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Free and Reduced Lunches Offered During Government Shutdown

Free and Reduced Lunches Offered During Government Shutdown

Sydney Haulenbeek, Editor in Chief January 17, 2019

Following the partial government shutdown, which began on December 22, 2018, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has made temporary free and reduced lunch available for students impacted...

Homophobic Graffiti Found in the Courtyard

Homophobic Graffiti Found in the Courtyard

Sydney Haulenbeek, Editor in Chief January 11, 2019

Monday, January 7, 2019, was when Alecia Felton, sophomore, first noticed the slur on a table decorated by the KHS Gay-Straight Alliance, or GSA. Kempsville’s GSA has two tables in the courtyard,...

Bandersnatch - Youre Not in Control

Bandersnatch – You’re Not in Control

Sydney Haulenbeek, Editor in Chief January 7, 2019

I started playing Bandersnatch, Netflix’s new interactive Black Mirror film, with a digital map readily pulled from Twitter, ready to fix Stefan’s life as he embarked on his video game creation. I...

Where There’s Smoke, There’s a Heater

Where There’s Smoke, There’s a Heater

Sydney Haulenbeek, Editor in Chief January 3, 2019

When students entered the school on Tuesday, January 2, 2019, at the end of their winter break, they were redirected to the auditorium. Fire engines remained outside, two on the front of the building and...

Sophomore Ranesse Rosario  plans to head to New York and visit family for break

Slideshow: Happy Holidays!

Sydney Haulenbeek, Editor in Chief December 21, 2018

Kempsville students and staff say how they plan to enjoy their winter break when it begins on Friday, December 21st, 2018.

Irvin Legend, pro-wrestler, during his speech to Kempsville students on December 18th, 2018.

Wrestling Star Irvin Legend Returns to Kempsville

Sydney Haulenbeek, Editor in Chief December 19, 2018

On Tuesday, December 18, the Vanguard Championship Wrestling (VCW) star Irvin Legend, Kempsville alumni, returned to Kempsville to speak to current students with a message of encouragement.   Legend...

Singing and Signing - Kempsville’s Sign Language Club

Singing and Signing – Kempsville’s Sign Language Club

Sydney Haulenbeek, Editor in Chief December 6, 2018

“Students have been asking me for years to create a sign language club, and this year I was crazy enough to do it,” said Ms. Fernandes, a special ed teacher who began a sign language club at the beginning...

Commitment to Graduate: Class of 2022

Commitment to Graduate: Class of 2022

Sydney Haulenbeek, Editor in Chief November 28, 2018

Commitment to Graduate for the Class of 2022 on Tuesday, November 27, 2018.

Varsity Scholastic teams face off on November 28, 2018. Baysides team is in red, on the left, and Kempsvilles team is on the right. The judge and timekeeper sit in a table in front.

You Win Some, You Loose Some: Kempsville’s Scholastic Teams Face Off

Sydney Haulenbeek, Editor in Chief November 28, 2018

On Monday, November 26, 2018, Kempsville’s Scholastic Bowl team faced off against Bayside in their fifth match of the season.   On the way to the match, in a white activity bus, they quiz...

Officer Walker,  KHS school resource officer, holding the smiley-faced pumpkin of a student.

Slideshow: Thanksgiving Week in Kempsville

Sydney Haulenbeek, Editor in Chief November 21, 2018

Photos of Kempsville events and scenes taken during the week of Thanksgiving 2018, beginning on the 20th.

Jaclydsia Bailey, senior, is thankful for her life.

Slideshow: Kempsville Gives Thanks

Sydney Haulenbeek, Aaron Thomas, and Julius Bastien November 19, 2018

Kempsville students and staff say what they are thankful for on Monday, November 19th, 2018, prior to Thanksgiving break.

Teens disagree with trick-or-treating policy

Teens disagree with trick-or-treating policy

Sydney Haulenbeek, Editor in Chief October 31, 2018

This Halloween, trick-or-treating begins at dusk and ends at 8 p.m. - for kids. Virginia Beach code states that “If any person over the age of twelve years shall engage in the activity commonly known...

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