Trucker Nation

Ian Robinson is a class of 2018 graduate from Churchland High School that is currently attending William and Mary University. During his time in the school, he made his mark in many places. It’s hard to even find a teacher who hasn’t at least heard his name before. Ian gives some advice about college as a whole from his point of view.

Ian was the student representative for the school board for a bit of time, but how did it impact him in the...

As she got off the plane her heart racing, palms sweaty, and stomach turning she walked towards the baggage claim area.  Checking her pockets she realized she lost her ticket to claim her luggage. Her eyes began to water this is already turning into a nightmare.

Maria is a 15-year-old exchange student from Spain who was about to experience and see things she never seen before. Maria looks up and notices her host family, and she is sp...

Beartooth is a very different band that is difficult to fit into any genre or even subgenre. The band gave a feel of many different genres, such as hardcore punk and metalcore especially on their newest album Disease, released on September 28, 2018. Disease is Beartooth’s fourth studio album and even after only hearing it a couple of times, it already changed things for me quite a bit. The album consists of twelve tracks including songs such as “Afterall...

This year’s The Grinch movie is an animated science fiction movie full of the classic antics we all know and love from the Grinch. This time the Grinch is played by Benedict Cumberbatch who in my opinion does a great job playing his character. The movie takes place in and around Whoville during Christmas time.

For this year’s Christmas, the people of Whoville have decided to make Christmas bigger and better than ever before. But the Grinch...

A Quiet Place is a post-apocalyptic drama/horror movie released in April 6th, 2018, directed by and starring John Krasinski, along with Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe and Cade Woodward.

The story takes place in a deserted city of the United States. Over the year 2020, the Earth has been attacked by big creatures that have hypersensitive hearing and kill anything that makes noise. The movie is about the Abbott family, that...

On a hot sunny day in Surprise, Arizona, seven-year-old Sydni is playing school with her brothers and sisters outside. “Alright class, recess is over, time to go inside.”  As her brother and sister follow her into the den there are little tables with crayons and paper. This was Sydni’s dream job. And her dream would come true.

Born on February 6th, 1995 to her two loving parents, she grew up along with her brother and sister. Then her parent...

Recently, Churchland High School had its annual Powder-Puff football game. In Powder-Puff, girls and boys switch roles; girls play football and boys cheer. The game is played by the juniors and seniors.

At the start of the game, the juniors quickly scored a touchdown. It was 0-7 juniors for the first quarter. In the second quarter, the seniors fairly scored a touchdown. The score stayed 7-7 for majority of the third and fourth quarter...

On July 20th 2018, Hard Rock/Alternative Metal band Daron Malakian and Scars On Broadway released their second studio album, Dictator. The album commemorates the 103rd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and was released about ten years after their self-titled album from 2008. The 12 track sophomore album consists of two covers and ten original songs composed by frontman Daron Malakian, who played every instrument for the songs during the album’s record...

It was a cold night while we waited outside a restaurant we were only at to redeem a coupon for. After deciding not to freeze, we went inside to wait even longer. The place was crowded with others, and my family was getting perturbed. The boyfriend, a known annoyance, was strangely quiet, giving a vibe of “Walking on eggshells” with any wrong word blowing a kernel of sand into a sandstorm.

Finally being seated, we ordered, waited and recieved our...

5’7 with piercing pale blue eyes and short brown hair is a woman named Coach Aiken, but some may call her Ms. Aiken.

From 7:25 AM to 2:18 PM she teaches English by day and coaches swim in the evening.

Coach Aiken is not new to coaching. This year will be her twelfth year coaching the Churchland High School swim team. She didn’t take part in swimming since her high school was extremely small. However, Aiken did participate in a summer recrea...