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Letter From The Editor 12/16
Hey everyone! As the year comes to a close, we are all so thankful to everyone who has read a Pillar article this year. To celebrate, we...

Jasmine Zhang
Dec 16, 20241 min read


No Problem with Problems: The VHHS Math Team Tournament
VHHS boasts the largest math tournament in Alabama, attracting more than 1000 competitors annually. Even schools from Georgia and Florida...

Tina Gao
Dec 16, 20242 min read



Holland Abernathy
Dec 16, 20240 min read


Best Video Games and the Benefits of Playing Video Games
**The media below contains the opinion of an individual student and therefore does not represent or speak to the values of Vestavia Hills...
Eric Li
Dec 3, 20243 min read


A Time-Honored Tradition: What is Lincoln-Douglas Debate?
By: Aditya Sheelavant and Eric Wang Photo courtesy of Google In 1858, two senatorial candidates from Illinois held a series of fierce...
Vestavia Pillar
Dec 2, 20242 min read


Black Friday: How Students Take Advantage of Holiday Savings
Photo courtesy of Smithsonian Black Friday has always been a staple during Thanksgiving week. People rush out to stores and fight over...

Laura Bukelis
Dec 2, 20242 min read


Faculty Highlight: Mr. Bittinger
From the research chemistry lab to the physics classroom- Mr. Bittinger’s teaching path was unorthodox to say the least. With 20+ years...

Kendall Feild
Dec 2, 20243 min read


Cell Phone Dilemmas!
**The media below contains the opinion of an individual student and therefore does not represent or speak to the values of Vestavia Hills...

Jaymin Bae
Dec 2, 20243 min read


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
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