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Yorktown Sentry

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Yorktown Sentry

The student news site of Yorktown High School

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Past covers of the Yorktown yearbook

Yearbook Cover Theme Contest

Emily Calvert and Maddie McNamee, Sentry Staff Reporters February 3, 2016

Each year, the yearbook contains a theme for the entirety of the book to wrap up the year as a whole with one common topic. Some of the more notable themes from the past have been Stand out From the Crowd and Beyond. The theme is typically made up by...

Quarterback Kirk Cousins led the Redskins to a 9-7 record and a playoff appearance

We Like That: The Future of The Skins

Topher Wagner, Sentry Staff Reporter February 3, 2016

Nearing the end of last summer, Washington Redskins’ head coach Jay Gruden called a press conference that would change the trajectory of the upcoming season. After an uninspiring 4-12 record during the prior season, compounded with even further regressions...

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,...

Yorktown senior Maddie Silk experiencing senioritis

2B or not 2B

Beth Gentsch, Sentry Staff Reporter February 3, 2016

We’ve heard of it before; the dreaded four-syllable word that often spews out of teachers’ mouths while warning us to never catch it. An epidemic that is universally known to high schoolers, parents, alumni, grandparents, bus drivers, etc: senioritis....

The Renwick Gallery in Washington D.C.

The Renwick Comes to Life Again

Maddie Dettling, Sentry Staff Reporter February 3, 2016

Stepping into the newly renovated Renwick Gallery on Pennsylvania Avenue is like walking into an art lover’s dream. With high white walls and ceilings, complete with LED lighting, the building has attracted thousands of locals and tourists alike since...

Try your best to stick to your New Years resolutions this year

How To Make Your New Year’s Resolutions Stick

Jessie Moyer, Sentry Staff Reporter December 18, 2015

It is December and you all know what that means: holidays, winter break, an overdose on holiday music, snow (hopefully) and, most importantly, New Year’s resolutions. If your resolutions for 2015 did not go quite as planned, you are not alone. Many...

The classic holiday comedy, Home Alone follows a young boy whose parents forget him at the house during a holiday trip

If I was Left Home Alone . . .

Julie Gilbertsen, Sentry Staff Reporter December 18, 2015

Before you start reading this article I need to make sure everyone has seen the 25-year-old holiday classic, Home Alone. If you have not seen it, you have obviously been doing holiday movie marathons the wrong way and you must to watch it right now; then...

The Yorktown  Varsity Hockey team is off to a hot start with a record of 3-2-1

The Team that is Heating Up the Ice

Topher Wagner, Sentry Staff Reporter December 18, 2015

As time ticked off the clock and the puck was cleared from the zone, all of the fans wearing Columbia blue packed into Kettler Capitals Iceplex celebrated another win over Washington Lee. However, this game was different. Unlike basketball and football,...

Michael Bubles Christmas was our #2 pick for best Christmas album

Top Five Best Christmas Albums

Taylor Ouzts, Sentry Staff Reporter December 18, 2015

Christmas is upon us yet again. With Christmas comes holiday snacks, heartwarming movies and most importantly: holiday music. Bells ringing, voices crooning the major scale and jazz musicians over complicating a simple 3 chord song. What could be better?...

David Hasselhoff wins the award for worst Christmas album

Top Five Worst Christmas Albums

Kyle Mayo-Blake, Sentry Staff Reporter December 18, 2015

I don’t really know how to start this except for run. Run away as fast as you can from these albums. When I suggested the task of reviewing the worst Christmas albums I had no idea that they would be this bad. Nevertheless, I have done it and can tell...

The Kansas City Royals won the World Series in five games against the New York Mets

In Case You Have Been Living Under a Rock…Here’s What You Missed!

Maddie Dettling, Sentry Staff Reporter November 20, 2015

Adele greeted the music scene once again with “Hello” After a three-year break, the singer made headlines with her return on October 23. Adele’s 2015 debut combined her signature smoky voice with heart-wrenching lines, which seemed to be designed...

Senior Henry Burneson

The Rock That Holds This School Together

Grace Stroup, Sentry Staff Reporter November 20, 2015

There is a rock that sits outside of our school. It has been a place to recognize achievement of the student body for many years. It endured Hurricane Sandy, the school's renovation, the snowstorm of 2010 and just recently a loss of one of our own. The...

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