Cinco de Mayo
Julieta Dentone, Author
April 23, 2018
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Battlefield Swim and Dive team
Sade Smith, Author
January 12, 2018
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Vine 2
Elise Pope and TJ Eagle, Authors
January 12, 2018
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Small business spotlight: CMC
Anna Parsons and Allison Brown
January 12, 2018
Menzie Pittman (left) and Jerry Hammack (right).
Michael Barbuti, Author
Battlefield High School’s student population is increasing more and more each year. As a result, Battlefield’s student parking lot has lost the capability to serve all of the students who drive to school. Over the last few years, students desperate to find parking have chosen to park at the local...
Rebecca Cutsinger, Author
The student Activities Leadership Course (SALC) had been fundraising since the Fall through an organization called Four Diamonds for childhood cancer research and financial support. All the hard work came to a climatic end last Friday night as Battlefield hosted Mini-THON, the overnight celebration...
Michael Barbuti, Author
The quintessential action that teenagers take to display their sense of responsibility and maturity to their parents and peers is attaining their first job. In Virginia, and the United States as a whole, teenagers can get their first job starting at the age of 16; however, adolescents can start working...
Olivia Howard and Tylin Turner
The Battlefield boys soccer team is coached by Mr. Nemerow, Mr. Dolph, Mr. Slaiby, Mr. Merkel and Mr. Mateer. Tryouts begin February 20, and will continue through until the 23rd. Making it all the way to states, the boys had an overall record of 13-6-3 last year. They came out on top with 8-3-3 in the...
Derek Viator and Michael Barbuti
Battlefield’s Softball is coming off a successful season last year, finishing the regular season with fourteen wins and five losses. Softball won their overall series against Patriot, beating Battlefield’s perennial rival two out of the three times they played. Their second win led to their progression...
Sade Smith, Author
The winter sports season has begun and the Battlefield Swim and Dive team has already kicked off the season with a big splash. For being one of the less popular high school sports, the Swim and Dive team has a lot going on throughout the winter. The season stretches from late November through the middle...
Should NFL players be held accountable?
January 12, 2018
Battlefield Varsity Hockey begins the season
November 27, 2017
November 16, 2017
Amanda Kraemer, Author
The world had fallen like ash. Buildings had crumbled, highways had been ripped away like loose floorboards. Humans could no longer roam the streets. The sun did not provide the safety it used to for them. Clouds had swallowed it up long ago and when it appeared again it was never the same. The atmosphere...
Angela Schlagel, Author
My Journey I walk along this trail The trail where I spend parts of my life Deciding what to do and how not to fail. The way is solitary Some will come, others will leave And there will always be baggage to carry. Along this path, memories are made Joyfulness, sadness, and anger But I...
These are the best years of our lives But don’t you know, you’ll reap what you sow? For us, the joy of being young has yet to arrive We cannot relate to your sentimental prime Golden days like ocean waves, Ebb and flow gently through time Unbound, uncaged, like birds flying...
Flamboyant graffiti lines the walls, voicing the unspoken words of the silenced ones. The walls scream...
London riots London's grey, unpleasant land had erupted into a fiery storm of resentment, as the downtrodden...
Maheen Qureshi, Author
May 16 is the beginning of Ramadan, which is the ninth month in the Muslim lunar calendar during which fasting is observed from sunrise to sunset. Healthy, adult Muslims who fast abstain from drinking, eating, and immoral acts and anger. Muslims do take the time, especially during this month, to indulge...
Emily Payne and Izzy Barrett, Authors
What started as a viral video has turned into a massive controversy over the popular coffee company Starbucks. On April 12, 2018, two black men were arrested in a Philadelphia Starbucks for alleged “disturbance and trespassing” after requesting to use the bathroom without purchasing anything, according...
Kelly Cooke and Rylee Pledger, Authors
Swaziland, a country in Africa, is experiencing a water crisis. According to Alexandra Barton, a writer for The Water Project, “40 percent of the population does not have access to clean water.” This meaning that almost half of the people in Swaziland are either dying of dehydration, or they are...
When it comes to cruising, the first step is to choose the perfect cruise line for the ultimate vacation....
Cinco de Mayo is a widely known holiday in the United States that is celebrated yearly on May 5 with...
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