Skip to Main Content
The Student News Site of Loudoun Valley High School

The Viking

The Student News Site of Loudoun Valley High School

The Viking

The Student News Site of Loudoun Valley High School

The Viking

Artwork by Kylie Odom

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...

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...

Customer service workers speak out against disrespect

Customer service workers speak out against disrespect

Faith Casey, Editor November 18, 2022

Employees are speaking out against rude customer behavior and exposing said customers on various social media platforms. Over recent years, viral videos of yelling customers have circulated the internet. Usually,...

What you need to know for Election Day

What you need to know for Election Day

MacKenzie Bunn and Sarah Kelly November 8, 2022

  With the voting period for local elections and the House of Representatives ending Nov. 8, the town of Purcellville has been caught up in a flurry of yard signs and supporters at the corner...

Senior Riley Kotch wears a purple armband during football game

Valley, Woodgrove Unite for Epilepsy Awareness

Elise Bowen, Jake Rimmel, and Evan Schoonmaker October 31, 2022

A year ago, if anyone on the football team had worn a purple armband, students wouldn’t have given it a second thought. Now, it signifies something much larger to Valley, Woodgrove and the community...

Getting Educated: Spotted Lanternflies

Getting Educated: Spotted Lanternflies

Emma Vann, Media & Opinion Editor October 7, 2022

Spotted Lanternfly Infographic by Emma Vann

DECA's chronic illness awareness campaign logo.

DECA Spreads Awareness with Chronic Illness Campaign

Emma Vann and Carly Hall September 18, 2022

Preparing emerging marketing, finance, hospitality and management leaders, the Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) gives students hands-on experience. Last year’s trip to Virginia Beach for...

Activists in DC demand action against gun violence during the March for Our Lives protest in 2018.

Valley Students To Protest Uvalde School Shooting

Mackenzie Bunn, News, Campus, & Media Editor May 26, 2022

Today, students across Loudoun Valley will leave their classes in solidarity to protest gun violence and carrying regulations across the country.   The walkout, organized by the activist group...

The Not-So Micro Problem to Microplastics

The Not-So Micro Problem to Microplastics

Emma Vann and Cora Ely April 8, 2022

“When plastics do break down, they don't biodegrade; rather, they break into increasingly smaller pieces, many of which end up in the oceans as microplastics that harm aquatic life and birds, ” Said...

'Students gather in mixing bowl to finish work as end of the quarter approaches'

Students Stare Colleges Face On, Wonder if They’re Ready

Elise Bowen, Features, Opinion, & Sports Editor April 2, 2022

In Oct. 2016, the LVHS class of 2023 sat down briefly to think about colleges. Now, they’re approaching applications: five years later.    But for junior Abby Hall,  playing basketball in middle...

Resurrecting Local News: A Call to Action

Resurrecting Local News: A Call to Action

Alina Alam, Staff Reporter January 14, 2021

Nowadays, scrolling through Twitter’s trending page is the only thing keeping me updated on the outside world. For you, it might be TikTok, cable news or overheard conversations at the dinner table....

Load More Stories
Donate to The Viking
$725
$1000
Contributed
Our Goal

Activate Search
The Student News Site of Loudoun Valley High School
Local News