Students Take Part in the Ongoing Fight for Women’s Rights
Written by River Stone and Lainey Lynch
March 8, 2019
Filed under Local News, Student News, Top Stories
After waves of sexual harassment accusations began making headlines, actress Alyssa Milano ignited the #MeToo movement with a tweet: “If you’ve been sexually harassed or assaulted, write ‘me too’ as a reply to this tweet.” Now, over one year later, as International Women’s Day approaches,...
Woodgrove’s Top 5%
Written by Dominique Cruz and Cora McQuaid
February 13, 2019
Filed under Student News, Top Stories
Twenty members of Woodgrove senior class were honored in December as part of the county’s excellence in Education Banquet, which recognized the top five percent in each senior class throughout the county. In 1983, Al Sowards, LCPS’s gifted program manager, first recognized the academic achievers in the ba...
Flu Epidemic Spreads Nationwide
Written by Gretchen Nagle, Maryam Khan, Ashleigh Moffett, and Ryan Wilkinson
December 20, 2018
Filed under Student News, Top Stories
Flu season. The most infamous scourge of winter. Fevers, coughs, sore throats, headaches, fatigue, and runny noses are all main symptoms that make people dread the flu. Woodgrove High School nurse Stephanie Lovasz says, “The flu season can start as early as October, run to March and April, and it...
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...
Cheating Epidemic Spreads Across LCPS
Written by Meghan Dunster, Rebecca Faletti, Maryam Khan
December 20, 2018
Filed under Student News, Top Stories
Some might call it an open secret. To others, it is an epidemic. To a few, however, it may be what their academic career depends on, for better or for worse. No matter what you call it, cheating is a very real fact of life at every level of education, and it cannot go ignored. The recent advent of photo...
We’re All Human Hosts its Third Annual Color Run at Woodgrove High School
Written by Lainey Lynch, Meghan Dunster
November 20, 2018
Filed under News, Student News, Top Stories
The We’re All Human Club (WAH) at Woodgrove High recently hosted the third annual Color Run with six other LCPS high schools. This event is funded by the Ryan Bartel Foundation, a foundation dedicated to suicide awareness and prevention. The Color Run began in Loudoun County to support the Ryan Bartel...
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 School Spirit Diminishes Over the Years
Written by Jordan Fiala, Maryam Khan, Ashleigh Moffett, and Kennedy Vacca
October 25, 2018
Filed under News, Student News, Top Stories
With Woodgrove High School approaching its tenth year, it seems to be approaching a loss in school spirit. In a poll of the student body, 10% of those polled on Instagram at Woodgrove High School said that Woodgrove did not have school spirit. With the number of in-school pep rallies fading, and fewer...
Where to Get Your WILD Wardrobe
Written by Hope Davison, Lauren Sheehan, Anna Lockhart, and Cora McQuaid
October 25, 2018
Filed under Features, Student News, Top Stories
The WILD is buzzing with students of all grade levels awaiting kick off. Whether the theme be “Pink-out”, USA theme, or Woodgrove’s very own WILD theme, students get decked out for the game. It’s understandable that picking out your WILD outfit may be stressful, here are some tips to help you...
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...
Kavanaugh Controversey Shed Light On A Nation Divided
Written by River Stone, Rebecca Faletti, and Mark Blevins
October 25, 2018
Filed under News, Student News, Top Stories
In wake of the Kavanaugh-Ford Senate Hearings that rocked the nation, the bitter division between Republican and Democratic voters becomes increasingly apparent on both a national and local level. Former Senator John McCain passed away in August. Yet, with his death still fresh in the public’s mind,...
Students quiz in an AP Calculus class-a class with no associated SOL.
Photo by Rebecca Faletti
A quick rundown of the current SOL landscape.
Graphic made by Rebecca Faletti
Henry the African Elephant stands proudly at the Smithsonian
Photo by Daniel Alvarez
Two lattes from Compass Coffee in downtown D.C.
Photo by Sarah Murtaugh
Map of D.C. plotted with some of the destinations below.
Map created by Daniel Alvarez
President Trump faces Congress during 2019 State of the Union. Photo used with permission from Creative Commons
Senator Bernie Sanders, considered a front runner for the Democratic Party. Photo used with permission from Creative Commons.
Dani Kimbrough participating in the Women’s March in Washington D.C.
Photo by Kevin Crandall
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