By Adri Yarkin, Copy Editor Last year, the English department took an excited leap into Standards-Based Grading (SBG). This year, they have drawn back. While the English department currently utilizes a system which combines the traditional and standards-based systems, 10 teachers, including those in the math and CTE departments, have taken on SBG…
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District to hire new athletic trainer
By Katherine Kelly, Managing Editor During the next few weeks, the sports department will be working with Seattle Children’s Hospital towards securing an athletic trainer for student-athletes. This will be the first time the school has ever had someone fulfilling that role. The trainer will be present on the sidelines of every game,…
Construction moves forward for all-gender bathrooms
By Adri Yarkin, Copy Editor The upstairs bathrooms are getting a makeover. The stalls will be modified so that they reach nearly to the floor and are tall enough to ensure privacy with no gaps. The urinal will be removed from the current men’s room. The signs outside the doors will change to all-gender. These…
Drama club prepares to send troupe to Chinese theatre festival
By Elizabeth Lande, Reporter This Thanksgiving break, a time which most people spend with their family and friends, English teacher and Drama director Dr. Stephen Floyd will take four students across the globe to China as part of a week-long international theater festival. Leaving for a foreign country on one of the most…
PERSONAL TRIBUTE: The day I learned Swift had resigned
By Sequoia Gregorich, Law and Ethics Editor Terry Swift’s classroom was a haven for a generation of students. It was a relaxed environment where students felt welcome to express themselves and to create artwork, no matter their level of experience. Late this summer, students heard something they found devastating; Swift, the beloved art…
Students respond to new policies
Sequoia Gregorich, Law and Ethics Editor; Adri Yarkin, Copy Editor; Katy Sassara, Content Editor In September, The Riptide sent out an anonymous survey asking for feedback regarding the newly adopted school policies. As the survey results came in, a trend quickly began to surface. Overwhelmingly, students feel that the policies put into place…
New policies aim to strike balance between staff, student interests
By Clara Atwell, Business Editor The start of the 2017-18 school year has brought major policy changes in the areas of cell phone use, the structure of SMART periods and seating options during lunch. Students also feel that a few existing policies, the dress code for example, have become more stringent in their enforcement….
Editorial: New school policies fall short of administration’s goals, contradict its values
By The Editorial Board In spring 2015, students were asked by the administration to complete an online survey about their experience at VHS. One of the questions asked if we felt we had a role in the school’s decision-making process. The senior class were freshmen then, and few of us gave it much…
Levinson Tribute- English
By Alden Hinden Stevenson, Freelance Reporter, Julian White-Davis, Photo Editor, and Calder Stenn, Editor-in-Chief It’s Sunday morning at Snapdragon, a small bakery on the outskirts of the town of Vashon. We are walking out into the parking lot with one Harris Levinson, a former teacher at VHS who has become an invaluable member of…
Levinson Tribute
By Alden Hinden Stevenson, Freelance Reporter, Julian White-Davis, Photo Editor, and Calder Stenn, Editor-in-Chief Es domingo por la mañana en Snapdragon, una panadería pequeña en las afueras del pueblo Vashon. Estamos caminando afuera del estacionamiento con Harris Levinson, un maestro previo en la escuela secundaria de Vashon quien se convirtió un miembro inapreciable…