The student news site of Yorktown High School

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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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...

Summer Update

Summer Update

October 24, 2014

By Topher Wagner Sentry Staff Reporter Summer is a great time to relax and take a break from a stressful year at school. However, summer is also a time for new fads, sports and news stories to sweep the country.  The summer of 2014 was no different. The...

No Longer The New Kid

No Longer The New Kid

October 24, 2014

By Lauren Snyder Sentry Staff Reporter The gut wrenching feeling of going to a new school is a familiar and unwelcomed part of the school year. The feeling feeds off of the fact that new students do not know their classmates and can only dream of...

Wild Winter?

October 24, 2014

By Sophie Currie Sentry Staff Reporter Everyone grab some snow boots, a shovels and get ready for the winter to come. Rumor has spread that Northern Virginia is looking at record breaking snowfall this year. Some rumors go as far as to say that...

Its Apple Picking Season

It’s Apple Picking Season

October 24, 2014

By Natalie Reich Sentry Staff Reporter In today’s constantly advancing technological world, it is becoming more common for schools to use electronic devices for educational purposes. During the summer before the 2014-2015 school year, word got...

Believe, Dream and Inspire: Shoultz Shines in Reflections Competition

Believe, Dream and Inspire: Shoultz Shines in Reflections Competition

June 16, 2014

Every year, the National Parent Teacher Association coordinates a Reflections program that celebrates the artistic endeavors of students across the country. Participants are invited to contribute an entry that fits into one of six specific categories:...

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McBride’s Death Felt by Entire County

June 13, 2014

By Patrick Rita Sentry Staff Reporter On Monday, May 26, 2014, Arlington county suffered a tragic loss when H-B Woodlawn teacher and administrator Mary McBride died suddenly of a heart attack. McBride had been a teacher in Arlington for 46 years...

Piloting Into a New Schedule

Piloting Into a New Schedule

June 13, 2014

By Natalie Reich Sentry Staff Reporter There have been various rumors floating around school about a possible new schedule for the 2014-2015 school year. Rumors have raised questions such as, “Will there be block classes everyday? How many times...

#AreThereLimits?

#AreThereLimits?

June 13, 2014

By Natalie Zur Sentry Staff Reporter With nearly 205 million followers, Twitter has become a platform through which people are able to voice opinions and converse with others about pressing, and sometimes fleeting, issues.  Either way, a new form...

The Sentry Welcomes New Staff Members

The Sentry Welcomes New Staff Members

June 13, 2014

By Emma Westerhof Sentry Staff Reporter As the school year draws to a close, the summer light at the end of the tunnel is gradually coming into focus. Challenged with the not-so-easy tasks of studying for finals and pulling up any remaining bad...

Bidding Retirees Farewell

Bidding Retirees Farewell

June 12, 2014

By Joanna Domson Sentry Staff Reporter Next year four members of the teaching staff will no longer be walking through these halls.  The Special Education Department is saying goodbye to Reading Specialist Beverly Greenblatt, Instructional Studies...

Washing ‘Carros’ and Having Fun

May 29, 2014

By Eli Locke Sentry Staff Reporter The Spanish word for car wash, like in English, is a compound word: ‘lavacarros’. Lava comes from the verb lavar, to wash, and carro means car (obviously). Last month, on Saturday, April 26, from 9 AM to 3...

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