As a safety officer, Yannick Tanda is a common sight within our school; he is well known and loved by students. Along with patrolling the halls, he has always aspired to make a change. Tanda is in the process of creating a nonprofit computer lab for high...
On February 1, 2023, all hopes seemed dashed for Northern Virginia’s Sun Gazette. The newspaper’s parent company, HPR-Hemlock LLC, had tried and failed to secure a buyer for the local fixture. After a somber conference call between the paper’s previous...
In the past year, Arlington honored late local mailman Jesus Collazos by proposing a bill to name the United States Postal Service Post Office on George Mason Drive after him. This bill was proposed by U.S. Representative Don Beyer, from Virginia’s...
Students’ small businesses at our school have proven to be the key to financial and personal success. They provide the ability to be your own boss and pursue your passions while controlling your own schedule.
Being self-employed, you have more control...
Claire Stromseth, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Coordinator
• February 24, 2023
In the summer of 2020, our school established an Equity Team with a goal of advocating for curricular and institutional changes. The team’s vision is to ensure an equitable, inclusive, safe and anti-racist school community.
“We want to continually...
We’ve all done it. Thrown away the apple we bought that suddenly looks unappetizing. Tossed out the healthy side salad that we now don’t want to eat. In the moment, it doesn’t seem like a big deal. In reality, however, food waste is a major problem...
On November 29, a public meeting was held in Marymount University's Reinsch Auditorium to discuss a possible plan for the 18.4 acres of land on 26th Street and Old Dominion. This space is currently occupied by a mulch pile and salt dome, but the university...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
