Two students at our school are using their photography skills to make a positive change in the community by offering free senior portraits. Seniors Audrey Tong and Donté Allen started their photography business, NOVAPORTRAITS, while they were juniors,...
With six children, the Stroup family shows how virtual learning works at different grade levels.
Maren Stroup, Sentry Staff Reporter
• May 31, 2020
In this unknown and different time, schools all over the world are handling closures in a variety of ways. Here in Arlington, online school completely differs between grades. In my family of eight, four of us are students in Arlington Public Schools and...
When APS announced that school would be closing until after Spring Break, students, staff, and families likely felt unsettled. After Governor Northam declared that all schools in Virginia would be closed for the rest of the school year, these feelings...
As students are stuck at home practicing good social distancing skills amid the coronavirus outbreak, they will soon run out of things to do. While our phones can certainly keep us entertained for short periods of time, we will all inevitably become overcome...
Kevin Grieco, Sentry Staff Reporter
• February 3, 2020
The 2010s: where buying CDs and downloading digital MP3's from iTunes gave way to the simpler, more accessible method of streaming music. The last decade has been branded as one of the most genre-fluid in the last fifty years, as pop melded with hip hop,...
Fiffy Donahoe, Sentry Staff Reporter
• February 3, 2020
There was a different pang of nostalgia amid the New Year’s celebrations as 2019 came to a resounding close. With the end of the decade came the end of a significant chapter in many of our lives. As the babies born in the early 2000s face the coming...
Maren Stroup, Sentry Staff Reporter
• November 21, 2019
In Arlington, there is a wide variety of cafes and restaurants. Coffee shops are all over, with some being more well-known than others. There are ones better for cute pictures with your friends, and others more fit to do work or study in. Each shop, with...
Our school recently celebrated Homecoming, a weeklong event that instills school pride and helps bring in the new school year. Students dressed up for specific spirit days during the school week and then gathered for a pep rally on Friday, followed by...
Bora Yavalar, Sentry Staff Reporter
• November 18, 2019
In the past few weeks, firemen, Emergency Medical Technician's (EMT’s) and other first responders from the Arlington area came to our school to teach students a maneuver that could save lives - CPR. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), combines chest...
Molly Kaplow, Sentry Staff Reporter
• November 18, 2019
There are many ways to get involved with your school and your community. Fortunately at our school, you can do both simultaneously. Clubs such as Key Club and Best Buddies give students opportunities to work together for the good of the community.
Best...
Evelyn Lowen, Sentry Staff Reporter
• November 2, 2019
As the 2020 school year begins, new clubs have been established at our school, in addition to the already ample selection of extracurriculars. This year, we welcome the Smile Squad and the YHS Students Demand Action clubs to offer spectacular activities...
Maren Stroup, Sentry Staff Reporter
• November 1, 2019
Recently, a new mural and canvas have been added to the growing collection of art in the streets of Arlington made by artists David De La Mano and Matthew Best. The expressive and unique new street art can be found on Lee Highway and 12th Street South...
