Online Shopping: The Downfall of Department Stores
Written by Mia Cammarota, Dillon Holdridge and Carissa Vergeres
December 20, 2018
Filed under Local News, News
In recent years, stores such as Sears, Target, and many other department stores have made an online store for their retailed products, and for a lot of them, it has caused more damage to their businesses than good. Internet shopping has taken the world by storm, and because of this, more people are...
LCPS Faces Security Concerns
Written by Connor Grahamn, Kylee Harrell & Lorallye Partlow
December 20, 2018
Filed under Local News, Student News, Top Stories
Sam Hermens, a LCPS itinerant specialized facilitator for reading who works for Loudoun County, was caught taking pictures up the skirts of female students. A Woodgrove staff member noticed the unusual behavior of Hermens, whom he originally perceived to be a student, and immediately escorted him to...
Is this the Fall of Football?
Written by Casey Abashian, Maryam Khan, and Ryan Wilkinson
October 25, 2018
Filed under Local News, News, Student News, Top Stories
The homey, familiar aroma of fresh-cut grass consumes each breath as the impact of a bone-crushing tackle is heard throughout the audience. A packed house, filled to the brim with students, parents, and coaches alike erupts in approval, united over a common American pastime. Football remains the country’s...
Woodgrove’s Proposed Parking Plan is Passed
Written by Daniel Alvarez and Connor Graham
October 25, 2018
Filed under Local News, News, Student News, Top Stories
Imagine rows and rows of cars, all occupied by students that have just been in school for hours on end, wanting to get home and relax. The only thing stopping them from reaching their destination is the immense amount of traffic that clogs the exit every day. Every vehicle coming out of the parking lot...
Just So: Just So: Woodgrove Drama Plans their Fall Musical
Written by Rebecca Faletti and Meghan Dunster
October 25, 2018
Filed under Local News, News, Student News, Top Stories
The Woodgrove Drama department is kicking off their season with a relatively unknown show: Just So, a Drewe and Stiles musical adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s short stories. It’s unusual for the fall show to be a musical, but this particular change was the result of a reaction of the students to...
Loudoun Secures Reputation as Tech Giant
Written by Ben Alter and Chris Tuttle
October 25, 2018
Filed under Local News, News, Student News, Top Stories
Mastodon of online sales, Amazon, is scouting for a suitable location for their second headquarters, and Loudoun County is one of the final candidates. The number of candidate cities and regions for the location of Amazon’s ‘HQ2’, as it is coined, has dropped from 238 proposed cities inside the...
Coach Coon Transcends to the Varsity Level
Written by Myla Baouna and Katherin Gomez
March 20, 2018
Filed under Local News, Sports
This time last year, Coach Travis Coon was coaching the Woodgrove girls freshman basketball team but has now transcended to the varsity level for the 2017-18 school year. Coon is a special education teacher at Woodgrove High School, who transferred to Woodgrove during the 2016-2017 school year. That...
Northern Virginia is Heated!
Written by Dillon Holdridge, Keagan Lanham, and Bridget Vasta
December 14, 2017
Filed under Local News, News
Recently, Northern Virginians have experienced a few sweltering fall months after a very mild, snowless winter. A lack of frost can affect agriculture, and heat waves can cause the soil to dry up, leaving the coast with virtually no farmable land, leading to a disruption of oxygen levels. The U.S....
County Changes: Mess or Success?
Written by Hope Davison, Dillon Holdridge, Robert Kershner, and Lauren Sheehan
November 3, 2017
Filed under Local News, News, Top Stories
Sleeping in an hour later is a great idea to some students; however, many bus riders may disagree. With long, disorganized bus rides, many students this year have a hard time arriving to school on time. In the 2017-2018 school year, Loudoun County implemented major changes throughout the public school...
Construction Boom in Purcellville
Written by Jenn Glazebrook, Brittany Nelson and Bridget Vasta
November 3, 2017
Filed under Local News, News, Top Stories
Numerous shopping centers have sprouted up in the Purcellville area over the past few years. What was once a remote town is quickly becoming a popular hangout. This fall, Purcellville is opening Catoctin Corner, a six-acre site with 40,000 square feet of retail space. Across the street in the Harris...
Debate Regarding Confederate Statues Ignites
Written by Daniel Alvarez and Connor Graham
November 3, 2017
Filed under Local News, News, Top Stories
The infamous white supremacist rallies in Charlottesville, VA got violent on August 12, 2017. These rallies caused one person to die and three people to be injured. The violence and chaos of these rallies brought a lot of attention to Confederate monuments across the country. Places like Austin, Texas;...
A Nation Unites after Catastrophe
Written by River Stone, Adeline Furlow, and Dominique Cruz
November 3, 2017
Filed under Local News, News
Incredible things can come from tragedy. In the wake of disaster, people from around the nation are coming together to rescue, support, and donate to victims caught in the destruction of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria. Devastation hit Texas in the form of Hurricane Harvey. Over the course of eight...
Freshmen Angela Gutierrez, Morgan Krens and Colin Heffern reading Me Before You and The Hate U Give.
Photo by Carissa Vergeres
Toys R’ Us closed department store in Sterling. Photo from Dillon Holdridge
Photo by Dillon Holdridge
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