![Sweet Joys Cakes and Desserts owner Naomi Joy Brazeil stands in front of her display of artificial flowers that she uses for cake decorations. I like having them up here, so we can see what we need. My aunt just came up here and helped me get something organized, Naomi Joy Brazeil said.](https://hhsmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/DSC00160-2-1200x800.jpg)
Sweet Joy’s Cakes and Desserts family bakery grows from foundations built throughout years
![The cover of the book SOLD written by Patricia McCormick](https://hhsmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/sold-real-one-e1709833694726.jpg)
Author of ‘SOLD’, McCormick, shares journey, writing book about trafficking
![Graphic by Jumana Alsaadoon.](https://hhsmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Native-Americans-in-virginia-copy.jpg)
Indigenous Virginians spread awareness ‘We’re still here’, fight for Federal recognition after ‘paper genocide’
![Tamara Mines was hired over the summer of 2023 as the new principal of Rocktown High School.](https://hhsmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Mines--800x1200.jpg)
MEET MINES: New principal brings vision to Rocktown as construction continues
![Junior Theo Thompson and senior Kristi Duong created the Asian Student Association this fall. The club has already had a number of meetings and has an upcoming potluck for all HHS students.](https://hhsmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/IMG_3542.jpg)
Duong, Thompson bring Asian Student Association vision to life
![Biology teacher Gehrie Bair teaches his AP Biology class.](https://hhsmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_3863-e1701791036808-900x1200.jpeg)
Biology teacher, Bair earns Virginia science teacher award
![Vasiliauskas, new English teacher shares teaching path](https://hhsmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screenshot-2023-09-19-at-7.55.15-PM.png)
Vasiliauskas, new English teacher shares teaching path
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Jones copes with stress through crafts
![Freshman Katie Grace Schwartz plays soccer for Thomas Harrison Middle School.](https://hhsmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/image.png)
Schwartz prepares for the upcoming swim, soccer seasons
![Senior Kasey Thompson won the VA Journalist of the Year competition and placed in the top five Journalists of the Year at the JEA spring convention in San Francisco.](https://hhsmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG_6933-copy-3.jpg)
Newsstreak senior, Thompson, places in national journalism competition
![Memorial near the football field for 17-year-old Calour Fields, who died because of gun violence.](https://hhsmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Boys-Varsity-Soccer-vs-TA-1669-1-2-900x478.jpg)
Community deals with aftermath of gun violence
![Seniors Riley Thompson, Kasey Thompson, Jolie Sallah and Silas Spears pose for a picture on a trip to San Francisco for a journalism convention.](https://hhsmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/krjs.jpg)
Newsstreak Senior Farewells
Do you feel that HHS and our city are inclusive environments for all cultures/ethnicities?
- Yes, I do (60%, 67 Votes)
- We can improve (30%, 34 Votes)
- No, I do not (10%, 11 Votes)
Total Voters: 112
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![Seniors Tzeviya Morris-Dean and Mia Rodamer pie school resource officer.](https://hhsmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_9716-1200x800.jpg)
![Senior Johanna Mayfield performs Suite for Piano, Mvts. III & II by Norman Dello Joio.](https://hhsmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_2062-1200x800.jpg)
![Senior Giovanni Anselmo throws the ball in.](https://hhsmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_9052-e1715008876425-800x1200.jpg)
Correction to the original article in the Newsstreak print issue "A New Era" published May 9th, 2024: ****Italian 2 and 3 and ASL are being...
![Chris Hulleman presents about how he and his wife works with data science.](https://hhsmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Chris-Hullamen-1200x800.jpg)
Every year, the Governors STEM Academy hosts a STEMinar each quarter. For the third quarter STEMinar,...
![A historical marker on Court Square in memorial of the lynching of African-American woman, Charlotte Harris](https://hhsmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_1268-1200x1115.jpg)
Charlotte Harris was in custody for being accused of instigating the burning of a barn by a Black teenager,...
![Resident Jennifer Vickers grandparents home which is now a Klines Dairy Bar. (Photo courtesy of Northeast Neighborhood Association)](https://hhsmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_1711.jpg)
The smoke from the fires that started in the 1950s and 1960s, destroying houses in the Northeast neighborhood,...
![Sweet Joys Cakes and Desserts owner Naomi Joy Brazeil stands in front of her display of artificial flowers that she uses for cake decorations. I like having them up here, so we can see what we need. My aunt just came up here and helped me get something organized, Naomi Joy Brazeil said.](https://hhsmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/DSC00160-2-1200x800.jpg)
Sweet Joy's sweet history Sweet Joy’s Cakes and Desserts’ owner Naomi Joy Brazeil begins each...
![The cover of the book SOLD written by Patricia McCormick](https://hhsmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/sold-real-one-e1709833694726.jpg)
The tune of Backstreet Boys floated around the women's shelter as American journalist Patricia McCormick...
![Graphic by Jumana Alsaadoon.](https://hhsmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Native-Americans-in-virginia-copy.jpg)
“A lot of people don't even know we exist, have existed as tribes for this long. I think part of that...
![Even though students arent allowed to use phones during the school day, listening to music when they are already on top of their school work isnt harmful.](https://hhsmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_6330-e1663079951720-675x900.jpg)
![Journalism is found in so many different aspects of your everyday life that you may not even realize.](https://hhsmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_7427-900x675.jpg)
![The shooting at Robb Elementary School took the lives of 19 children, two teachers and left six in critical care.](https://hhsmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/4A655FF1-BCC9-4BBE-96B0-C4D09122337A-675x900.jpeg)
Do you feel that HHS and our city are inclusive environments for all cultures/ethnicities?
- Yes, I do (60%, 67 Votes)
- We can improve (30%, 34 Votes)
- No, I do not (10%, 11 Votes)
Total Voters: 112
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