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The student news site of Yorktown High School

Yorktown Sentry

The student news site of Yorktown High School

Yorktown Sentry

The student news site of Yorktown High School

Yorktown Sentry

2017-2018

Claire Kuwana and Grant Blumberg

Claire Kuwana and Grant Blumberg

Claire Kuwana and Grant Blumberg, Sentry Staff Reporters October 7, 2017

As the sun sets on senior Claire Kuwana’s high school career, the head editor of The Yorktown Sentry will surely be trying to enjoy her last year of newspaper class.An avid fan of the Harry Potter series, Kuwana spends her time reading about fantasy...

Jessie Moyer and Joseph Ramos

Jessie Moyer and Joseph Ramos

Jessie Moyer and Joseph Ramos, Sentry Staff Reporters October 7, 2017

Senior, opinion editor and apple-pie making aficionado Jessie Moyer has been with The Sentry for three years and is a key contributor to the staff. Using her love of writing and keen ability of articulation, Moyer has risen through the ranks within The...

Elizabeth Noe and Caroline Boda

Elizabeth Noe and Caroline Boda

Elizabeth Noe and Caroline Boda, Sentry Staff Reporters October 7, 2017

Quite like her personality, senior and copy editor Elizabeth Noe wastes no breath when faced with arguably one of today’s most controversial questions. When confronted with the challenging decision of which is the correct way to hang one’s toilet...

Matthew Cornfield and Jack Cline

Matthew Cornfield and Jack Cline

Matthew Cornfield and Jack Cline, Sentry Staff Reporters October 7, 2017

Junior Matthew Cornfield has large aspirations and staunch opinions. As a student athlete, he has emerged as a leader on the school basketball and golf team. Along with his strong presence on the team, Cornfield has surrounded himself with a strong circle...

Lindsey Bowers and Nathan Dent

Lindsey Bowers and Nathan Dent

Lindsey Bowers and Nathan Dent, Sentry Staff Reporters October 7, 2017

Junior Lindsey Bowers, a veteran of The Sentry, has certainly been influenced by her travels. The photographer’s journeys have taken her to places as exotic as Costa Rica and the Cayman Islands, and she says that if she could do one thing for the rest...

Charlie Finn and Michael Lowen

Charlie Finn and Michael Lowen

Charlie Finn and Michael Lowen, Sentry Staff Reporters October 7, 2017

Sports editor is a fitting title for baseball enthusiast and second year Sentry staff member, senior Michael Lowen. Having grown up playing baseball, Lowen has become a big fan of his home team, the Washington Nationals. His favorite players include Anthony...

Chris Rita and Kate Cressey

Chris Rita and Kate Cressey

Chris Rita and Kate Cressey, Sentry Staff Reporters October 7, 2017

School can be a very stressful time for any student, especially those that have trouble expressing themselves. This is evidently not a problem for sophomore reporter Chris Rita, who describes himself as very outgoing.“I think I’m fairly outgoing…...

Joey Pickel and Anna Trainum

Joey Pickel and Anna Trainum

Joey Pickel and Anna Trainum, Sentry Staff Reporters October 7, 2017

Chunky peanut butter enthusiast and freshman Joey Pickel has a strong passion for writing and so far has been a great addition to The Sentry family. With a love for writing and reading comic books, it is no surprise Pickel joined the newspaper During...

Maggie Keane and Eliza Howard

Maggie Keane and Eliza Howard

Maggie Keane and Eliza Howard, Sentry Staff Reporters October 7, 2017

Bowling shoe lover and style editor, senior Maggie Keane chose to live in Greece when asked which country she could imagine herself settling down in. After her holiday this summer, she fell in love with the country. However, she could only see herself...

Brian McCarthy and Louisa Currie

Brian McCarthy and Louisa Currie

Brian McCarthy and Louisa Currie, Sentry Staff Reporters October 7, 2017

When sophomore Brian McCarthy is not spending his free time doing his favorite activity, sleeping, you can catch him playing one of many sports. Between basketball, tennis and the school's lacrosse team, McCarthy has his priorities straight. Dartmouth...

Bergen Romness and Ryan Van Kirk

Bergen Romness and Ryan Van Kirk

Bergen Romness and Ryan Van Kirk, Sentry Staff Reporters October 7, 2017

Junior Bergen Romness is a jack-of-all trades; she is a member of the Student Government Association, the Executive Board and two varsity sports teams. When asked to describe herself in three words, Romness said she was “outgoing, caring and hardworking.”...

Garrett Ferguson and Rosie Eldridge

Garrett Ferguson and Rosie Eldridge

Garrett Ferguson and Rosie Eldridge, Sentry Staff Reporters October 7, 2017

If all of the chocolate is gone, then it was probably The Sentry’s new reporter, junior Garrett Ferguson, who ate it.“My worst [guilty pleasure] is probably chocolate. I eat too much chocolate most of the time, and then I am like, ‘Wait, why...

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