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Extra Review Time For Students

Extra Review Time For Students

Jordan Phillips and Ellie Heinle May 2, 2025

Starting on May 5, ending May 16, Viking Time will be extended an extra 2o minutes in order to accommodate preparation for the upcoming AP and SOL tests.  All other classes will only be shortened by...

Senior Speech Writing Competition Closes May 9

Senior Speech Writing Competition Closes May 9

Ash Woerner, Opinion Editor May 2, 2025

Unlike past graduating classes, the class of 2025 will not have a Valedictorian speech. Instead, continuing a tradition started three years ago, the chance to give a speech is open to all seniors through...

Overlooked Heroes

Overlooked Heroes

Ellie Heinle and Jordan Phillips May 2, 2025

On the first Friday of every May schools all across the country celebrate a very overlooked position. Lunch Hero day is a great opportunity for all students to say thank you to the cafeteria workers...

Who is running in Virginia’s gubernatorial race and what are their positions?

Who is running in Virginia’s gubernatorial race and what are their positions?

Claire O’Connor, Editor April 30, 2025

Virginia’s gubernatorial election is set to take place Nov. 5. Current governor, Glenn Youngkin, is ineligible to run for a second term, because the Virginia Constitution prohibits consecutive terms.  Only...

LVHS Green Team Clothing Drive

LVHS Green Team Clothing Drive

Carly Hazen, Staff Reporter April 23, 2025

The LVHS Green Team is holding a spring clothing drive. The Green Team began in Feb. 2018, but the clothing drive has been new the past two years.  “Our mission encompasses all the things that are...

Loudoun Valley Hosts Annual Feet Meet

Loudoun Valley Hosts Annual Feet Meet

Ellie Heinle and Jordan Phillips April 22, 2025

On Apr. 23, 35 schools and over 800 students and partners will be joining Valley on the stadium field for the third annual Feet Meet.  This is an event hosted by Loudoun Valley, where athletes from...

Pope Francis dies at 88, church takes next steps

Pope Francis dies at 88, church takes next steps

Claire O’Connor, Editor April 21, 2025

Pope Francis died early today, Apr. 21. No cause of death was provided by the Vatican, but Francis has been experiencing serious health issues the past few months. After a case of Bronchitis and double...

Peter L. Coffey, University of Maryland Extension

The Spotted Lanternfly Returns

Sophia Serice, Reviews & A&E Editor April 1, 2025

Spotted lanternflies are back and dangerous for local farmers and gardens.  The spotted lanternfly is an invasive insect native to Asia, specifically China and Vietnam. They have since spread to Japan...

New Dinosaur Species Discovered in the Gobi Desert

New Dinosaur Species Discovered in the Gobi Desert

Sophia Serice, Reviews & A&E Editor March 29, 2025

A new dinosaur has been discovered! The unique thing? It has nearly perfectly preserved claws around a foot long. The dinosaur was found in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert which has long been a prime spot for...

Mobile Hope Donations

Mobile Hope Donations

Carly Hazen, Staff Reporter March 27, 2025

Mobile Hope is organizing a food drive between Mar. 24 and Apr. 11. Students can donate food and hygiene products to the nonprofit.   Donation bins are located in the main foyer, Viking Head and Heidi...

The Media Raises Beauty Standards, Starting with Celebrities

The Media Raises Beauty Standards, Starting with Celebrities

Carly Hazen, Staff Reporter March 17, 2025

With the presence of social media and beauty standards, there's an added pressure on celebrities to maintain the perfect body and face the public expects.  People often put celebrities under a microscope...

Reading Across America Road trip

Reading Across America Road trip

Ellie Heinle, Staff Reporter March 11, 2025

Librarians are having a “Read Across America Road Trip” where they feature 50 different books, one from each state, and encourage students to check them out. Librarian, Jef Mueller says this is...

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