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Robitussin Recalls Cough Syrups Over Health Concerns

Robitussin Recalls Cough Syrups Over Health Concerns

Isabella Carpinelli, Staff Reporter February 21, 2024

At the peak of the cold and flu season, Haleon, a multinational consumer healthcare company, recalled two Robitussin cough syrups on Jan. 24 due to microbial contamination. Some products containing honey...

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Remembering Matthew Perry

Carly Hazen, Intern January 12, 2024

October 28, 2023. This was the day we all lost a beloved actor, an inspiration to people all around the world, and most of all, a friend.  Matthew Perry born August 19, 1969, played in movies such...

Students Push to Take Cybersecurity Curriculum to the Next Level

Students Push to Take Cybersecurity Curriculum to the Next Level

Enaya Bokhari, Staff Reporter January 9, 2024

Valley’s Cybersecurity class is undergoing massive improvements and changes with its curriculum. This effort is being pushed by cybersecurity teacher Lorraine Lloyd and her students who are determined...

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More Students Absent Than Ever

Ash Woerner and Sophia Serice December 19, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic pushed students out of schools — but now, some aren’t coming back. Since the 2018-2019 school year, rates of chronic absenteeism (the act of missing 10% or more of the school...

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Updates to LCPS calendars prolong school year, disappoint students

Sarah Kelly, Feature Editor May 11, 2023

“When does summer break start?” is often asked as the school year comes to an end. June 8 is marked in the calendars of high schoolers for this year, but for the next three years, the updated calendars...

Girls soccer breaks 13 year loss streak against County

Girls soccer breaks 13 year loss streak against County

Scarlet Fetterolf and Mercy Soly May 8, 2023

     With five wins, five losses, and two draws, the girls soccer team has had a consistent and successful season thus far. More so, on May 4, the girls won their first game against rival Loudoun County...

Seniors are now receiving caps and gowns in their English class in preparation for graduation June 9.

Senior rundown: what you need to know

Faith Casey, Editor May 5, 2023

Capstone   For all seniors, the last day of school is May 30, meaning school does not end when capstone ends. The grading period for seniors ends May 26. Capstone begins for seniors on May 15,...

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Psychiatric shortages cause concern for mental health crisis

Faith Casey, Editor April 15, 2023

Shortages of psychiatric beds, workers and medications have surged in the midst of high mental health care demand. There’s an estimated acute level shortage of 8.9 beds per 100,000 adults and a subacute...

Save the Bees!

Save the Bees!

Emma Vann, Media & Opinion Editor March 8, 2023

Winter is ending, and on the second Sunday of March the nation will spring forward. Flowers will start to bloom, temperatures will rise and our friendly neighborhood pollinators will return. Unfortunately,...

Natural disasters, do you have  a plan?

Natural disasters, do you have a plan?

Emma Vann, Media & Opinion Editor February 16, 2023

On February 6, Turkey and Syria experienced a  7.8 magnitude earthquake resulting in a death toll of  33,000, claiming the title of one of the worst natural disasters in history. Although far away,...

Vending machines close during school hours

Vending machines close during school hours

Faith Casey, Editor February 7, 2023

Valley’s vending machines are now closed to students for good during school. Hours have recently been adjusted in accordance with the “Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010,” making machines open...

With Loudouns recent legal proceedings, the county has caught the publics eye at a state and national level.

Former superintendent Scott Ziegler and public information officer Wade Byard indicted by grand jury

MacKenzie Bunn, News, Campus, & Media Editor December 13, 2022

Loudoun County Judge James Plowman unsealed documents from Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares’s grand jury, indicting former superintendent Scott Ziegler on three misdemeanor counts and former public...

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