Schroeder, Design Editor
April 24, 2020
Junior Kellum Gowda stepped to the edge of the cliff and gazed upon the grand Blue Ridge Mountains that lay before him. He was on top of Sugarloaf Mountain in Frederick, Maryland, and was joined by 15 other members of the school’s Outdoor Club. Co-presidents and seniors Emily Newman and Ryan Odenwelder...
A teacher with strong morals
Ariel Gill-Ehrenreich, Web Editor
April 23, 2020
Not everyone can say that they would leave a grandiose lifestyle filled with excitement and travel and celebrities in order to educate. Mr. Danny Issa, however, is one of those few individuals who has done just that. Mr. Issa teaches sophomore English and senior AP English Literature and Composition...
Queued up: Jared Patron
Luke Dangel, Staff Reporter
February 1, 2020
Nowadays, the debut of a musical career can start on a downloadable app on an iPhone with a catchy beat in the background and rushed lyrics. Arguably the most popular app for recording and putting your own music out to the world is SoundCloud, which is used by many young blossoming artists. SoundCloud ...
Meditation as a philosophical lesson
Emily Newman, Staff Reporter
February 1, 2020
To begin the meditation, students float face up in the surrounding water, held up in the arms of a classmate to release the strain of staying above water. With eyes closed, the goal is for students to meditate in the simulation of a womb. The International Baccalaureate (IB) Philosophy class meditates...
Culinary Arts and Sciences class rolling out the next big project
Hannah Kennedy and Karenna Keane
January 30, 2020
On Friday, November 15, a game day for Yorktown High School, students poured into the stands, but some stopped before entering the stadium to purchase food. They bought their snacks not from the snack bar, but from Off the Pike, the student-run food truck owned by the Culinary Arts and Sciences clas...
Look what’s cooking at the Career Center
Karenna Keane and Hannah Kennedy
January 28, 2020
Senior Frida Angeles starts her day by getting on the bus, but instead of getting off at school like most students, Angeles rides it to the Career Center. Once there, she passes through the cafeteria and enters the culinary arts classroom, which resembles a commercial kitchen. Angeles puts on her st...
The makeup of the class
Oscar Lujan, Staff Reporter
January 26, 2020
Education is meant to prepare students for the real world. Although a traditional education without career-specific classes readies students for their futures, Career Center classes allow students to delve deep into subjects that they are interested in and plan on pursuing as adults. The cosmetology prog...
Just plane cool
Emily Newman, Staff Reporter
January 25, 2020
One minute students are in a classroom learning all the controls of a plane, the next they are flying one out of Leesburg Executive Airport. The Aviation Technology class at the Career Center allows sophomores, juniors and seniors to complete the first stage of becoming a pilot. With the completion of...
Karenna Keane, Social Media Editor
July 1, 2020 • No Comments
Over the past few months, many have become accustomed to hearing daily reports of new measures taken, or not taken, by the government in reaction to COVID-19. These reports...
Faculty and students honor seniors
June 28, 2020
COVID-19’s impact on rising seniors
June 27, 2020
W-L community debates distance learning
June 4, 2020
Megan Goodell, Staff Reporter
June 29, 2020
In just a few days, the world changed when the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the United States and no one knows when this will end and what the future will look like. Naturally...
Contrasting culture across countries
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