This article was co-written by Whit Barnett SHOUT. Students protest recent ICE activity. Students voice their opinions because they want to see change in the policies and the ways they act upon those policies. Photo courtesy of Jacob Henley. Who says our generation doesn’t care? A clustered web of outstretched arms and signs poke out of the four way intersection on Vashon Highway SW. Passing cars either honk or remain silent, both warranting entirely different reactions from

SWITCH. A screenshot of the new version of Skyward which will be implemented next year. Questions remain about how the new Skyward will affect grading. Photo courtesy of Noah Read. If you go to Vashon Island High School, chances are you've heard of standards based grading (SBG). SBG is responsible for the untraditional 0 through 4 grading scale, the learning standards in the gradebook, and the notorious Skyward trend line. These grading concepts shape how our grading system

SHINE. Ms. Kovacs smiling towards the camera during lunch. Ms. Kovacs is always around VHS answering questions or giving compliments. Her smile and presence will be greatly missed when she leaves at the end of the year. Photo courtesy of Larkin Geisinger.  Sabrina Kovacs, the assistant principal of VHS is leaving the home of the pirates at the end of the year to board another boat. A boat of risk and opportunity.  Ms. Kovacs has been all over the teaching field. She started

EXCHANGE. Costa Rican exchange students and their teachers pose in front of VHS with Profe. Powell. This year VHS hosted various Costa Rican students that attended school with us for a couple of weeks and many VHS students were able to attend school with them in Costa Rica. Photo Courtesy of Daisy Jones. For two weeks, Vashon Island High School hosted Costa Rican Exchange students who came from their school, Liceo Experimental Bilingue de Pococí (LEBP) in Guapiles in Limon,