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

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

The Purple Tide
Aarthika Krishnan

Aarthika Krishnan, Editor-in-Chief

Aarthika is a senior and Editor-in-Chief of The Purple Tide. She enjoys writing fantasy and romance novels, daydreaming, and cuddling with her two adorable kittens.

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According to Freedom For All Americans.org, in 29 states, LGBT Americans are not fully protected from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Virginia is one of 21 states with full LGBT non-discrimination protections in housing, employment, and public spaces such as schools.

Anti-LGBT laws spark controversy nationwide

Aarthika Krishnan, Editor-in-Chief
April 15, 2022
Senior Aneesha Fernandez writes a poem in the school library during CT on March 1. Though poetry may seem daunting at first, new writers can improve by regularly engaging with poetry through reading and writing in their day-to-day lives, according to iUniverse. “Just put your pen to paper. Write something. It doesn’t have to be the greatest poem in the world. No one expects you to be Emily Dickinson or Maya Angelou,” sophomore Kheya Siripurapu said. “It’s your poem. Just keep writing and you’ll get better.”

Poetry enhances student creativity

Aarthika Krishnan, Editor-in-Chief
March 10, 2022
Step into the vast fantasy world of Teyvat. A popular role-playing action game, Genshin Impact has broken records within its first year of release.

Review: Genshin Impact rises to the top

Aarthika Krishnan, Editor-in-Chief
January 28, 2022
Sophomores passionately discuss the difficulties of going straight from Pre-Calculus Honors to AP Calculus BC and how many of their friends have dropped out of AP Calculus BC after the first quarter ended. They form a huddle around a table in the library on Nov. 23.

Diverse but divided: Racial cliques split students

Aarthika Krishnan and Christine Cheung
January 10, 2022
After exploring their personal teaching philosophies, seniors Teresa Morin, Josephine Heyman-Schrum and Colin Jones discuss their essay revisions in Teachers for Tomorrow 1 on Oct. 14.

Teachers for Tomorrow prepares students for educational careers

Aarthika Krishnan, Editor-in-Chief
November 3, 2021
On Sept. 16, junior Amber Villanueva practices her routine with her stunt group of freshman Brianna Wade, junior Lauran Carr and junior Sammie Senio during cheer practice.

Cheerleaders perform in the spotlight

Aarthika Krishnan, Editor-in-Chief
October 5, 2021
By offering a new or unusual perspective, photographs can change the way people look at seemingly ordinary things. In Corbin’s “Loss of Innocence,” the white sheet represents the innocence leaving a person when finally glimpsing a previously unseen reality. "I chose not to show my face; that way, others are able to have a stronger connection to this piece by imagining themselves as me,” Corbin said.

Photography: students explore identity through snapshots

Aarthika Krishnan, Editor-in-Chief
June 20, 2021
Junior Caitlyn Kantaparn’s “Grand Presence” carries cultural significance. Art allows people to express complicated emotions and discover themselves on a deeply personal level.

Artists should create for themselves, not others

Aarthika Krishnan, Managing Editor
April 23, 2021
Humans of Chantilly: Ganesh Rayavarapu

Humans of Chantilly: Ganesh Rayavarapu

Aarthika Krishnan, Managing Editor
April 16, 2021
See John Hopkins University and the Foreign Policy magazine for more information.

US coronavirus response lags behind other countries

Aarthika Krishnan, Managing Editor
December 17, 2020
See the National Center for Learning Disabilities for more information.

Teachers support students with learning disabilities

Aarthika Krishnan, Managing Editor
November 10, 2020
Science teacher Patrick Matalavage demonstrates a physics problem on the white board during seventh period on October 1.

Teachers adapt to virtual learning

Aarthika Krishnan, Managing Editor
October 10, 2020
Despite accounting for only 13.4% of the U.S. population, Black Americans are 2.5 times more likely to be shot and killed by police than white Americans.

Nationwide Black Lives Matter protests confront police brutality

Catherine Xu and Aarthika Krishnan
July 7, 2020
Community provides no-cost resources for food insecure students

Community provides no-cost resources for food insecure students

Aarthika Krishnan, Staff Writer
May 30, 2020
Sophomore Aarthika Krishnan poses with her mom during one of their weekly nature walks. Just like most other families during this time at home, spending time outdoors has become a pastime for Krishnan's family.

Coronavirus Diaries: Aarthika Krishnan

Aarthika Krishnan, Staff Writer
May 13, 2020

Vaulting to greater heights

Aarthika Krishnan, Staff Writer
April 10, 2020
The illustration shows the number of death penalty executions from the past decade, 2010 to 2019, in the United States. States that have already abolished the death penalty are blank.

Con: The death penalty is cruel and unusual

Aarthika Krishnan, Staff Writer
February 3, 2020
College and career resources prepare students for life beyond high school

College and career resources prepare students for life beyond high school

Aarthika Krishnan, Staff Writer
January 7, 2020
Law in Action and government teacher Keenan Goldsby (far right) poses with his family consisting of his younger brother Walt, youngest daughter Megan, mother Sidney, oldest daughter Jessica and wife Germaine.

Keenan Goldsby uses law experience to transform the classroom

Aarthika Krishnan, Staff Writer
November 25, 2019
Seniors Lily Black, Jordan Hundley, and Bezawit Abraha engage in a warm-up discussion in Political Science.

New courses offer additional academic opportunities

Aarthika Krishnan, Staff Writer
October 1, 2019
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