The Treaty

Jaden Cumpston’s hands on March 14th, 2018, after he participated in the National School Walkout to protest gun violence.

Threatening Message Found Inside Boys Bathroom

Aaron Thomas, Julius Bastien, and Sydney Haulenbeek October 30, 2018

On October 25, word got around the school of a possible school shooting. This rumor stemmed from graffiti on the wall of a boys bathroom, which advised students not to come to school and warned of their...

Michaea Woodlard, freshman, holding a plushie of ‘RJ’ -  BT21 merch designed by Jin of the K-Pop group BTS.

K-Pop in Kempsville: BTS

Sydney Haulenbeek, Editor in Chief October 29, 2018

In 2012 K-Pop made its big break in the west with PSY’s hit Gangnam Style. Glaringly different from the well-manufactured bubblegum pop that normally floods the Korean music industry, it became the first...

New Security Changes Help Protect Students

New Security Changes Help Protect Students

Sydney Haulenbeek, Editor in Chief October 3, 2018

Even as Kempsville High School and VBCPS continue to allow visitors, a new layer of front-desk security is still being added this year - a video intercom system. A silver box that contains a video camera,...

Welcome Back Chiefs! Here’s a Guide on All of the Student Changes New This Year

Welcome Back Chiefs! Here’s a Guide on All of the Student Changes New This Year

Sydney Haulenbeek, Editor in Chief September 27, 2018

  Welcome back Chiefs! Over the summer, quite a few changes have been made that will impact your 2018-2019 school year and Kempsville High School’s campus in general. With that in mind, here...

Happy Retirement, Mr. Harris!

Happy Retirement, Mr. Harris!

Sydney Haulenbeek, Business Manager and Staff Writer June 8, 2018

As the 2017 - 2018 school year draws to an end, so does the time of Kempsville’s current Principal, William “Bill” Harris.   Harris came to Kempsville in 2012, replacing Evangeline Petrich....

Mr. Kempsville, 2018, Is Crowned!

Sydney Haulenbeek, Business Manager and Staff Writer May 29, 2018

Kempsville High School’s SCA hosted the 2018 Mr. Kempsville pageant on Friday, May 18th. The theme was ‘Mr. Kempsville Braves Jurassic Park’ and proceeds went to the SCA, Leadership Workshop and...

A Brand New Look: KHS’ Library Reopens After Remodeling

A Brand New Look: KHS’ Library Reopens After Remodeling

Sydney Haulenbeek, Business Manager and Staff Writer May 16, 2018

      The renovation of Kempsville High School’s library began on March 5, 2018, and reopened on May 9th. It was originally expected to be completed two weeks prior, but electrical...

Avengers: Infinity War - the Game Changing Avengers Movie

Avengers: Infinity War – the Game Changing Avengers Movie

Sydney Haulenbeek, Business Manager and Staff Writer May 14, 2018

Warning! Spoilers. Not detailed, but still heavily present.   Avengers: Infinity War isn’t a movie for a casual Marvel fan, nor someone who isn’t fully caught up in all the going-on’s...

Voices that Matter: the Kempsville Students Who Walked

Voices that Matter: the Kempsville Students Who Walked

Sydney Haulenbeek, Business Manager and Staff Writer March 21, 2018

Two hundred and six. That's the number of Kempsville High School students who chose to participate in National School Walkout Day on March 14th, exactly a month after the tragic shooting at Marjory High...

Kempsville’s View on Gun Violence and Student Walkouts

Kempsville’s View on Gun Violence and Student Walkouts

Sydney Haulenbeek, Business Manager and Staff Writer March 7, 2018

On February 14, 2018, a school shooting occurred at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Since then, many of the student survivors have opposed gun violence and supported gun restrictions....

Actors Take the Stage in You Cant Take It with You!

Actors Take the Stage in “You Can’t Take It with You!”

Sydney Haulenbeek, Business Manager and Staff Writer November 28, 2017

A playful, teasing woman named Essie dances clumsily a few feet to the tune of Beethoven (which her husband, Ed, had proudly declared was a sound of his own creation), as her mother Penny sat nearby, chattering...

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