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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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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...

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...

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...

Traci Selden is one of the potential teachers for the new course.

African American and Latin American Studies Classes Coming to Yorktown

Fiffy Donahoe, Sentry Staff Reporter March 13, 2020

The doors are opening to a bigger and brighter world for students in the coming years. The Social Studies department is getting an update with the introduction of Latin American Studies and African American Studies classes next year. Such long avenues...

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