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Connie Campana (right) checking students in at the attendance office.

The Ever Present Connie Campana

Beth Gentsch, Sentry Staff Reporter April 29, 2016

An alarm goes off blaringly. The clock reads 6:30 a.m. A hand reaches over and smacks it off abruptly. Connie Campana is ready to begin her day, continuing the legacy that she began 24 years ago as the school’s attendance lady. Born and raised in...

A Day in the Life of Harvey Banks

A Day in the Life of Harvey Banks

Gigi Richardson, Sentry Staff Reporter April 29, 2016

The man, the myth, the legend: Harvey Banks. For as much as we see the man, have you ever stopped and truly wondered who he is as a person? To start off, Banks is a Resource Officer, but views himself as more of a student observer. Basically, this means...

Advanced Placement United States History teacher Kevin Bridwell has the best sense of style

Hallway Superlatives

Ben Stoffel, Sentry Staff Reporter April 29, 2016

Best Beard- junior Christian Cleaveland With facial hair characteristic of the tangled jungle of the North Brazilian Amazon, Cleaveland takes the cake for sure.   Most Comfortable Outfit- junior Alex Pacheco A Lululemon headband, extra-large...

Socks and sweatpants are sweeping the school

Fourth Quarter Fashion

Julie Gilbertsen, Sentry Staff Reporter April 29, 2016

With the start of fourth quarter comes the inevitable lack of motivation, especially when it comes to picking out outfits for school. Whether it be because of the warm weather, the excessive tests or just plain laziness, casual and comfy looks are definitely...

Senior Brandon White rolls into school late without an excuse

Excuses, Excuses

Maddie McNamee, Sentry Staff Reporter April 29, 2016

While the official start of school is at 8:19 a.m., some students do not start their day until 10-30 minutes after the bell. Others choose to avoid first or second block all together and roll in around 9:45 a.m. Most have the same excuse that is somewhere...

Start studying for those AP tests, because theyre right around the corner!

Advanced Procrastination

Jessie Moyer, Sentry Staff Reporter April 29, 2016

It is the night before an Advanced Placement (AP) test and students everywhere have yet to open their textbooks to study. They finish their other homework and sit down to try and learn all of the information they need. Thus begins the cramming. Cramming...

Juniors Chandler Sensibaugh (left) and Bryanna Lansing (front center left) accepting the award of Artist of the Month

Artist of the Month: Chandler Sensibaugh and Bryanna Lansing

Grace Stroup, Sentry Staff Reporter April 29, 2016

Clay That Can Talk: Chandler Sensibaugh The two art pieces that sit right next to each other in the center of the library look like they are about to start an in-depth conversation about the different ceramics techniques that adorn their outsides....

The Book Thief is a must read that takes place in Nazi Germany

This Book Steals Your Time and Tears

Grace Stroup, Sentry Staff Reporter April 28, 2016

Throughout all of my years in school I have studied World War II in great detail and have watched gut wrenching films and studied blurred images of concentration camps. I have never learned so much about it than when I read The Book Thief.  Australian...

Theatre IV Class of 2016!

One Person Shows 2016

Valerie Yoder as Max: Where the Wild Things Are Almost every person, at one point during their childhood, read Where the Wild Things Are, a story about a boy named Max who, in his dreams, becomes the king of the wild things. However, senior Valerie...

Grab your Zyrtec, Yorktown, its allergy season!

Sneezing Your Way Into Spring

Misha Putnam, Sentry Staff Reporter April 28, 2016

You snivelling, puffy, red-eyed beauty, you. Allergy season is upon us and while you may feel like you have been left behind in the progression of natural selection, your body is really just doing something right - too right.   Your immune system...

Horror in Novel is Reality of American Life

Grace Stroup, Sentry Staff Reporter March 18, 2016

On April 20th of 1999, I was just about two months old, learning how to kick my legs and recognize my parents’ voices. I was born just two months before the start of one of the greatest epidemics in America’s history. Mass shootings in schools have...

Senior David Nussbaum (left) and senior Bennett Maupin (right) burning calories in the marching band

Instruments by their Calories

Taylor Ouzts, Sentry Staff Reporter March 18, 2016

Ever notice at a concert, when the band is on stage, the members are completely drenched in sweat? Spotlights make for sweltering heat on stage, and nerves can trigger sweating, but what makes the musician sweatiest is simply the amount of energy they...

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