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Course Requests are Closing

Course Requests are Closing

Carly Hazen, Staff Reporter May 15, 2025

With the stress of AP and final exams, you may have forgotten to check your course request for the 2025-26 school year.  It's important to make sure you're signed up for all the classes you want to...

Catholic Church elects first American Pope

Catholic Church elects first American Pope

Claire O’Connor, Editor-in-Chief May 14, 2025

Pope Leo IXV, 69, is the new Pope of the Catholic Church for over 1 billion people worldwide. After Pope Francis’ death at the end of last month, the conclave selected Robert Prevost with a successful...

REAL ID requirements for travel, federal facilities take effect

REAL ID requirements for travel, federal facilities take effect

Claire O’Connor, Editor-in-Chief May 9, 2025

REAL ID  took effect Wednesday as a required document for federally regulated air travel and other federal facility access. The requirement is a part of the implementation of the REAL ID Act passed in...

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-in-Chief 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-in-Chief 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...

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