TEACH. Ms. Sylvain teaches a crowded 1st period class. Teachers' classes are expected to have more students in them to help adapt to the schools budget cuts. Photo courtesy of Jacob Henley. With fewer people enrolling in Vashon Island School District, legislative changes, and overall changes to administrative positions and classes, VISD will experience budget cuts for years to come. These budget cuts are going to affect everyone in different ways. For example, administrators

Now after leaving you all with quite the heinous sight of fashion crimes past, I return to show you hope for the following years of fashion to come. But what would Amali Lewis ideally see in future looks? Let’s start off with the basics. I believe vintage clothing should come back into style, particularly clothing from the 1900-1910’s (the Edwardian era) and 1930’s. While the other more popular decades like the 50’s and 70’s do deserve their flowers, these underrated so call

LAMENT. Commuters who wish to do Running Start stand in front of VHS and wave. These students have to choose between their lives on Vashon and the benefits of Running Start. Photo courtesy of Gloria Erickson. Since 2018, Vashon Island School District (VISD) has had a policy that prohibits commuter students from participating in running start unless they transfer to their home district and away from Vashon. This includes students who want to do a hybrid of running start and h

Everyone is buzzing after the release of Ryan Gosling’s new movie, Project Hail Mary, and after seeing it for myself, I understand why. While the background and cinematography are incredible, the real hook is the acting. The acting by Gosling, the puppeteers, and the alien’s voice actors, all worked incredibly well together to create hilarious banter and emotional scenes that tug at the heart. If that alone isn’t enough, instead of just any other space movie where the main

POISON. Colorful puns and rhymes act as friendly reminders not to destroy your lungs. The school bell slices through the busy silence of 3rd period. Clusters of students file out anxiously, hoping to make it to their next class before the next bell. Some are headed for the library, a few fall behind after adding yet another grotesquely thick book to their backpacks, others plan to talk with friends in the hallway. But a smaller group is headed to the bathroom. Once inside, t

SET. Bright red sunset over Telequah. The most popular catastrophic scenarios are also the least likely, this article will talk about the more likely ones. Photo courtesy of Carter Harmon. We all know the story of at least one apocalyptic scenario, whether it be zombies or asteroids, but what about the realistic ones? Well, here are the facts about those. Chronic Wasting Disease (A fatal neurological disease found in cervids) is close to zombification, but has never occurred

ACHIEVE: The FBLA club attends regionals. FBLA is a newly founded club at VHS and they have already made a big achievement by qualifying for state. Photo Courtesy of Olive Alpen. This year our Debate and Future Business Leaders of America clubs have had a very successful year where students from the clubs have made it to state. After a few months of competitions, the debate team was able to attend state after some of the members qualified in their events. After its initiatio

PLAY. In this photo you see a student participating in a spring sport offered at VHS. There are many other sports to choose from as well. Photo courtesy of Mele Nelson. There are many varieties of spring sports at VHS such as boys baseball, track and field, boys lacrosse, girls tennis, girls softball, boy’s soccer and golf. The majority of these sports are outdoors, and many people like that spring sports are outside while the weather gets warmer as we shift from winter to s