VHS Riptide

Want to see our 2018 seniors graduate but don’t have a ticket?

This Saturday, June 16, 2018 beginning at 5:30 PM the VHS Production club will live video stream the 2018 VHS Graduation Commencement.
The live stream may be viewed at http://tv.vashonsd.org
The graduation ceremony will be archived for later viewing for those who can’t watch it as it occurs.

Thank you to the VHS Production club for making this available!

VHS Riptide Broadcasting

Help support students in your community!

A group of students from the Riptide will be attending a journalism convention in San Francisco this spring. We would greatly appreciate any donations to help us reach our fundraising goal! Thank you and go Pirates!

https://www.gofundme.com/studentjournalism

Click here to support Student Journalism Trip to San Fran organized by Katherine Kelly We are a group of journalism students from a local high school who wish to attend the Annual Spring Convention in San Francisco, sponsored by National Scholarship Providers Association, over our 2018 spring break in April. We are hoping to learn about the independent perspective journalists must...

Aria Garrett joined us second semester this year as our copy editor. Reading through each story, she primarily looks for grammar and style errors.

“It’s often difficult because it’s not just ‘stereotypical’ grammar errors I’m catching — it’s also errors according to the AP Stylebook, which is really specific,” Garrett said.

As for her own writing, she tends to lean towards Op-Eds specifically focused on social justice or politics.

She thrives in these areas outside of Riptide too. For instance, she was the varsity policy debate captain and is currently the Legislative Affairs Director for the Legislative Youth Advisory Council.

“It’s a state agency that advises our legislature on youth-related issues. For example, I wrote a bill mandating comprehensive sexual health education in high schools and got a legislative sponsor. We also lobby for bills, meet with legislators and give civic education presentations,” Garrett said.

As a senior, her plans for after graduation are coming together.

“I’m probably going to either Bryn Mawr College or Wesleyan University in Connecticut,” Garrett said.

Depending on where she goes, she plans to get a degree either in neuroscience or political science.