At 1:25 p.m. on Thursday, February 10, senior Billy Baldwin was confused. As he walked toward the main entrance of our school, he noticed a large group of students standing by the doors. Baldwin was returning from a relaxing lunch in his car, but when...
By Eva SmithStaff ReporterJunior photographer Lauren Fatouros has begun her second year on staff with great determination and grit. Outside of school, Fatouros makes sure to stay busy by dedicating her time to multiple sports. “I swim year...
It is a perpetual, lingering thought that seniors must battle every waking moment. Walking in the hallway, sitting at lunch, at soccer practice -- it always lurks in the background, ready to pounce on your good time. Sometimes it even creeps into dreams....
Baseball, America’s national pastime, is a dying sport. The kids of this generation find it boring; its fanbase is dwindling with each passing season and networks like ESPN have begun to focus their coverage almost exclusively on other sports.
Baseball...
On October 7, Amazon announced that it would be allocating $1 million towards the Right Now Needs Fund, a fund set up by the tech behemoth to assist both Arlington Public Schools (APS) and Alexandria Public Schools (ACPS) in “meeting the basic needs...
By Julia TeixeiraStaff ReporterTo kick off the new school year, junior Ryan Cole sums up his thoughts on the virtual beginning. “It’s better than nothing,” Cole said. Even with the never-ending perils that 2020 has seemingly plagued...
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...
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...
It was three in the morning on March 12 when Topher Wagner, YHS ’17, learned he had only 48 hours left in the country that had become like his second home. After two months in Lugano, Switzerland on a study abroad program, the Virginia Tech junior’s...
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...
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to plague the United States, the country has fallen into a severe economic downturn, teetering on the edge of a recession. Large and small businesses alike are struggling to maintain their bottom lines and, as a result,...
Joseph Ramos, Co-Editor In Chief
• February 28, 2020
In 2016, Cathy McPartland, then 15, was confused. Having moved left after reading Karl Marx and listening to Chapo Trap House, a left-wing podcast, the Williamstown, Massachusetts native, now 18, did not know how to define her new political views. That...
