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Workforce fair coming to HHS
Jumana Alsaadoon, Online Managing Editor • March 13, 2024

Next Tuesday, March.19 a workforce fair will be coming to HHS during the first and second blocks. Students who are interested in training or...

Senior service hours due April 1
Jumana Alsaadoon, Online Managing Editor • March 13, 2024

Seniors must complete 50 hours of service during the year in order to earn a service cord for graduation. Student must fill out this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScgvXUExCOkC7QGozcc9O1bj9M7VX_e8PYsOHo23W-N06jRUg/viewform for...

Band director Daniel Upton conducts a band performance. Photo courtesy of Bob Adamek
HHS band director recognized, Music Educator Of The Year
Johnathan Self, Staff Reporter • March 13, 2024

Daniel Upton is the current band director at Harrisonburg High School (HHS). He has led the HHS Marching Band through multiple superior scores for band competitions this year.  This is Upton’s 12th year as the HHS Band director. Upton started band when he was in the sixth grade and continued in band throughout high school. He attended Madison County High School. “As a band director, you have a substantial workload. There is a...

Mu Alpha Theta sponsor works while Junior Anastasia Gatsutsin studies for the SAT.
Mu Alpha Theta offers SAT/ACT tutoring
Matilde Lina Enciso, Staff Reporter • February 21, 2024
Sweet Joys Cakes and Desserts owner Naomi Joy Brazeil stands in front of her display of artificial flowers that she uses for cake decorations. I like having them up here, so we can see what we need. My aunt just came up here and helped me get something organized, Naomi Joy Brazeil said.
Sweet Joy’s Cakes and Desserts family bakery grows from foundations built throughout years
Jiayi Li, Yearbook Managing Editor • March 15, 2024

Sweet Joy's sweet history Sweet Joy’s Cakes and Desserts’ owner Naomi Joy Brazeil begins each week with 20 cake orders with each call, each online order, each in-person visit adding to that list. Working with a team of five, they follow through with their practiced motions of prepping, creating and delivering the cake. In one week, seven people may make 50 cakes. However, this small business began from even smaller beginnings.  Naomi...

Graphic by junior Farrah King-Hughes
OPINION: Fixations ruin people
Farrah King-Hughes, Page Editor • February 26, 2024

Constantly overthinking a topic, is not a rare concept. However, there is a line between healthy overthinking and obsession.  Obsession is never healthy, no matter how much a person may try to defend themself. If it gets to the point that someone sounds desperate to get their point across then it has reached the level of fixation. There are many ways people can define the word, Oxford Languages defines fixation as “having an obsessive...

A Church in Harrisonburg holds a potluck to break their fast after Ramadan.
Ramadan: The holiest month of the year
Hind Mousa, Guest Writer • April 28, 2023
Junior Joshua Saldana trains with the AD Alcorcon Academy in Spain. The experience has been like no other, Saldana said.
Saldana scouted by Spanish Academy, trains with Alcorcon in Spain
Clare Kirwan, Head Editor-in-Chief • February 3, 2024

He sat watching the ruby red jerseys run back and forth on the pitch. At age four, watching Barcelona (Barca) play on his TV, Saldana didn’t know how much of an impact the sport of soccer would have not only on his upbringing, but also on his identity. “I first got into soccer because of my dad....

the Newsstreak
Blue Streak Broadcasting Episode #17 (Feb. 20, 2024)
Blue Streak Broadcasting Episode #17 (Feb. 20, 2024)
March 13, 2024

On this special Tuesday episode, hosts Martha and Addison visit a robotics competition, they see if they...

Seniors Zachary James and VJ Bullard perform a song during the BSU talent show.
BSU holds annual talent show
Soraya Kaussler, Page Editor • March 7, 2024

Sophomore Sienna McDermott follows along in the music waiting to play her triangle part.
Concert Band Pre-Assessment
Elsie Corriston and Francisco Ruiz March 6, 2024

Dr. Hensley takes a picture with Sontay something while she hands him his diploma. Each one of these young men who are with us today have touched somebodys heart in a very special way. They have taught us more than they may ever know, Hensley said.
HHS awards diplomas in Winter graduation
Jiayi Li, Yearbook Managing Editor • February 5, 2024

 

Senior Sophia Pimentel Yoder jumps into Abby Gibsons arms.
Fine Arts Academy students perform, annual showcase, "All Around You"
Adrian Kavazovic, Print Editor-in-Chief • January 11, 2024

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The 81st Golden Globes awards ceremony took place Jan. 7. The Globes have been honoring artists and professionals in film and television for the past 79 years. This year the broadcast flopped, but the awards held sweeps from Oppenheimer, The Bear and Succession.
Golden Globes winners announced 1/7, awards season commences
Clare Kirwan, Head Editor-in-Chief • January 8, 2024

The 81st Golden Globes Awards Ceremony aired all across the globe at 8p.m. EST, Sunday, Jan. 7 . The Golden Globes have recognized American and...

Rosasco compiled her realism and abstract artworks together in a collage.
Wilson Downtown Gallery helps restore Harrisonburg’s art culture
Camryn Johnson, Jiayi Li, and Isabel Lewis August 21, 2023

Tucked away in the mountainside of Virginia, the college town of Harrisonburg is in the process of revamping its community by uplifting the arts,...

Graphic designer and co-founder of Earth Surprise Murals, Matt Leech paints a mural on the side of the Explore More Discovery Museum. Photo courtesy of Matt Leech
The Man: Leech creates mural, graphics for downtown Harrisonburg
Jumana Alsaadoon and Clare Kirwan August 21, 2023

The art scene has taken Harrisonburg by storm in the past 15 years, according to Jenny Burden, the director of the Arts Council of the Valley....

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