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Yorktown Sentry

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Yorktown Sentry

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Anti-Defamation League's No Place For Hate Logo

APS To Adopt No Place For Hate Framework Despite Community Concerns

Philip Blumberg and Yasmina Mansour December 18, 2020

Arlington Public Schools (APS) is set to implement the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) No Place For Hate (NPFH) framework to address inequities within the school system. NPFH is considered a practical new tool in the equity space by APS administrators;...

Amazon Allocates $1 Million to Assist Families in Need Across Arlington and Alexandria

Amazon Allocates $1 Million to Assist Families in Need Across Arlington and Alexandria

Ryan Cole December 16, 2020

On October 7, Amazon announced that it would be allocating $1 million towards the Right Now Needs Fund, a fund set up by the tech behemoth to assist both Arlington Public Schools (APS) and Alexandria Public Schools (ACPS) in “meeting the basic needs...

APS Celebrates New Equity Policy, But There is More to be Done

APS Celebrates New Equity Policy, But There is More to be Done

Philip Blumberg, Staff Reporter November 20, 2020

The first equity policy in Arlington Public Schools’ (APS) history was adopted on August 20 this year, after superintendent advisory committees, various APS offices and the School Board spent months working through numerous drafts and revisions. It...

APS Navigates Technology Troubles Amidst Public Criticism and Internal Disconnect

APS Navigates Technology Troubles Amidst Public Criticism and Internal Disconnect

Ryan Cole and Philip Blumberg October 27, 2020

The 2020-2021 virtual school year began with a tumultuous first day when students encountered connectivity issues associated with GlobalProtect on their Arlington Public Schools (APS) issued devices. GlobalProtect, a virtual private network (VPN), acts...

Seniors Shelton Kwiterovich, Galilee Ambellu and Kara Kovarovics stand next to the BLM banner.

At Yorktown, a New Kind of Banner

Joseph Ramos, Sentry Head Editor June 16, 2020

A student-made Black Lives Matter (BLM) banner was put up at the school Friday following George Floyd’s killing by police, massive national protests and the recent offensive Class of 2020 banner. Created by seniors Shelton Kwiterovich, Kara Kovarovics...

The University of Michigan

COVID-19 Exposes College Education Gap

Yasmina Mansour, Sentry Staff Reporter May 31, 2020

As coronavirus cases rise and unemployment rises with it, uncertainty is starting to settle in for many soon to be college-bound students. The existing class divide in the American education system is starting to become glaringly obvious. The disparities...

News Bulletin: APS Makes Cuts To 2020-21 Budget

News Bulletin: APS Makes Cuts To 2020-21 Budget

Whitney Critchfield, Sentry Staff Reporter May 22, 2020

Arlington Public Schools (APS) decided in late April to cut the budget for the 2020-2021 school year by $54 million as a way to offset expensive losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The school board has been meeting virtually to discuss the county’s...

Maddie McNamee, a junior at University of Virginia, had her study-abroad cut short.

Former YHS Students Studying Abroad Forced Home Amid Pandemic

Ryan Cole, Sentry Staff Reporter May 22, 2020

It was three in the morning on March 12 when Topher Wagner, YHS ’17, learned he had only 48 hours left in the country that had become like his second home. After two months in Lugano, Switzerland on a study abroad program, the Virginia Tech junior’s...

Photographer Matt Mendelsohn taking a portrait of a Yorktown senior.

Not All Heroes Wear Capes (But Some Have Cameras)

Fiffy Donahoe, Sentry Staff Reporter May 11, 2020

“What makes you you?" This is the question photographer Matt Mendelsohn asks each senior as he puts together his masterpiece: a collection of portraits depicting the quiet strength of a forgotten class. With no stage to walk across and no championship...

A Yorktown student accesses Canvas to complete online classwork from home.

Students, Teachers Adjust To APS Online Learning

Ryan Cole, Sentry Staff Reporter April 21, 2020

Ahh Canvas. Some people love Arlington Public Schools’ (APS) go-to-tool for online learning. Others find it confusing and long for the days of decidedly more straightforward technology like Google Classroom, with less features but more simplicity. Canvas...

The Italian Store's Westover location

“I Just Hope I Have A Job To Come Back To”: Local Businesses Impacted By COVID-19

Philip Blumberg, Sentry Staff Reporter April 10, 2020

The United States has fallen into a serious economic downturn amid the growing crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted more than 400 points for the worst first-quarter report of its 135-year history, signaling that...

Crystal City, the soon-to-be home for Amazon's HQ2 complex.

Amazon Spends To Combat COVID-19, Build Local Relations

Ryan Cole, Sentry Staff Reporter March 31, 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to plague the United States, the country has fallen into a severe economic downturn, teetering on the edge of a recession. Large and small businesses alike are struggling to maintain their bottom lines and, as a result,...

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