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...

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...

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...

When students walk into school bright and early every morning, they may not realize just how much work has gone on behind the scenes to make their day run smoothly. Every day, schools are bustling with much more activity than just students trudging from...

Beginning in the 2016-17 school year, Arlington Public Schools (APS) has been working towards a goal to put SMART Panels in all high school classrooms throughout the county. Made by SMART Technology, the Panels, which are essentially flat screen televisions...

On the Friday before Valentine’s Day, hundreds of students from around the DC-Metro area spent the evening celebrating inclusion, friendship and kindness at the Best Buddies Valentine’s Dance. The dance was held at George Mason University, and 407...

Student Body President and lacrosse player Olivia Klein is a very active student. She strives to do everything she can in her high school years, and she is only in the middle of her junior year. Some students do not know exactly what being the student...

Public surveys are a vast source of information for public school systems. They are an efficient way to collect data on the problems facing the school district and the needs of students and families. In 2016, the Arlington Partnership for Children, Youth...

Understanding, engaging and fun. Patient, passionate and extremely kind. According to the students of physics teacher Deborah Waldron, this year’s  Teacher of the Year, these words accurately sum up her character. Waldron, or as she asks her students...

The United States federal government was shutdown between Dec. 22- Jan. 25, 2018. As a result, approximately 800,000 employees of nine federal agencies have been deprived of a paycheck. Regardless of who one chooses to blame for the shutdown, which is...

Around this time every year, students begin to receive their Course Request Forms (CRFs). On these forms, students indicate which classes they want to take next year. Often times students will fixate on popular courses like Advanced Placement (AP) US...

Do you like writing short stories and fiction? Need extra credit from your English teacher? Interested in writing poems or taking photos? Lit Mag is a fun and creative class. The first half of the year the students work on their own writing and creativity...