Sylvie Koefoed-Nielsen, Reporter Mental illnesses tend to be swept under the rug. They are not as obvious as a physical illness, like the flu, or a disease such as diabetes, so some people find them easy to ignore. If you can’t go to school, work, or a family event because you’re throwing up, people…
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Food, mood, and solitude: why Chinese food is the ethnic cuisine of American Jews
Sasha Nathaniel Brooks Elenko, Co-Content Editor Not quite depressing so much as revealing, the welcoming golden embrace of the street lights, which had — just the night before — palliated the otherwise menacing hustle and bustle of high-end gift shopping, now stretches from sidewalk to sidewalk, uninterrupted by the apparent passing of time, bathing the…
Explosive fire at Vashon Energy alarms students and teachers
McKenna Anderson, Reporter A fire broke out around 12:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 2, at Vashon Energy, 20317 Vashon Hwy SW, approximately a third of a mile from the school. The billowing black smoke rising above the trees was seen by students and teachers at the school just as lunch was ending, alarming administrators. Students…
Japanese alumna recounts racial inequity in classrooms
Sequoia Gregorich, Reporter Racial equity was the main topic of a meeting held at the school on Monday, Dec. 12, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The event was sponsored by the Puget Sound Educational Service District (PSESD) and Vashon Island School District (VISD). The evening was a culmination of a partnership started by Superintendent…
Arrival soars by throwing out the rulebook
By Jack Kelly Business & Publishing Editor Confused by the complexity of Arrival, I walked out of the Seaside Theater in Oregon. I was flustered. I’m not exactly the proverbial moron, but I struggled to understand the timeline, the thematic jumble, the complexity of the characters. Then there’s the combination of time slips, aliens, and a complicated…
How much do you know about Hanukkah?
By Aziza Moyer, Reporter & Designer It’s time for the holidays! Christmas cookies, trees, ornaments, and maybe a few menorahs and dreidels. But do the non-Jewish students in the hallways of the school really know anything about Hanukkah or how it is commemorated? “So I know about the menorah and the eight days that…
Forget presents — for teachers, Christmas is all about the family
Aziza Moyer, Reporter and Designer Teachers at our school enjoy Christmas for different reasons, and many of them have different ways of celebrating during the holidays. However, as they have grown older, their views of Christmas-time have often changed. Over the years, many teachers have found that they have begun to value more materialistic…
Instructor Carlson departs mid-year
Beloved English teacher will leave to become a librarian in West Seattle school district on January 3. In this first-person story, managing editor Anne Kehl interviews Carlson up-close and personal about her career at Vashon, the dramatic life experiences gained along the way, and the wisdom gathered during her teaching career on Vashon Anne…
Why is it so expensive to live on Vashon?
By Julian White-Davis, Photo Editor Vashon Island has been a sought-after place to live for decades. However, in recent years, the real estate market has exploded as more and more people have scrambled to claim land on the rural island. “When it comes to how good the market is, Seattle is on fire, and…
Dancing through the Decades
By Aziza Moyer, Reporter Popular dance has evolved throughout time, especially here in America where countless new dance styles have emerged as a result of the constantly changing culture of the nation. Within the last few years, we have witnessed well-liked dance moves, such as the dab, everywhere — from celebrity music videos to our own…