The Turkey Trot is the classical footrace that wakes you up on Thanksgiving morning. Arlington's course has been around since 2006, founded by Pastor Brian Webster and his wife Diane of Christ Church of Arlington. Their goal was to help Arlington residents...
Literacy is the foundation of education. Arlington Public Schools (APS) has recently been making an effort to emphasize literacy's importance to teachers. This has led to the roll out of a new teacher training program focused on the basics of literacy....
As the school year begins, students may have noticed a lack of sweet treats during Patriot Period. This isn’t a mistake or some unfortunate twist of fate; rather, it is a deliberate measure put in place to protect the health of students.The policy,...
Our school’s lunchroom can be an overwhelming scene. Masses of chairs scattered everywhere, food on the floor and lunch lines stretching out the door. However, often overlooked are the trash bins overflowing with food and plastic wrappers. You go to...
Stephanie Meadows, one of the beloved Health teachers at our school, is stepping down from her role on the Student Government Association (SGA). Meadows served as sponsor of the executive board and was involved in many of our school’s events. She has...
Assistant Principal Suzanne Evans has served our school for an incredible 24 years. Her current position as assistant principal covers everything from working with students and staff to overseeing AP testing and credit transfers. Evans has worked for...
Health and P.E. teacher Heather Sutphin recently became our school’s new Assistant Director of Student Activities. Taking on a new role, Sutphin is simultaneously tackling student, staff and coach inquiries. In fact, her responsibilities make for a...
For this year’s spring musical, the Yorktown Theatre Department will be putting on a production of Les Misérables, directed by Alani Kravitz with Jocelyn Mullins as the music director. The show will run on April 4, 5 and 6. Audiences are in for a masterfully...
Last winter, the AP Capstone program was introduced at our school as an elective option for this year. Enticed by the new course and the special diploma promised, many students signed up for the introductory course AP Seminar. Therefore, when course requests...
Cheryl Stotler is retiring as Assistant Student Activities Director after a incredible 29 years. For the past 13 of those, Stotler has held her current position, managing our schools athletics, senior graduation, yearly calendars and much more. She has...
Harvard University President Claudine Gay was forced to step down from her position after she was accused of plagiarism in her academic work. She published four documents that were found to possibly contain missing citations and quotations, dating back...
The paper towels are gone again. Last year, after a number of students were creating messes in the men's restrooms, the custodial staff stopped restocking paper towels. The restrooms were restocked with fresh paper towels at the beginning of the 2023-2024...
