Natalie Brink, Staff Reporter
March 8, 2018
Murder. Beaux-Arts architecture. A crazed assasinator-to-be. Pygmies. In The Devil in the White City, Erik Larson expertly weaves these stories and more into a powerful, delightful narrative of 1893’s World Columbian Exposition....
Caitlin McKeand, Editor-in-chief
February 27, 2018
The Breadwinner is an animated film that has been nominated for nine awards including the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature. Made in 2017, The Breadwinner follows 11-year-old Parvana, a girl who lives under Taliban r...
February 20, 2018
Lanie Malone, Staff Reporter
February 13, 2018
Being raised in a family of accountants, land-men and nurses, I never had actual dreams about writing professionally. When I was younger I wrote like some kids watched TV. I enjoyed it so much that I would scribe pages on pages o...
Blakely Dimiero and Peyton Klam
December 19, 2017
Continuing the billion dollar Star Wars saga, Star Wars: Episode VIII: The Last Jedi was released Dec. 15 and has already kicked off with the second largest domestic opening weekend at the box office ever, $220 million. The Las...
Chloe Strader, Staff Reporter
December 18, 2017
I spent this past semester in Mrs. Legg’s sociology class. We spent the early half of the school year studying the social structure of Vandegrift and the roles we play in that social structure. Once we learned the basics we h...
Caitlin McKeand, Co-Editor in Chief
December 14, 2017
Some kids movies you just don’t hear about as much as others. We hear all the time about Disney movies like Frozen, but what about all those childhood movies we would watch when we were younger that taught us just as much as ...
Claire Lawrence, Staff Reporter
December 13, 2017
The movie Dunkirk, directed by Christopher Nolan, is a thrill setting, dramatic war film that takes place during World War II and follows soldiers that participated in the Dunkirk evacuation. The camera follows actions taking pla...
Natalie Brink, Staff reporter
December 13, 2017
Raquel J. Palacio’s Wonder is a poignant, but charming child’s novel that follows August “Auggie” Pullman as he struggles with going to school for the first time. Like most fifth graders, he has to balance his school, soci...
Natalie Brink, Staff reporter
December 7, 2017
Catch-22 was written by Joseph Heller in 1953. It is a satirical war novel that is set on a small island off the coast of Italy in WWII. The book follows Yossarian, a bombardier who’s desperately trying to get sent home.
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Chloe Strader, Staff Reporter
November 13, 2017
There are several exciting events going on next week here in Austin to celebrate Thanksgiving. There is much to be thankful for! From Nov. 20 to Nov. 26, Austin is going to be flooded with fun holiday festivities that can be enjoyed...
