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...

On the night of June 14th, a rare celestial event will occur: a supermoon. A supermoon is when a full moon is at the closest point to Earth in its orbit. One peticularly special supermoon is the strawberry...

In October of 2012, a member of the Pakistani Taliban boarded a 15-year-old Mala Yousafrazi's bus and shot her in the head. Two weeks later she woke up in the hospital in Oxford and was informed of what...

Yesterday at approximately 9:30 p.m., we all received a call from Wayde Byard announcing that, as of 2/17, masks will no longer be required at Loudoun County Public Schools. We know this may come as a...

The recent tensions between Russia and Ukraine aren’t anything new. Grievances span from 2022 to Russia’s occupation of Crimea in 2013 to the Soviet Union’s dissolution in 1991, and with it the formation...

Tetris, Mario, Minecraft—video games have long been a staple of modern society. For decades, they have served as the unrivaled standard of the entertainment industry. They require no practice, physical...

There’s more to Nov. 3 than the national and statewide elections. On Election Day, Virginians will make a consequential decision that may affect our state’s politics for decades to come.  In spring...

October 20, 2020

The Viking News staff has its own Tik Tok account that captures life here in our newsroom and events here on campus. In addition to staying more connected with the community here, we want to show what...

The sun is shining Monday-Thursday these final days before spring break and YOU need to take advantage of it. Think about how much vitamin D you’ve gotten these past few months and consider taking...