“What makes you you?" This is the question photographer Matt Mendelsohn asks each senior as he puts together his masterpiece: a collection of portraits depicting the quiet strength of a forgotten class. With no stage to walk across and no championship...
As the coronavirus continues to spread, one thing has become increasingly clear: it does not discriminate on the basis of race, but the United States undoubtedly does. This pandemic is exposing the deep-rooted socioeconomic and racial inequalities that...
Ahh Canvas. Some people love Arlington Public Schools’ (APS) go-to-tool for online learning. Others find it confusing and long for the days of decidedly more straightforward technology like Google Classroom, with less features but more simplicity. Canvas...
The United States has fallen into a serious economic downturn amid the growing crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted more than 400 points for the worst first-quarter report of its 135-year history, signaling that...
When APS announced that school would be closing until after Spring Break, students, staff, and families likely felt unsettled. After Governor Northam declared that all schools in Virginia would be closed for the rest of the school year, these feelings...
Nathan Dent, Sentry Staff Reporter
• April 1, 2020
COVID-19 has, to say the least, been full of surprises. The disease that once seemed like a far-away threat has resulted in a total disruption of normal life, with Americans from coast to coast suddenly cooped up in their houses for an indefinite period...
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to plague the United States, the country has fallen into a severe economic downturn, teetering on the edge of a recession. Large and small businesses alike are struggling to maintain their bottom lines and, as a result,...
Sophomore Kalle Masci was blissfully unaware of Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s momentous decision as she remained concentrated on her chemistry work. Only after a barrage of texts on her GroupMe chat for the school softball team did she pick up her...
As students are stuck at home practicing good social distancing skills amid the coronavirus outbreak, they will soon run out of things to do. While our phones can certainly keep us entertained for short periods of time, we will all inevitably become overcome...
Fiffy Donahoe, Sentry Staff Reporter
• March 13, 2020
The doors are opening to a bigger and brighter world for students in the coming years. The Social Studies department is getting an update with the introduction of Latin American Studies and African American Studies classes next year. Such long avenues...
Millions of American children will spend at least one day a school year huddled in the corner of a dark classroom, colorful construction paper pulled taut over door windows, blinds drawn shut, doors bolted and lesson plans long forgotten. The announcement...
Joseph Ramos, Co-Editor In Chief
• February 28, 2020
In 2016, Cathy McPartland, then 15, was confused. Having moved left after reading Karl Marx and listening to Chapo Trap House, a left-wing podcast, the Williamstown, Massachusetts native, now 18, did not know how to define her new political views.
That...
