The County Chronicle

The online newspaper for Loudoun County High School

The County Chronicle

The County Chronicle

Blossom into Spring with the Flower and Garden Show

Sofia Hernandez Garcia, Staff Writer April 2, 2024

Held in historic downtown Leesburg, the annual Flower and Garden Show is held in the third week of April to celebrate the upcoming of spring. The town (or vendors) showcase all things gardening by transforming...

Happy AI participates in class with its fellow students.

Anti-AI outlooks prove themselves to be baseless (satire)

Berek Harrison, Managing Editor April 1, 2024

Students like you and me love learning. We love school and technology and putting in effort to get stuff done. But this delicate peace may have been broken by criticism of shocking new technology. Some...

Goofitz quickly snapped a picture of some pterodactyls before almost getting eaten by a tyrannosaurus. Picture by Carter Goofitz.

Elevator Time Travel – Forbidden Elevator Reveals Secrets From The Past (satire)

Cat Pizzarello, Editor-in-chief April 1, 2024

It’s a bird! No, it's a plane! Actually, it’s the magic elevator at Loudoun County High School!  Since the installation, students have been prohibited from riding in the elevator at school. Teachers...

Savannah steadily grows in locker rooms (satire)

Scarlett Ashford, Staff Writer April 1, 2024

Students report locker rooms being transformed into a savannah-like ecosystem, fully equipped with grass, dirty, and a humid climate.  “We all knew the locker rooms were dirty, but this is ridiculous,”...

Melinda Shingler attempts to coax a wasp out of the library during her planning block. Despite efforts, the wasp remained in the school and attacked several students as they tried to check out books from the library.

Wasps and mice and skunks oh my! (April Fools Edition)

Courtlyn Armstrong, Staff Writer April 1, 2024

The hallways are filled with stings, swings, and sounds of students running for their lives as the animals take over Loudoun County.  Animals ranging from insects like wasps to furry critters like...

Senior Matt Thorne after breaking the school record in the 55 meter dash. Three weeks later, Thorne went on to break the school record in the 300 meter dash at the VHSL Class 4 indoor track state meet.

Indoor track team progresses to states

Karan Singh, Business Manager March 24, 2024

On February 26 and 27, select runners from the indoor track team traveled to Liberty University in Lynchburg to participate in the VHSL Class 4 state meet.  Sophomore distance runner Gabe Cunnington...

District XVI All District Concert Band is being directed by Doug Martin. Students performed at John Champe High School. Captains represented in this picture are freshmen Scarlett Ashford and Maddy Strickland.

Students Perform at All-District Band

Justin Goodhart, Staff Writer March 24, 2024

From February 1 through February 3, the annual All-District Band event took place at John Champe High School. Over 300 talented brass, woodwind, and percussion instrumentalists from all over the county...

Oscar Winner “The Boy and the Heron” controversially breaks movie records

Oscar Winner “The Boy and the Heron” controversially breaks movie records

Berek Harrison, Managing Editor March 24, 2024

Last December, after a nearly 10-year wait since his last movie, Hayao Miyazaki, the legendary director and co-founder of Studio Ghibli released his newest and maybe most successful movie ever winning...

Artist of the Issue – Vanessa Carranza

Dylan Johnson, Staff Writer March 24, 2024

“I like singing songs with a lot of vibrato because when I sing I have a lot of vibrato just singing normally. People like Ariana Grande, Whitney Houston, and Christina Aguilera have a vocal range that...

As Armitage reminisces on the season as a senior, he was thankful to swim his final race with senior Kai Tjader. “It was both of our last ever high school races, we just took it all in and enjoyed the moment,” Armitage said. (Kai Tjader, Kyle Armitage, Eric Akers, Zach Bell, Alan Crouse, Jay Wareham, and Benjamin Graham.)

Swim team continues to raise the bar for success

Cat Pizzarello, Editor-in-chief March 24, 2024

Whether it’s backstroke, breaststroke, or the complicated learning curve to the butterfly, the swim team worked hard for their success this season. Progressive build-up of anaerobic and aerobic activities...

“When I was performing I felt the most happiness I ever felt in my life,” Cardona said. “I felt amazing,excited,and prayed for more opportunities like this.” 


Left to right: . Ethan Gonzalez,Ryan Oates,Daniel Robinson,and Ben Schassler performing “Techno” by Jerk Kimbo and “Irish Folk Medley” by Jeremy Sparks.

The Strings they pulled: guitar students perform in Fairfax

Dylan Keyes, Staff Writer March 24, 2024

On February 16, in Fairfax’s Alton Hall, guitar teacher Matthew Trkula and his group of six students performed A free concert open to anyone with the soloist and quartet opening the concert and Trkula...

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