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Yorktown Sentry

The student news site of Yorktown High School

Yorktown Sentry

The student news site of Yorktown High School

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View from the North Ridge Trail at Sky Meadows State Park

Kickstart the Summer With Some of These Local Hikes

Matthew Wagner, Reporter May 18, 2023

As the bell rings on the last day of school, you walk out of the building, following the stream of students excitedly looking toward the summer ahead. Hoping to get away from the hustle and bustle of Arlington, you retreat to the forests and streams of...

Yannick Tanda: Collecting Computers For Those In Need

Yannick Tanda: Collecting Computers For Those In Need

Lily Dezfulian, Reporter March 21, 2023

As a safety officer, Yannick Tanda is a common sight within our school; he is well known and loved by students. Along with patrolling the halls, he has always aspired to make a change. Tanda is in the process of creating a nonprofit computer lab for high...

By Jeff Turner, licensed under CC BY 2.0

A Look Into 2023 Men’s March Madness

Mary-Frances Dempsey, Reporter March 17, 2023

Every year, sixty-eight American college basketball teams participate in a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball tournament known as “March Madness.” The teams are sectioned into four groups and compete in a single-elimination...

Gazette Leader Continues Sun Gazettes Legacy

Gazette Leader Continues Sun Gazette’s Legacy

Celeste Wetmore, Head Editor March 10, 2023

On February 1, 2023, all hopes seemed dashed for Northern Virginia’s Sun Gazette. The newspaper’s parent company, HPR-Hemlock LLC, had tried and failed to secure a buyer for the local fixture. After a somber conference call between the paper’s previous...

Recapping Yorktown Hockeys Past Season

Recapping Yorktown Hockey’s Past Season

Ajay Allman, Staff Reporter March 9, 2023

From its humble beginnings in 2003, the Yorktown Ice Hockey Club has evolved from a small, mainly junior varsity (JV) team to a premier program in the Northern Virginia School Hockey League (NVSHL). Under the leadership of Head Coach Jeremey Ferrara,...

Dear 2022: Youre Over. Heres Whats Going with You.

Dear 2022: You’re Over. Here’s What’s Going with You.

Carrie Finn, Staff Reporter March 1, 2023

2022. The Year of the Tiger. The year of the Tortilla Slap Challenge and the Gilded Glamour Met Gala. Micro trends rose and fell, and Kim and Kanye got divorced. The year was filled with good and bad, and it became apparent that a few things shouldn’t...

Humans of Arlington

Humans of Arlington

Mary-Frances Dempsey, Reporter February 28, 2023

Launched in 2010, Humans of New York quickly became a national sensation, gaining over twenty million followers on Instagram and millions of website visits each day. The photoblog spotlights random individuals stopped on the streets of New York City,...

Courtesy of the family of Jesus Collazos

The Life and Legacy of Jesus Collazos

Scarlett Gray, Staff Reporter February 24, 2023

In the past year, Arlington honored late local mailman Jesus Collazos by proposing a bill to name the United States Postal Service Post Office on George Mason Drive after him. This bill was proposed by U.S. Representative Don Beyer, from Virginia’s...

Entrepreneurship at Our School

Entrepreneurship at Our School

Coco Rigoli, Staff Reporter February 24, 2023

Students’ small businesses at our school have proven to be the key to financial and personal success. They provide the ability to be your own boss and pursue your passions while controlling your own schedule. Being self-employed, you have more control...

The Team Striving for a More Equitable Yorktown

The Team Striving for a More Equitable Yorktown

Claire Stromseth, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Coordinator February 24, 2023

In the summer of 2020, our school established an Equity Team with a goal of advocating for curricular and institutional changes. The team’s vision is to ensure an equitable, inclusive, safe and anti-racist school community. “We want to continually...

The Nationwide Issue of Food Waste and its Arlington Impact

The Nationwide Issue of Food Waste and its Arlington Impact

Zoe Davis, Staff Reporter February 17, 2023

We’ve all done it. Thrown away the apple we bought that suddenly looks unappetizing. Tossed out the healthy side salad that we now don’t want to eat. In the moment, it doesn’t seem like a big deal. In reality, however, food waste is a major problem...

So What’s With Silver Diner’s Move To Ballston, Anyway?

So What’s With Silver Diner’s Move To Ballston, Anyway?

Elijah Dale, Reporter February 9, 2023

At the intersection of Wilson and Washington Blvds sits a recently abandoned, shiny, retro-futurist building. A sign is draped over its front bearing the words ‘We’ve moved’ in big white letters. Silver Diner, a classic breakfast establishment in...

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