A love letter to Coffee
Coffee, I love you, but I have not always loved you. We met at the supermarket, when I licked some grounds off a self-service bean grinder. Young and foolish, I had expected chocolate, but instead I...
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Varsity Boys Soccer vs. Patrick Henry
Slideshow • 9 PhotosNoah SiderhurstSenior Liam McGehee passes the ball during the regional quarterfinal against Patrick Henry.Close When sophomore Anthony Lopez managed to bury a long free kick in the...
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HHS Excellence Awards
Slideshow • 9 PhotosOwen Stewart/Sam HeieFreshman Simon Beach receives a medal for excellence in choral music. Close
View ArticleSophomores change their driving plans for next year due to new rules
In Virginia you can get your licence at 16 years old, which is junior year for most students. With the overcrowding issue at our school, administration has decided that more trailers will be added into...
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Smith ties up end of the year with tie-dye activity
Slideshow • 10 PhotosNyah PhengsitthyChemistry students had the opportunity to bring in their own white t-shirts to dye. Close Usually done at the end of the school year, chemistry teacher Suzanne...
View ArticleStudents present proposals at City Council meeting
As an alternative to AP Government and other social studies classes, some seniors and the occasional junior decide to enroll in a Government Field Experience class, where the students visit different...
View ArticleVarsity boys tennis advances to the state championship
A team made of a majority of first and second year tennis players, most without professional training and most without any outside experience of tennis has made it to states. Against all the odds, the...
View ArticleOutdoor track celebrates season with ice cream banquet
Now that the regular track season has come to a close, the team hosted their annual end-of-the-season banquet Wednesday evening, May 31. The banquet not only celebrated the end of another season of...
View ArticleBoys Varsity Soccer Regional Quarterfinals
The boys varsity soccer team took on the Patrick Henry Patriots in the Regional Quarterfinals. The Streaks were knocked out of the tournament falling to the Patriots 3-2.
View ArticleBand holds annual spring concert, celebrates seniors
Gathering in the auditorium for one last time this year, the string ensemble, concert band, symphonic band and United Sound band took part in the annual spring band concert to bring the year to a close...
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MOTS: What are your summer plans?
Slideshow • 5 PhotosJunior Antonella D’Elia“I’m going to New York. [I’m] going to see some musicals and just visit around the state like the Statue of Liberty.”Close
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Inge retires after long career
Economics and personal finance teacher Mary Inge first started teaching in 1972, nearly 30 years before any student at the high school was born. “I was of the generation that I really did not think I...
View ArticleBoys tennis takes tough loss in the first round of States
For the first time in near decades, the boys tennis team made a breakthrough unexpected win to the State quarterfinals. In the first round, they lost 6-0 in a default loss to Thomas Jefferson High...
View ArticleNew high school rumored location needs to be reconsidered
There’s no denying the dire need for a new high school in Harrisonburg in order to solve the issue of overcrowding. The only issue is the rumored location for this much needed project, located right...
View ArticleWhy is hip hop so popular?
These days everybody listens to hip hop. It plays all over the hit music radio stations. Kids blare it in the hallways. Tons of wannabe rappers create accounts on Soundcloud, some rising to mainstream....
View ArticleMass shootings aren’t the biggest reason for gun control
When we think about gun violence, mass shootings are what comes most readily to mind. But while mass shootings should be addressed, there is a much larger issue with guns in this country. I’m not...
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Tropical Smoothie rewards thousands of free smoothies to students
Slideshow • 11 PhotosHannah MillerSenior Eva Didot receives her free smoothie. Tropical Smoothie donated thousands of smoothies after members of the Harrisonburg community reached 10,000 shares on a...
View ArticleWyatt’s final dance choreography honors Amber Corriston
Senior Jane Wyatt has performed her last dance on the HHS stage. Choreographed to incorporate snippets of her previous dances throughout the years, Wyatt performed it several times in showcases. “When...
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Senior awards assembly presents scholarships
Slideshow • 16 PhotosSarah EarleSenior Nicole Raab receives the Greg Kuykendall Memorial Scholarship from the Harrisonburg Education Foundation presented by Brack Collier. Raab is attending JMU this...
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