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SCA holds board member elections, 2024-2025 year
Jumana Alsaadoon, Online Managing Editor • April 16, 2024

The Student Council Association (SCA) is opening its annual board member elections. Students who are interested in running for a position need...

Envirothon team competes local competition
Jumana Alsaadoon, Online Managing Editor • April 16, 2024

The Envirothon team competed and placed third in forestry and a special topic, first in wildlife, first in the oral presentation and first place...

The student section dressed up as frat theme for volleyball game against Staunton.
Red Sea vs. Strike Zone
Evelyn Lewis, Editor-In-Chief • October 16, 2024

Eighteen years ago, when the current senior class was born, so was the name Red Sea for our student section. Now these same seniors are arguing to keep the name after it was changed to the Strike Zone. Senior Davis Bert has been co-running the student section since last year, leading cheers and managing the Red Sea Instagram account alongside senior Evelyn Lewis. Many students, including Bert, wish they could have had a voice when changing...

Junior Carlos Lopez (far left front) practices his clarinet with the rest of the woodwinds section. The band practiced inside when the temperatures on the field topped 100 degrees during the first weeks of school.
Band split has both pros, cons
Jireh Perez, Page Editor • October 16, 2024
Junior Annie Snow creates a digital hall pass.
Hall passes switch from paper to digital
Jireh Perez, Page Editor • October 16, 2024
Junior Joel Friebe-Makinto plays one of his first games as a student at HHS.
Friebe-Makinto moves from Los Angeles, joins football team
Evelyn Lewis, Editor-In-Chief • October 16, 2024

As the school year begins, we often see many new faces in the hallway like junior Joel Friebe-Makinto who recently moved to Harrisonburg. He moved from Los Angeles because his parents are attending Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). Friebe-Makinto played football at his old school and joined our team after moving to Harrisonburg. “We had a lot more players at my old school, the team was a lot bigger but I still enjoy playing at HHS,”...

 Senior Filipo Toelau writes the formula on the board for his DE Statistics class. “My favorite class this year is probably DE Statistics because the class is challenging and it makes me actually work hard to complete assignments.” Toelau said.
Balancing act of school and sports
Jack Powers, Staff Reporter • October 9, 2024
"High School Musical" announced as the musical.
“High School Musical” announced as annual show
Elsie Corriston, Yearbook Editor • October 16, 2024

It’s hard to believe that I couldn’t see how much we were going to all be in this together. Prior to the announcement of this year’s musical, we knew that it would be a combined cast and pit with students from both Harrisonburg and Rocktown (RHS). We all eagerly awaited the announcement of this year’s musical, watching directors take down shows off of the reveal walls. Some of the favorites to go were, “Frozen”, “Hadestown”,...

Changes impact school environment
Evelyn Lewis, Editor-In-Chief • October 16, 2024
Graphic by junior Farrah King-Hughes
OPINION: Fixations ruin people
Farrah King-Hughes, Page Editor • February 26, 2024
A Church in Harrisonburg holds a potluck to break their fast after Ramadan.
Ramadan: The holiest month of the year
Hind Mousa, Guest Writer • April 28, 2023
Freshman Kaylen De Los Santos cheering in JV football, Aug.30.
Black student-athletes share experiences, expectations in sports
Jumana Alsaadoon, Online Managing Editor • March 19, 2024

According to the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) demographics database in 2022, Black student-athletes were 16% of the student-athlete population. Black athletes continue to be the minority in most sports teams. Being the only Black athlete in a sport can push the student to feel...

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The Newsstreak Issue 5 Vol.93 Senior Issue 2024 by Jumana AlSaadoon on Scribd

P.E. Tchoukball
Eliza Godshall, Staff reporter • October 16, 2024

Freshmen Denys Popovych and Mateo Starling play saxophone.
Concert band fall concert
Elsie Corriston, Yearbook Editor • October 11, 2024

Sophomore Josiah Nafziger explains past designs to his team.
First meeting for robotics club
Samuel Walton, Staff Reporter • October 11, 2024

After many canceled meetings, the Robotics Club finally met October 7. Due to the multitude of Mondays...

Jan.8 the first Rockingham County School (RCPS) board meeting of the year was held at Rockingham County Administration Center. In the meeting the board announced the banning of 57 books which one of the board members, Hollie Cave had created. GRAPHIC BY JIAYI LI
Authors, community rally against school board banning 57 books
Jumana Alsaadoon, Online Managing Editor
Junior Joshua Saldana trains with the AD Alcorcon Academy in Spain. "The experience has been like no other," Saldana said.
Saldana scouted by Spanish Academy, trains with Alcorcon in Spain
Clare Kirwan, Head Editor-in-Chief
Recent Sports Results
Sophomore Sammy Abebe listens to his music.
Abebe produces and publishes music
Farrah King-Hughes, Page Editor • March 21, 2024

Sophomore Sammy Abebe started creating music in seventh grade. Music is a fun and inspirational outlet for Sammy. He likes producing his music...

The 81st Golden Globes awards ceremony took place Jan. 7. The Globes have been honoring artists and professionals in film and television for the past 79 years. This year the broadcast flopped, but the awards held sweeps from "Oppenheimer," "The Bear" and "Succession."
Golden Globes winners announced 1/7, awards season commences
Clare Kirwan, Head Editor-in-Chief • January 8, 2024

The 81st Golden Globes Awards Ceremony aired all across the globe at 8p.m. EST, Sunday, Jan. 7 . The Golden Globes have recognized American and...

Rosasco compiled her realism and abstract artworks together in a collage.
Wilson Downtown Gallery helps restore Harrisonburg’s art culture
Camryn Johnson, Jiayi Li, and Isabel Lewis August 21, 2023

Tucked away in the mountainside of Virginia, the college town of Harrisonburg is in the process of revamping its community by uplifting the arts,...

Graphic designer and co-founder of Earth Surprise Murals, Matt Leech paints a mural on the side of the Explore More Discovery Museum. Photo courtesy of Matt Leech
The Man: Leech creates mural, graphics for downtown Harrisonburg
Jumana Alsaadoon and Clare Kirwan August 21, 2023

The art scene has taken Harrisonburg by storm in the past 15 years, according to Jenny Burden, the director of the Arts Council of the Valley....

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