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

Yorktown News

Looking Back on the Lockdown

Looking Back on the Lockdown

Philip Blumberg and Ryan Cole March 11, 2022

At 1:25 p.m. on Thursday, February 10, senior Billy Baldwin was confused. As he walked toward the main entrance of our school, he noticed a large group of students standing by the doors. Baldwin was returning from a relaxing lunch in his car, but when...

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Increased Efforts for Black History Month At Yorktown

Fiona Shepherd, Staff Reporter March 9, 2022

This February, Yorktown staff and administration made active changes to the way our community honors the different cultures at our school. In celebrating Black History Month, Yorktown took a new approach to celebrate Black students and commemorate the...

Bus Drivers: The Heroes that Keep Arlington Moving

Bus Drivers: The Heroes that Keep Arlington Moving

Carrie Finn, Staff Reporter March 8, 2022

The pandemic has caused new safety measures to be put into place to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 on buses. Aside from maintaining social distance and practicing mask wearing, bus drivers have had to implement new methods to provide better ventilation...

Inclement Weather Days: Sledding or School?

Inclement Weather Days: Sledding or School?

Celeste Wetmore, Staff Reporter March 1, 2022

Ever since snow began blanketing Arlington in early January, Arlington Public Schools administration has been forming a plan to keep students in school when weather does not permit in-person attendance. Since our school has used up all of our allowed...

Custodians: The Unsung Heroes of Yorktown

Custodians: The Unsung Heroes of Yorktown

Eva Smith, Staff Reporter February 14, 2022

The custodial staff at our school have always worked hard to make Yorktown a clean and healthy environment for students to learn, and their obligations have increased due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With a larger workload and the five snow days our school...

What’s the Score?

What’s the Score?

Owen McArdle, Staff Reporter February 14, 2022

Welcome to one of the most affluent places to live in America: Arlington County. A thriving economy, a renowned school system, thousands of happy consumers bustling about -- yet one of the three largest schools in this commendable community lacks a working...

Hungry For Answers: The School Lunch Dilemma

Hungry For Answers: The School Lunch Dilemma

Matthew Wagner, Staff Reporter December 15, 2021

It is 12:43 p.m. and the bell for the start of C lunch has just sounded. A student walks down the stairs after a long morning of classes and arrives in the cafeteria to see lines stretching almost out into the atrium. After waiting through half of lunch,...

COVID-19’s Impact on Mental Health

COVID-19’s Impact on Mental Health

Claire Stromseth, Staff Reporter December 8, 2021

While the devastating death toll caused by COVID-19 has taken over news headlines, indirect impacts of the pandemic are being found elsewhere. One of these less talked about repercussions is the rise in mental health issues. The Centers for Disease Control...

New Faces in the Halls

New Faces in the Halls

Molly Kaplow, Staff Reporter December 6, 2021

This year, our school welcomed a plethora of new staff members. A variety of different positions were filled, including counseling and teaching jobs. As our school enters the second quarter, the new faculty members have started to become more acquainted...

Arlington Students Walk Out in Protest of Sexual Violence

Arlington Students Walk Out in Protest of Sexual Violence

Miles Mann, Staff Reporter November 16, 2021

At 11:00 a.m. on October 22, hundreds of high school students across the county walked out of class to protest sexual harassment and assault in Arlington Public Schools (APS). The demonstration followed events at Yorktown’s Homecoming football game,...

The Implementation of the AP Capstone Diploma Program at Yorktown

The Implementation of the AP Capstone Diploma Program at Yorktown

Fiona Shepherd, Sentry Reporter November 9, 2021

On Tuesday, November 9, Yorktown administrators will hold a parent information session to discuss the Advanced Placement (AP) Capstone program and its implementation at our school. The AP Capstone program is a pathway to an advanced diploma, and has been...

APS To Return to School with Hybrid Model in March

APS To Return to School with Hybrid Model in March

Philip Blumberg, Staff Reporter February 24, 2021

On February 9, Arlington Public Schools (APS) Superintendent Dr. Francisco Durán announced the phased return dates for students who have opted into the hybrid learning model. Almost a year after the pandemic first shuttered our school buildings, many...

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