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Members of the Pinocchio show

The Puppet Boy is in a Play!

Lauren Snyder, Sentry Staff Reporter March 18, 2016

A year after West Side Story, the spring show is here again to give us the story of Pinocchio. An interpretation of the famous novel, the play depicts the story of a refugee group who escape to the mountains. However, a storm hits and they have to take...

Art teacher Virginia Teaford (left) and Artist of the Month junior Alaxira Huon-Dumentat (center)

Artist of the Month: Going Mad Over This New Artist

Grace Stroup, Sentry Staff Reporter March 18, 2016

Every single month a new piece of art is on display in the library for the students and staff to admire and learn about. For the month of march, there will no doubt be herds of students gawking at the brilliance of junior Alaxira Huon-Dumentat’s photography...

Asics are a shoe brand that offer comfortablity and a classic look that most dads love

DDU-Design a Dad University

Ben Stoffel, Sentry Staff Reporter March 18, 2016

Dads. They are visible from a country mile. Whether they be in Merrells, cargo shorts and a Hawaiian shirt, or simply sporting the astounding brightness of all-white Nike Air Monarchs or New Balances––even Asics suffice––the “dad look” is...

With spring right around the corner, citizens of the D.C. metropolitan area will soon be able to see the cherry blossoms again

Six Reasons to Smile During the Third Quarter

Claire Kuwana, Sentry Staff Reporter March 18, 2016

Here we are, in the midst of the most despised time of the school year: third quarter. As the longest of the quarters, the third is often the time when students’ spirits are at an all time low. Despite this, there are many reasons why third quarter...

A Serial of Crimes Turned into a Series

A Serial of Crimes Turned into a Series

Gigi Richardson, Sentry Staff Reporter February 22, 2016

Fiction, investigational series have been popular before, but now two very controversial series have emerged. By documenting legal processes and interviews of real judicial cases audiences can be taken step by step. Making a Murderer, a television series,...

Cameron McCleskeys photo submission for Artist of the Month

Artist of the Month: Cameron McCleskey

Andrea Henriquez, Sentry Staff Reporter February 22, 2016

As stated by famous photographer Ansel Adams, photography is made rather than just a picture taken .One student who always captures a landscape’s essence is Cameron McCleskey. The third year photography student in 11th grade has created work admired...

Cover art for Kanye Wests new album, The Life of Pablo

Album Review: The Life of Pablo

Ben Stoffel, Sentry Staff Reporter February 22, 2016

The College Dropout. Late Registration. Graduation. 808s and Heartbreak. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Watch the Throne. Yeezus. And finally, we now have Mr. Kanye West’s 8th studio album, titled The Life of Pablo (TLOP). They are all extremely...

Yorktown High School alum and aspiring musician Harry Smith

Harry Jay Smith & The Bling

Taylor Ouzts, Sentry Staff Reporter February 22, 2016

Flashback to one year ago: it is 2:16 p.m. on a school day and the bell signaling the beginning of eighth period sounds. A class of about ten kids fill the band room to begin their last 45 minutes of their school day. Advanced Placement Music Theory is...

The Glass Castle is a heart wrenching but uplifting book that shows the struggles and hardships of author Jeannette Walls childhood

Book Corner

Grace Stroup, Sentry Staff Reporter February 22, 2016

Despite the rumors, reading can still be fun and is extremely beneficial.  In addition to introducing readers to new horizons, books introduce readers to new vocabulary––reading can have huge influence on the scores of tests like the ACT and SAT....

While the presidential debates let us know the candidates stances on policies, they also provide hilarious moments and quotes

Debatable Comedy

Beth Gentsch, Sentry Staff Reporter February 22, 2016

Spartobama 300 “One of the funniest things I’ve heard on the debates this year is that Carly Fiorina said she would bring back the warrior class,” said senior William Chadwick. While Fiorina was talking about five military leaders that supposedly...

Artist of the Month Allison Jones and her photo teacher Allen Beland

Artist of the Month: Allison Jones

Sean Muth, Sentry Staff Reporter February 5, 2016

Congratulations to Artist of the Month winner, freshman Allison Jones. Each month a committee of teachers and parents select a student's artwork to honor for the month. Jones is enrolled in photo teacher, Allen Beland's, Photo I class, and her work is...

Benji Tran, the magician of Yorktown High School

Houdini in the Halls

Lauren Snyder, Sentry Staff Reporter February 3, 2016

Over the years at our school, great talent has come and gone with the students who made our halls so memorable. Singers, dancers, even a couple impressionists all showed us their talent and made us clap in amazement. There is now a new act in our halls,...

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