By Léa Ringeval, Reporter and Katy Sassara, Content Editor Louis Mangione’s classroom looks more like an art class than a place where students learn Spanish; paintings, paintbrushes and drawings are everywhere. As I enter for my interview, he cleans up the supplies, his students having left for their lunch break. This is…
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Mini Fridge? Or Bomb?
Vashon Island High School Bomb Threat Turns Out to be a Couple of Chilled Sodas by Sequoia Gregorich, Law Editor Today, at about 12pm, the fire alarm went off at Vashon Island High School. Students and teachers were promptly evacuated to the track and field where they awaited further information. The faculty then congregated and…
Spring sports wrap up
By Katherine Kelly, Sports Editor The final school sports have come to an end, thus wrapping up the sports season for the school year. The spring sports that the school offered this year included boys baseball, boys golf, boys soccer, boys track, girls golf, girls tennis, girls softball and girls track. Boys Baseball: Boys…
Response to “Letter to the Editor,” a response to Anne Kehl’s hall pass article
By Anne Kehl, Managing Editor I am a person of privilege. I have never gone hungry. I have always had a safe, caring home to fall asleep in. I have never had to worry about how I will get my homework done because I have always had internet access, and I have always had the…
Student leaders eager to raise student engagement
By Luna-Bella Galliano-Salinas, Reporter The votes are in. Juniors Lizzy Sutherland and Duncan McMillan are the new class presidents; Tanner Venturi and Sam Knight are vice presidents; Sol Dehnert and Will Hennessy are sound commissioners; Wyatt Keppler is the treasurer; and Emme Osborne is the secretary. Juniors Lizzy Sutherland and Duncan McMillan are eager…
Levy decision to cover pool stirs controversy
By Garrett Mueller, Co-Online Editor For over thirty years, Islanders have wanted year-round pool access. Unfortunately, the Vashon Park District pool next to the high school is only open from Memorial Day to Labor Day. The alternative option for swimming is the Vashon Athletic Club, which features smaller swimming lanes and a higher rental cost….
Former debater Zoey Salsbury grabs national spotlight
By Aria Garrett, Copy Editor Armed with cardboard signs and a fiery spirit, Zoey Salsbury attended her first march around the state capitol to protest education funding with her father. She was all of six years old. That spirit of service and activism never left her, and more recently Salsbury has been recognized nationally for…
Crew: Back at it again with nationals
By Campbell Foster, Design Editor For the past few years, the Vashon Island Rowing Club has qualified several boats to go to the Junior National Championships, which takes place in different locations each year. This year there are two pairs going to Sarasota, Florida from June 9-11. One boat has senior Selena Mildon and freshman…
Manatee Commune
By Julian White-Davis, Photo Editor Hands sway through the air; feet jump up and down as sweaty bodies collide with each other in a moshpit at the front of the stage; a massive LED video wall portraying psychedelic images stands in the background. It’s high noon, and the whole school is jiving out to…
Senator Nelson: Becoming the Gravel Pit hero
By Julian White-Davis, Photo Editor A well-dressed woman walks purposefully up the ferry dock hill with the rest of the commuters after a long day at work. She climbs into her car with her two dogs and drives away around the corner. This woman is in fact the leader of the Senate Democrats in Washington…