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Elective Highlight: AP Statistics
What is statistics? Well, according to the beloved source of Wikipedia, it’s “the discipline that concerns the collection, organization,...

Grace Ding
Dec 2, 20243 min read


Hear Me Out: I’m Thankful for VHHS
**The media below contains the opinion of an individual student and therefore does not represent or speak to the values of Vestavia Hills...

Tina Gao
Dec 2, 20243 min read


How Can High School Students Become Politically Active
Photo courtesy of Google With the 2024 U.S. presidential election having come to an end, you may be asking yourself how you could have...
Pratul Danasekar
Dec 2, 20242 min read


What Students Did Over Thanksgiving
Photo courtesy of Los Angeles Times From November 23rd to December 1st, the students of Vestavia Hills High School enjoyed a much-needed...

Kate Guven
Dec 2, 20242 min read


Thanksgiving Outside the US
Photo courtesy of Hoover Tung/Shutterstock.com Thanksgiving – a day of gratitude, fall leaves, and stuffed turkey. Like any other...

Namira Rubaiyath
Dec 2, 20242 min read


Swim and Dive State Championship
Freshman Shepherd Rubin, 8th-grader Tucker Hicks, senior Ari Azrad, senior William Lazenby, senior Aiden Tillis, freshman Bennett...

Angela Zhang
Dec 2, 20243 min read


Scholars’ Bowl Highlight
Image: Shown left to right, Rett Kline (class of 2026), Parker Lachowicz (2025), Yash Pillai (2027), and Daniel Cheng (2024, graduated)...

Ethan Melenevsky
Dec 2, 20242 min read


Opening Night for the Vestavia Hills Jazz Band
Andy Sheng - Video and photo courtesy of Nhu Le: from YouTube https://youtu.be/D5T0J6MyDFM?si=xN5k9X75Ea2NSKz5 See link to watch the...
Andy Sheng
Dec 2, 20242 min read


Gratitude and Goodwill at VHHS
**The media below contains the opinion of an individual student and therefore does not represent or speak to the values of Vestavia Hills...

John Pickett
Nov 18, 20243 min read


A Spotlight on Youth Leadership
Photo courtesy of @ylvhhs Instagram Youth Leadership (YL) has been a class at Vestavia for 20 years. For many years, Mrs. Prewitt taught...

Evie White
Nov 18, 20242 min read


Things to do over Thanksgiving Break
**The media below contains the opinion of an individual student and therefore does not represent or speak to the values of Vestavia Hills...
Campbell Myrick
Nov 18, 20242 min read


The Lore Behind Veterans Day
Veterans Day originated in World War I after the Allied forces and Germany signed an armistice agreement on the 11th hour of the 11th day...

Tina Gao
Nov 18, 20242 min read


The NCAA Lawsuit: Why Does It Matter?
https://www.sportstravelmagazine.com/usopc-ncaa-announce-olympic-and-paralympic-sport-cooperation-agreement/ The controversial NCAA...

Emily Jin
Nov 18, 20242 min read


XC State
The Vestavia Hills Cross Country team traveled to Oakville, Alabama to compete in the state championship. The team headed there the day...

Angela Zhang
Nov 18, 20242 min read


Poetry Out Loud Competition
By: Anna Kate Bailey and Sidney Grace Culwell Vestavia Hills High School’s annual Poetry Out Loud competition occurred this month! The...
Vestavia Pillar
Nov 18, 20242 min read


Which Countries Celebrate Thanksgiving?
If you live in the United States, chances are you’ve heard the story of Thanksgiving. We’ve all enacted that first Thanksgiving scene in...

Tina Lou
Nov 18, 20242 min read


A Historic Performance: Vestavia Teams at Alabama Youth Judicial
By: Ethan Melenevsky and Anna Kate Bailey Image: Andy Sheng, James Junkin, Anna Kate Bailey, Mr. Michael Sinnott, Greta Christiansen,...
Vestavia Pillar
Nov 5, 20243 min read


College Application Sentiments
Photo courtesy of Google As a senior in high school, I can personally attest that life as a 17 year old student feels marginally...
Andy Sheng
Nov 4, 20243 min read


Clay-Chalkville Game
After their final regular season game, the Rebels have ended one of their hardest seasons with a 5-5 record. This past week the Rebels...

Holland Abernathy
Nov 4, 20242 min read


Elective Highlight: AP European History
History is one of the most important subjects to study, hence why we have to take a history class every year in school. It makes sense...

Sidney Grace Culwell
Nov 4, 20242 min read
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