Editorial: School Safety
Written by Hope Davison and River Stone
December 20, 2018
In early October, a student was raped by his teammates at Tuscarora High School. Three weeks later, an Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) reading specialist was charged with three felony counts of unlawfully filming female students. Two weeks after that, a Park View teacher was arrested for an alleged...
Editorial: Students Adjust to School Changes
Written by Brittany Nelson and River Stone
November 3, 2017
Each year, Woodgrove students know one thing for sure: when the school year begins, there will be change. To maximize the effectiveness of bus sharing between schools, Loudoun County Public Schools decided to push back start times for high schools. Woodgrove’s official school hours now go from 9:10...
Editorial: New Year, Not About You
Written by Grace Robinson and Sarah Snare
December 16, 2016
Despite your opinion on the election, the winter blues, or school stress, it is time to stop complaining and start acting. Almost all New Year’s resolutions are ego-centric. We’re not saying that it’s a bad thing to want to better yourself. Pledges to exercise regularly, eat better, or read more...
Overview of Game of Thrones Season 5
Written by Leah Onderdonk
June 10, 2015
The fifth season of the popular HBO series, “Game of Thrones,” based on the George R.R. Martin novel series A Song of Ice and Fire, premiered on April 12th. The show has become very popular since 2011, and averages more than 14 million viewers and is the most pirated show worldwide. It’s fifth se...
Overview of Destiny: House of Wolves
Written by Adam Hudler, Trey McCleary, Justin Rader
June 2, 2015
Trials of Osiris Bungie introduced a new PvP experience called the Trials of Osiris, an event that begins every Friday and lasts until the weekly reset on Tuesday. The event features a new 3v3 competitive multiplayer game mode called Elimination, in which two teams will battle it out until all of the...
Please Ignore Vera Dietz: A Book Review
Written by Faith Ralston
May 22, 2015
Please Ignore Vera Dietz, by A.S. King, is a book about 18 year-old Vera, struggling to finish high school and move on from the death of her best friend, Charlie. Well, he was her best friend, until he turned on her 5 months before he died and joined the ‘detentionheads’, and the worst of all, bec...
Magic, the Gathering: An Overview
Written by Justin Rader and Michael Preston
May 14, 2015
Since the introduction of the Limited Edition Alpha and Beta cards in the 1990’s, Magic, the Gathering has achieved a mass following of over 12 million people all around the world, even at Woodgrove. To people who are unfamiliar with the game, it seems complex, difficult, and nerdy. So what exactly ...
Music Mania: March
Written by Charlotte Ward, Kaitlyn Connolly, Michael Preston
March 26, 2015
This Month in Music Date Event March 7th, 1985 “We are the World” plays on radio stations for the first time March 9th, 1997 The notorious B.I.G is shot and killed March 11th, 1997 ...
Destiny: The Dark Below
Written by Trey McCleary, Justin Rader, and Adam Hudler
January 29, 2015
After Bungie released its first DLC expansion, The Dark Below, gamers have had the chance to extend their satisfaction to a whole new level. The DLC includes three new campaign missions, new crucible maps, a new strike, new weapons and armor, Crota’s End raid, and a raised light level to 32. For those...
Music Mania: January
Written by Kaitlyn Connolly
January 29, 2015
This Month in Music Date Event January 3rd 1946 John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin is born January 14th 1968 LL Cool J is born January 20th 1982 ...
Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Written by Leah Onderdonk
December 19, 2014
Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire are the long-awaited remakes of 2002’s Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire Game Boy Advance games. Ruby and Sapphire are set in the Pokemon region of Hoenn, and that is where the journey begins. The game starts out in Littleroot Town in Hoenn region, and the main character,...
Novel Review: “Flavor of the Week”
Written by Faith Ralston
December 11, 2014
Romance, love triangles, friendship, betrayal, heartbreak and food: all that are traits commonly found in a good young adult novel. Flavor of the Week by Tucker Shaw has it all. It is the tale of overweight high school senior, Cyril Bartholomew, who is hopelessly in love with cooking and his lab partner/long-time...
Mr. Shipp (left) and Ms. Holland (right). Photo by David Hamady.
A bottle of CBD oil, commonly applied on the skin. Photo by Creative Commons.
A bottle of CBD oil commonly applied on skin. Photo by Creative Commons.
An Amazon Echo sits on a shelf.
Photo used with permission from Creative Commons
In the picture, sophomores Peyton Tarrant and Lindsay Bergman study for AP World History.
Photo by Ainsleigh Shipp
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