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...
“1-800-273-8255”
Written by Chris Tuttle
November 3, 2017
Filed under Features, Local News
As fans come to terms with the untimely deaths of Chester Bennington of Linkin Park and Chris Cornell of Soundgarten by suicide in 2017, the world is reminded that depression does not discriminate. It does not only mar the poor or the unfortunate. It casts its shadows over the privileged and adored as...
Loudoun County Meets Bonnie Scotland
Written by Carrie Nichols
October 4, 2017
Filed under Features, Local News
Grey rain fell from the sky as if to replicate the atmosphere of Scotland. On September 2nd-3rd people of Scottish heritage, and people without, gathered on the rolling green hills of Great Meadow, Virginia. Forty-two clans and societies were represented, ranging from the Fraser clan to the Scottish...
Hurricane Harvey Donations
Written by Hope Davison
September 6, 2017
Filed under Local News, News, Top Stories
With Houston, Texas, and the surrounding areas in ruins after Hurricane Harvey, Woodgrove students are adopting multiple classrooms in the flood zones of Texas. As of now, there are over 40,000 people living in shelters, and over four million people with damaged homes and without power. Woodgrove ...
Curbing Teen Suicide in Loudoun County
Written by Chris Tuttle
June 2, 2017
Filed under Features, Local News, Top Stories
On October 15th, 2014, the pressure of life became too much for Woodgrove High School student Ryan Bartel. The teenager who had loved history and military strategy ever since he had received an encyclopedia as a young boy, wrote a note to his parents and told them that he couldn't "perform and operate...
Forever Onward
Written by Jenn Glazebrook, Brittany Nelson, and Lorallye Partlow
May 22, 2017
Filed under Local News, News, Top Stories
Mr. Bob McMillen, earth science and astronomy teacher at Woodgrove, passed away on March 28, 2017. Students and staff were shocked at the sudden loss of a man who was loved by so many. McMillen graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Science Education from California University of Pennsylvania, and...
Cannons Hold Fundraiser, Pre-Season Look at New Team
Written by Matt Gusmerotti
May 8, 2017
Filed under Local News
PURCELLVILLE, VIRGINIA — The Purcellville Cannons are a Valley Baseball League team that moved from Winchester to Purcellville last season and had an amazing welcome. The Cannons recruit collegiate players from all over the country, ranging anywhere from Division 1 all the way to Junior College playe...
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