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The Harvester News

The Student News Site of Hayfield Secondary School

The Harvester News

The Student News Site of Hayfield Secondary School

The Harvester News

Two students feeling stressed with their workload in senior year

How to be stressed: the anti-guide

Katerina Floros, Editor-in-Chief June 6, 2025

As the end of the school year approaches, finals season begins. With big events, AP exams, final projects and plain everyday life, students are more stressed than ever. Everyone’s asking, “how can...

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End of school year growth, hopes, wishes, and advice.

Sultana Fortune-Musa, Staff Writer June 6, 2025

As this school year has come to an end, many students have experienced a year full of growth and change. We all experienced progress in many different ways, such as academically and socially. Additionally,...

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Teachers Reflect on the School Year

Sade Diggs, Staff Writer June 6, 2025

With the 2024-2025 school year coming to a close, teachers were asked about their experiences, reflections, and thoughts on what made this school year meaningful. From fun moments to lessons learned,...

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Classes that you might want to take online (and why)

Keiko Earle and Raven Barkatullah June 4, 2025

When the April-June part of the school year rolls around, many students are already heavily considering their schedules for the next academic year. However, some classes students may want to take can sometimes...

Elea Junod and her coworkers at her lifeguarding job.

Summer jobs of 2025 from Hayfield students

Nargis Ismailzada, Staff Writer June 4, 2025

The end of the school year is slowly approaching and students are anticipating the arrival of summer break. With this, students are seeking water-related job opportunities over the summer to gain experience...

Classroom at Hayfield depicting distracted students

Pros/Cons to iPhone pouches in 2026

Camila Cruz, Staff Writer June 2, 2025

Many students and adults in the building have a lot of opinions about the iPhone pouch situation. Many students at Hayfield have a negative opinion about the phone pouches but adults, on the other hand,...

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Top 5 things that carried the 2024-25 school year

Aryan Sharma, Staff Writer June 2, 2025

The 2024-25 school year was a rollercoaster. At times, it was stressful, but, at other times, it was exciting and fun with friends. Through it all, here are five things that helped students in making this...

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What rule would students change if they were in charge for a day?

Kayla Spiess-Ki, Staff writer June 2, 2025

Students often have abstract and intuitive ideas for how to make the school environment better in their eyes.. Students were asked what rule they would change if they were the principal or even the superintendent...

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Are teens paying the price for a quick boost?

Julia Schoennauer and Emily Fredlake June 2, 2025

AP exams, SOLs, finals, late night sport games, and homework, are causing teens to miss out on sleep, with that, energy drinks are becoming more popular to get a quick boost. As energy drinks have increased...

Casey Shannon standing in the Hayfield Courtyard.

More than just a teacher: unveiling the hidden life of Casey Shannon

Kaylen Alexander and Adriana Young June 2, 2025

Every student knows Casey Shannon is the cool photography teacher who always has a camera looking for a good picture. But outside the darkroom, there is more to Shannon than meets the eye.  Two years...

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How does the competitive culture of Northern Virginia affect Hayfield students?

Ava Saunders, Editor-in-chief May 29, 2025

In notoriously competitive Northern Virginia, high achievement is expected especially at the high school level when students are on the road to apply to college. At Hayfield specifically, classes and extracurriculars...

Students are waiting outside of the building in pouring rain until the building opens at 7:40 a.m.

Students share concern over strict policy on opening the doors prior to 7:40 a.m.

Aryan Sharma, Staff Writer May 16, 2025

Every morning, whether it be rain or sunshine, students have to wait outside until 7:40 a.m. before they are allowed inside the building. Principal Darin Thompson explains why this school policy exists. “While...

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