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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

Retirement Issue

Fleischer taught at Arlington Public Schools for 35 years

Saying Goodbye to a Picture Perfect Teacher

Claire Kuwana and Louisa Currie, Sentry Staff Reporters June 1, 2017

If you have ever been to a Jewish wedding and witnessed the breaking of a glass, it will be easy to understand photography and computer graphics teacher Bruce Fleischer’s outlook on the school community. Fleischer, who has taught at Arlington Public...

Dierkes has been a dedicated parent volunteer for 30 years

End of an Era

Michael Lowen and Ryan Van Kirk, Sentry Staff Reporters June 1, 2017

Once this school year comes to an end, we will be losing  long term members of the Yorktown community. In addition to losing Principal Dr. Raymond Pasi, Paula Dierkes, who has been a dedicated parent volunteer for 30 years in our community will no longer...

Zito will be saying a bittersweet goodbye to the only school he has ever taught in

A Zito-less Environment

Rosie Eldridge and Anna Tranium, Sentry Staff Reporter June 1, 2017

After 29 memorable years of teaching biology, and then Advanced Placement (AP) Environmental Science for the past 12 years, teacher Michael Zito will be saying a bittersweet goodbye to the first and only school he has ever taught at. In the near future...

Ms. Axiotis will have a lasting legacy at Yorktown

We Will Miss Axiotis

Sofie Dalton and Maggie Keane, Sentry Staff Reporter June 1, 2017

Saving the best for last, English teacher Martha Axiotis definitely got the best during her last year as a teacher. Axiotis had originally planned on retiring after the 2016 school year, but decided to teach for one more year after her husband was stationed...

Wheeler has been teaching  psychology and sociology for the last 22 years

The Man, the Myth, the Legend: William Wheeler

Andrea Henriquez and Topher Wagner, Sentry Staff Reporter June 1, 2017

In high school, students tend to place teachers they do not know into buckets. Conversations such as, “oh she’s an English teacher right?” or, “he’s in the green pod right?” can be heard amongst all the clamour in the hallway. Yet, there is...

Varga contributed her services to the school for 20 years

A Lasting Legacy

Elizabeth Noe and Jack Cline, Sentry Staff Reporters June 1, 2017

Librarians are a vital resource for those students who love reading or need help navigating the vast sea of books that the school library provides. Lisa Varga, a former librarian, contributed her services to the school for 20 years, and although she is...

Pasi interacts with students at lunch

In Pasi We Trust

Jessie Moyer and Grace Stroup, Sentry Staff Reporters June 1, 2017

For 20 years this school has had the honor of having Dr. Raymond Pasi as principal. 1997 was his first year, and 2017 will be his last. Pasi has witnessed not only the building change, but the population too: with each new year comes a new group of students...

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