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Yorktown Sentry

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Artist of the Month: Emily Villatoro

Artist of the Month: Emily Villatoro

Julie Gilbertsen, Sentry Staff Reporter October 20, 2015

The sports department better watch out because the arts are taking over. Artist of the Month is a new program Yorktown this year where competitions are held every month throughout the school year. The winning piece is chosen by a committee of teachers,...

Five Psychologically Proven Tips to Start the Year Off Right

Five Psychologically Proven Tips to Start the Year Off Right

Maddie Dettling, Sentry Staff Reporter October 20, 2015

We have  all been there: the first few weeks of school breeze by, with the only homework consisting of collecting your parents’ signatures and reading a variation of the same the syllabus for every class. You start to think, “Hey, this isn’t so...

Drake & Future What A Time To Be Alive Mixtape Review

Drake & Future What A Time To Be Alive Mixtape Review

Kyle Mayo-Blake, Sentry Staff Reporter October 20, 2015

I'm not the biggest fan of Future or Drake. It is not that I think they are bad; I just don't follow their music very closely. I did enjoy Drake's last mixtape If You're Reading This It's Too Late and enjoyed quite a few tracks off of Future’s last...

Fresh Views on Freshman Year

Maggie Keane, Sentry Staff Reporter October 20, 2015

A new school year means a new batch of kids beginning the next four years of their lives. High school can be hard to adjust to for many ninth graders; it is a bigger building, more work, more people and more expectations. The first month of school is...

Lee-Harrison Shopping Center’s Sweet Tooth Pulled

Lee-Harrison Shopping Center’s Sweet Tooth Pulled

Lauren Snyder, Sentry Staff Reporter May 13, 2015

Students with a sweet tooth will have to sate their cravings somewhere else this spring. This April, the Lee-Harrison Shopping Center has lost two of its sugariest spots. On April 17, Kay LoMedico, the owner of the beloved Mother’s Macaroons Gourmet...

Peter Chang’s Review

Peter Chang’s Review

Joanna Domson, Sentry Staff Reporter May 13, 2015

Oriental Gourmet has always been a staple of Arlington cuisine, but recently it has been replaced with a new Chinese restaurant, Peter Chang’s.  Oriental Gourmet was by no means top quality food, yet it satisfied a craving for Asian cuisine while also...

Creative, Abstract and a Pleasure to see: The Magic of West Side Story

Creative, Abstract and a Pleasure to see: The Magic of West Side Story

Topher Wagner, Sentry Staff Reporter May 13, 2015

With sports dominating extracurricular activities and after school events, some students may forget about the vibrant theater program that, year after year, never seems to disappoint. From the four theater classes and technical theater to the One Person...

A Lasting Love of Art

A Lasting Love of Art

Emily Calvert, Sentry Staff Reporter May 13, 2015

The student body is filled with creativity, and the advanced placement (AP) art students are no exception. Seniors in AP Studio Art leave their mark on the school by painting murals that are hung in the halls for years to come. Some of these are reflections...

Custom Concern: Gotta Go to Work

Custom Concern: Gotta Go to Work

Dan Huycke, Sentry Staff Reporter May 11, 2015

Many folks figure that after high school there are two options: more school, or the workforce. However, some students have already begun to juggle both. Job descriptions amongst the student body vary greatly, from a baker or filmmaking intern, to froyo...

Juliet Smith as Enjolras

Juliet Smith as Enjolras

Lauren Snyder, Sentry Staff Reporter March 16, 2015

Juliet Smith has been in love with the musical Les Miserables since sophomore year. She watched the movie soon after she saw the musical and her passion continued to grow. “The more I got entrenched in it, [the more] I loved it,” said Smith. The...

Ruddy Tapia as Kurt Cobain

Ruddy Tapia as Kurt Cobain

Lauren Snyder, Sentry Staff Reporter March 16, 2015

Music has been a part of Ruddy Tapia’s life for a very long time. When Tapia was young, his sister would often listen to rock music and other similar genres. She was the one who introduced and got him hooked on these genres of music. When he got older,...

Katie Dawkins as Ford Prefect

Katie Dawkins as Ford Prefect

Lauren Snyder, Sentry Staff Reporter March 16, 2015

Katie Dawkins - Ford Prefect People who have read the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams are well aware of the unusual characters who travel his universe. For example, the protagonist, Arthur Dent, is trying to discover his meaning in...

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