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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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Students prepare for Senior Experience using their handbooks

From Senioritis to Senior Experience

Anna Trainum, Sentry Staff Reporter May 21, 2019

During the last three weeks of school, seniors have the opportunity to dive into the workforce. Senior Experience is the full-time transitional learning period that enables young adults to work with professionals in a specific field of interest. Rather...

Students decorated the atrium to show appreciation towards staff members.

We Appreciate Our Teachers!

Lizzie Koumans, Sentry Staff Reporter May 9, 2019

It is already May, and the school year is beginning to wrap up. As students prepare for end-of-year tests and final grades, it is important to remember the teachers who brought them to where they are today. Fortunately, May 6 to May 10 is Teacher Appreciation...

Rose Set by Macy Monticello

Yorktown Students Recognized in Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

Lizzie Koumans, Sentry Staff Reporter May 9, 2019

In March of 2019, the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers announced that 21 students from Arlington Public Schools, including five Patriots, are medalists for the National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. The competition, founded in 1923, works...

Lori Loughlin

College Admissions – A Corrupt Industry

Grant Blumberg, Sentry Staff Reporter May 9, 2019

On March 12, 2019, federal prosecutors revealed a conspiracy to influence the admissions decisions at several prominent universities, with 50 people being criminally charged. The esteemed universities alleged to be involved spanned the nation, from Stanford...

The new composting bins in the YHS cafeteria.

Forget Blue and White, Yorktown is Going Green

Ryan Cole, Sentry Staff Reporter May 9, 2019

Monday, April 22, was Earth Day, the birthday of the only planet (that we know of), that has the conditions necessary to harbor life. It is the perfect mix of oceans and land, warmth and coolness. It provides us with food, water, shelter and the ever...

Trump declared a national emergency over his boarder wall.

Revisiting Trump’s National Emergency

A Tale of Checks and Balances Gone Wrong
Nathan Dent, Sentry Staff Reporter April 3, 2019

By February 15, 2019, President Donald Trump was thoroughly fed up. For the last two years, the border wall which he had promised his supporters on his campaign trail was struggling to get funding, and many were beginning to theorize that it would never...

Mr. Raut has adapted to Yorktown, working with the Best Buddies chapter and co-teaching General Education classes.

Person to Know: Surender Raut

Lizzie Koumans, Sentry Staff Reporter April 3, 2019

Special education teacher Surender (Suri) Raut is only in his second year with our school, but he has already made a huge impact. From working with the school’s Best Buddies program, which promotes inclusivity and positive relationships for students...

Starting in July, the age to purchase tobacco products will be raised to 21.

Virginia Tobacco Purchase Age Raised to 21

Connor Smith, Sentry Staff Reporter April 3, 2019

Governor Ralph Northam recently signed legislation that raised the purchase age of tobacco in Virginia from 18 to 21 years old. The bill had support from both political parties and Altria, the largest tobacco company in the country. Altria recently acquired...

After joining ISIS, Hoda Muthana wants to come home.

Former ISIS Member’s Return Sparks Debate

Brian McCarthy, Sentry Staff Reporter April 3, 2019

Hoda Muthana, a 24-year-old woman originally from Alabama, is suing the United States for her citizenship and her 18-month-old son’s. Her petition for citizenship is controversial given that she was a former member of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria...

The collapse of the Brumadinho Dam has killed 186 people so far.

Under a Rock

Sofie Dalton, Sentry Staff Reporter April 3, 2019

Here in the United States, we tend to focus on news that is breaking within our borders. However, there are a plethora of news stories happening internationally that many Americans are unaware of. Here are some “under the rock” news stories that you...

Students surround speaker, Mike Smith, at his conference

Yorktown Takes on the Jostens Renaissance Regional Conference

Sofie Dalton, Staff Reporter March 25, 2019

On Friday March 15, club leaders and Yearbook students from Yorktown attended the 2019 Fairfax Jostens Renaissance Regional Conference at Robinson Secondary School. Jostens Renaissance Education is dedicated to improving the culture and climate of schools...

New free feminine care products in Yorktown womens restrooms

Free Feminine Care Products Arrive in Yorktown Bathrooms

Fiona Flaherty, Copy Editor March 8, 2019

Easily obtaining feminine care products in our school was once a challenge. One used to have to keep a stash in a locker, or hastily shove a pad into a pocket from the depths of one’s backpack on the way out of class. The dispensers in restrooms for...

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