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Red Wing Park’s Annual Cherry Blossom Festival
Red Wing Park’s Annual Cherry Blossom Festival
Rylee Partridge, Editor • May 16, 2025

The Cherry Blossom Festival held at Red Wing Park has become an annual tradition. Supported by sponsors like The Japan-Virginia Society and the Virginia Beach Sister City Association,...

Meet Mrs. Parker
Meet Mrs. Parker
Ariyana Roberts, Staff Writer • April 11, 2025

Mrs. Keri Parker is a new tenth-grade English teacher. She recently moved from Ohio to Virginia Beach.  What inspired you to become a teacher? I was inspired to become...

Welcome long-term sub Ms. Alexandria Hakim
Welcome long-term sub Ms. Alexandria Hakim
Declan Smallwood, Staff Writer • April 7, 2025

Ms. Alexandria Hakim, who is currently finishing her teaching degree at James Madison University, is fulfilling her student teaching practicum requirement by covering Mrs. Kimberley...

Senior Swimmers
Senior Swimmers
Tierra Adams and Ariyana Roberts March 3, 2025

The Salem Swim team has twelve students graduating this year, all with a promising future. Senior swimmers, Anna Ruth, Carter Mercier, Chloe Nelson (Captain), Ezyah Clarke (Manager), Gavin Wehr, Gavin Wisner, Haydn Hollowell,...

Fall Sports Recap
Fall Sports Recap
Lily Check, Editor-in-chief • November 22, 2024

With the end of the first quarter, the fall sports teams (Cross Country, Varsity Field Hockey, Junior Varsity Football, Varsity Football, Varsity Golf, Varsity Girls Volleyball, Varsity Boys Volleyball, and Competition Cheer)...

VBCPS Suspends District Wide DEI Policies
VBCPS Suspends District Wide DEI Policies
Lily Check, Editor in Chief • May 10, 2025

On April 8th, 2025, the Virginia Beach School Board decided to eliminate the school system’s Department of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, or at least change its name, to comply...

Fashion and Social Change: ‘20’s v.s.’30’s
Fashion and Social Change: ‘20’s v.s.’30’s
Rylee Partridge, Assistant Editor in Chief • April 24, 2025

Fashion has become something commonly used for self-expression (how one might be feeling, what they’re going through, their hobbies/interests), but did you know that the latest...

The Frankenstein-ing of Modern Fashion
The Frankenstein-ing of Modern Fashion
Em Montalvo and Isaiah Bolden April 4, 2025

People use clothes to express themselves, and that expression can be visualized in many ways, creating sub-genres such as streetwear, preppy, hippie, and more. Thanks to the internet,...

Hardee’s or Carl’s Jr.?
Hardee’s or Carl’s Jr.?
Andrew Murphy, Staff Writer • April 10, 2025

Did you know that Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. are owned by the same company--CKE Restaurants. Many people have noticed that their menus are almost identical. Carl’s Jr. restaurants...

The Frankenstein-ing of Modern Fashion
The Frankenstein-ing of Modern Fashion
Em Montalvo and Isaiah Bolden April 4, 2025

People use clothes to express themselves, and that expression can be visualized in many ways, creating sub-genres such as streetwear, preppy, hippie, and more. Thanks to the internet,...

The Baja Blastoff
The Baja Blastoff
Olivia McGee, Staff Writer • March 17, 2025

The bell rings, and the hallways swarm with teenagers. Some push through the crowd while others abandon friends to reach their coveted bounty. Frenzied students attempt to tear...

A&E
Raku- B Que!
Raku- B Que!
John Diwa, Editor • April 24, 2025

VPAA’s art strand held its annual Raku- B Que on March 14, 2025, an event to showcase the various fine arts and crafts made by student artists. The art show was held in...

In Rainbows
In Rainbows
John Diwa, Copy Editor • April 8, 2025

Radiohead, an English rock band that originated in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, has been dubbed as one of the “greatest bands of the century.” Main vocalist Thom Yorke, brothers’...

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