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The student news site of Chantilly High School (Chantilly, VA)

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The student news site of Chantilly High School (Chantilly, VA)

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Cozy indoors meet sunny getaways

Cozy indoors meet sunny getaways

Nandini Sattineni, Staff Writer
December 16, 2024
Demi Sandler visited Reston Town Center Ice Skating Pavilion on Dec.24,2023 “My favorite part of the skating rink is that it’s really pretty during the night,” sophomore Demi Sandler said.

Winter brings holiday activities in Northern Virginia

Huda Noorzai, Business Manager
December 10, 2024
Asteroid becomes temporary second moon

Asteroid becomes temporary second moon

Janya Shrivastava, Staff Writer
December 5, 2024
Senior Tristan Thurnysan posing with the Penn State lion after a visit.

Students weigh campus costs, academics in college search

Robert Karabulut, Staff Writer
November 27, 2024
Keeping Busy

Keeping Busy

Sahar Ejaz, Staff writer
November 22, 2024
Celebrating strength

Celebrating strength

Sahar Ejaz, Staff writer
November 8, 2024
During warmup on Sep. 19, senior captain Mars Barry, senior Stephanie Nicholson, senior Amelia Maurer and junior Hee Theng Chong practice their sautés, which are leaps where the front leg is used to land and the back leg is extended. According to Drum Corps International, practicing dance makes guard members’ skill on equipment even higher because they can move their bodies in an enhanced way. “The hardest part about guard, for me, has always been the dancing,” Barry said. “It’s not really something I’m good at, but I get over it by doing it a bunch and practicing.”

Color guard spins through fall season

Hansika Gautama, Features Editor
November 5, 2024
Biology teacher Boram Lee teaches her students about ingestion in fifth period on Sep. 6.

Lee here with new beginnings

Asmin Cakir, Copy Editor/Social Media Marketing Manager
November 2, 2024
Sophomore Manasvi Singh lights firecrackers with her friend Joy Raichura, on Nov. 12, 2023. Used with permission of Manasvi Singh

Diwali lights the way as students share cultural traditions

Athula Cheboli, Copy editor/unity manager
November 1, 2024
Fairfax County Begins New Partnership with Varsity Tutors

Fairfax County Begins New Partnership with Varsity Tutors

Brendan Lewis, Staff Writer
October 28, 2024
Systems of support advisory instructional assistant Kenika Wawrzyniak works on her laptop in fifth period on Sep. 4. Photo by Delaney Brooks

Wawrzyniak connects past to present

Delaney Brooks, Editor-in-chief
October 28, 2024
Special education math teacher James Johnson monitors a passing period on Oct. 17. Photo by Delaney Brooks

Johnson dives into new job, makes splash in math department

Delaney Brooks, Editor-in-chief
October 28, 2024
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