Ally Wooller and Madison Thorpe, Authors

As the underclassman plan out their schedules for next year, a fun component of scheduling is choosing electives! When it comes to choosing electives there may be difficulties due to not knowing what exactly is included by taking that class. Students should ask themselves questions before choosing their...

Derek Viator, Author

  MiniTHON began in Prince William County two years ago at Battlefield. The catalyst for this wonderful event? Lauren Hillig. A rising Senior when it began, Lauren saw the event “THON” at Penn State and was inspired by it. Lauren took it to administration and pitched the idea. With the help...

Camille Owen, Author

Latin is underrated at Battlefield. Aside from the smug looks and questions that Latin students always receive from Spanish and French students, someone always brings up the fact that Latin is a “dead language”. Just because it is no longer a spoken language, Latin is far from dead. It is used everyday...

Ashley Donohoe, Author

One of Battlefield’s claims-to-fame is their wildly successful high school sports teams, with a variety of both the boys and girls teams reaching the state level. Behind these teams, however, are the school’s athletes, who have recently started to develop unusual training habits in order to reach...

Alex Young, Author

It is safe to say that sports are one of the most controversial things ever created. Around the world, sporting clubs not only represent cities and countries, but also play a key role in telling cultural history. From the Olympic Games, which are said to have begun in 776 BC, to present day national...

Michael Barbuti, Author

Thousands of youths from around the Haymarket and Gainesville region play on teams in the Gainesville Basketball Association (GBA). Kids of nearly all ages, from second grade all the way to twelfth, have the ability to learn and play the game of basketball through GBA. Many students from both Battlefield...

Georgia Mintz, Author

March 5, 2019

On October 11, 2017, The Boy Scouts of America announced that they would be allowing girls to join the program. As effective of February 2019, girls were given the opportunity...

Alex Young, Author

February 28, 2019

In November of 2017 the game changed - the ice cream game. It was at that time that Baskin Robbins, a national ice cream chain, opened up in Gainesville, Virginia. Located...

Natalie Candland, Author

February 22, 2019

Imagine living the best possible life and being completely satisfied with what has been completed. Now imagine that this life only spans half of a human’s average life expectancy....