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Yorktown Sentry

The student news site of Yorktown High School

Yorktown Sentry

The student news site of Yorktown High School

Yorktown Sentry

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Inside the Restructuring of Safety Teams in APS Schools

Inside the Restructuring of Safety Teams in APS Schools

Eva Smith and Mason Wolverton November 22, 2022

This summer, Arlington Public Schools (APS) administrators significantly restructured the county-wide safety program. The main component of the move was increasing the visibility and altering the responsibilities of the safety teams in middle and high...

Lunch Staff: The Stories of Our School

Lunch Staff: The Stories of Our School

Mary Frances Dempsey and Josh Allman November 17, 2022

Who feeds our school? Hundreds of hungry students come in and out of the cafeteria everyday, all served by our school's own lunch ladies. The Yorktown Lunch Staff is an under-appreciated group of astonishing and kind-hearted individuals. Here are their...

Tamarah Stanley: Yorktowns New DEI Coordinator

Tamarah Stanley: Yorktown’s New DEI Coordinator

Ajay Allman and Miles Mann November 9, 2022

In 2022, Tamarah Stanley replaced recently retired Shari Benites as our school’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Coordinator. A career educator, Stanley is no stranger to the effort it takes to support students.  “I started my career in...

The Missing Middle Ground in Arlington’s Zoning Battle

The Missing Middle Ground in Arlington’s Zoning Battle

Elijah Dale, Reporter November 7, 2022

Arlington is suburbia dreamland. Its 26 square miles are covered by large single-family homes, strip malls and office buildings. Yet yellow yard signs plastered across northern Arlington hint towards conflict—a conflict which some argue threatens that...

Reese Colbert and Elijah Dale

Reese Colbert and Elijah Dale

Reese Colbert and Elijah Dale October 26, 2022

By Reese Colbert Staff Reporter Heading into his third year on The Yorktown Sentry, junior Elijah Dale is already preparing for his impending midlife crisis. Dale is an ambitious reporter and a talented writer. When asked about his taste in literature,...

Josh Bodenstein, Olivia Pang and Céleste Wetmore

Josh Bodenstein, Olivia Pang and Céleste Wetmore

Josh Bodenstein, Olivia Pang and Celeste Wetmore October 26, 2022

By Josh Bodenstein Instructional Technologies Coordinator How would a baguette move: like a snake or like a worm? First-year reporter Olivia Pang is very opinionated on the subject but did not choose either of the two options. “You know the...

Within the Pages of Arlington Public Schools’ Approved Book List

Within the Pages of Arlington Public Schools’ Approved Book List

Claire Stromseth, DEI Correspondant October 26, 2022

School classrooms are where students go to expand their knowledge of the past in order to prepare for the future. Examining the content being used to educate is vital to this process. One source of content that is consistently reexamined within Arlington...

Scarlett Gray and Claire Stromseth

Scarlett Gray and Claire Stromseth

Scarlett Gray and Claire Stromseth October 17, 2022

By Scarlett Gray Staff Reporter Well-read activist and Fleabag fanatic Claire Stromseth is a senior returning for her second year on staff, now as The Sentry’s first ever Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Correspondent. Stromseth’s passion...

The Senior Issue: Yorktown Class of 2022

The Senior Issue: Yorktown Class of 2022

June 17, 2022

Other Opportunities: Tai Anderson Garbow Charlie Merritt Jack Neel Alexis Moye   Acadia University: Shelagh Macdonald   American University: Nora Keith Eilidh Pierpont-Pyle   Arizona State University: Janie...

A Goodbye to Our Sentry Seniors

A Goodbye to Our Sentry Seniors

Josh Allman, Opinion Editor June 8, 2022

In these last few weeks before summer, high school is coming to a close for seniors. Regardless of how long they have been on staff, all thirteen seniors — a mix of reporters, editors and photographers — have made The Sentry a true family.  As...

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