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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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Boozing, Cruising and Losing: Drunk Driving in NOVA

Boozing, Cruising and Losing: Drunk Driving in NOVA

Emma Westerhof, Sentry Staff Reporter December 1, 2014

Research conducted by Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)— the nation’s largest nonprofit working to protect families from drunk driving and underage drinking—reveals that every 90 seconds, someone is injured from a drunk driving incident. Even...

Behind the Scenes at the 2014 Variety Show

Isabelle Foley and Libby Boda November 30, 2014

Behind the scenes at the 2014 Yorktown Variety Show

We the Media

We the Media

Sydney Kane, Sentry Staff Reporter November 25, 2014

The love of journalism is nationwide for high schoolers of all grades, ages and hometowns. Each year, the Journalism Education Association and the National Scholastic Press Association sponsor the National High School Journalism Conventions, to which...

Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi Presents Puerto Rico

Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi Presents Puerto Rico

Emily Burke, Sentry Staff Reporter November 25, 2014

For several weeks, AP Spanish classes have been learning about the history, culture and politics of Puerto Rico to prepare for a visit from the Resident Commissioner for Puerto Rico, Pedro Pierluisi. Pierluisi visited on November 19 to give a presentation...

A Schedule to Fit Student Needs

A Schedule to Fit Student Needs

Stevie Picot, Sentry Staff Reporter November 25, 2014

After many years with a schedule that appears to be working efficiently and effectively, Yorktown might be making a drastic change. A faculty committee was assembled to find a way to address student needs and how they have changed over the past twenty...

Reeves answers questions about the new laptops.

So What Do Parents Think?

Natalie Reich, Sentry Staff Reporter November 25, 2014

The subject of the new MacBooks for the Freshmen has raised countless questions, many coming from APS parents. One parent, Marianne Fogelson, posed some interesting inquiries and concerns at a recent school board meeting. A list of these questions was...

Fellowship of Christian Athletes packed 16 shoe boxes to send overseas.

Good Things Come in Small Shoe Boxes

Maddie McNamee, Sentry Staff Reporter November 24, 2014

Based on last year’s donations, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) has some big shoes to fill, or in this case, shoe boxes. Last year, FCA participated in Operation Christmas Child, a project through Samaritan’s Purse where shoe box sized...

Ernie G Performs for MSAN Students

Ernie G Performs for MSAN Students

October 24, 2014

By Isabelle Foley and Amy Andrukonis Sentry Staff Editors Yorktown’s Minority Student Achievement Network (MSAN) chapter was joined last week by a special guest speaker. Ernie G (Ernesto Tomas Gritzewsky), a Latino comedian, empowerment speaker...

You Can Yak, Just Dont Talk Smack

You Can Yak, Just Don’t Talk Smack

October 24, 2014

By Natalie Zur Sentry Staff Reporter Yik Yak is a new, anonymous social media app that has stampeded into the community. The way the app works is by using a phone’s coordinates to set up a “geo-fence;” a user is only able to post and see others’...

Habitat for Humanity Debrief

Habitat for Humanity Debrief

October 24, 2014

By Grace Stroup Sentry Staff Reporter During all three lunch periods on September 24, students were immersed in the Activities Fair to help them get involved in our finest clubs, one of them being Habitat For Humanity Club.  Co-Presidents and seniors,...

Promo Rumors Clarified

Promo Rumors Clarified

October 24, 2014

By Joanna Domson Sentry Staff Reporter A TV Studio promo is sure to brighten anyone’s day, but rumors have been floating around saying a “blacklist” of sorts is restricting the cast of these informational videos.  Many students think that...

Meretricious Online Courses

Meretricious Online Courses

October 24, 2014

By Patrick Rita Sentry Staff Reporter Close teacher-student relationships are starting to become a thing of the past.  In an attempt to keep up with the times, many online classes are now offered to students. However, students are finding that...

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