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New Talent for Varsity Terrier Football
By Julie Ensor at November 13, 2012 | 1:34 pm | 0 Comment
Miranda McGuire- Terrier Times Staff-VINTON, Va.- From soccer to football freshman Brent Coleman puts in hard work on and off the field. He is a student athlete that accomplished the position of varsity’s starting kicker for William Byrd High School’s football team. Coleman has played football all his life, and it is showed as he has an enormous amount of potential more...
SCA Officers Wait for Their Chance for Change
By Julie Ensor at May 31, 2012 | 10:02 am | 0 Comment
By Brecken Settles - Terrier Times Staff - VINTON, VA. - William Byrd High School elected their new SCA office representatives for the 2012-13 school year. Lindsey Carver was elected President of the SCA for the upcoming year and the Secretary will be Rachel Guiliams. Logan Tucker will fill the position of Vice President while Luke Griffin will take over the more...
The Purpose of Sacrifice
By Julie Ensor at March 30, 2012 | 9:12 am | 0 Comment
By Grace-Anna Chaney - Terrier Times Staff - Vinton, Va. - Lent is a purposeful and traditional form of mental and spiritual preparation for Easter. One of its components is fasting whose initial purpose was to serve as a representation of the forty days Christ spent in the desert. Individuals fast for forty days from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday. The participants more...
The Many Faces of Facebook
By Julie Ensor at March 14, 2012 | 4:07 pm | 0 Comment
By Miranda McGuire – Terrier Times Staff – VINTON, VA - A click click of the mouse is heard as students open up Internet Explorer and web surf with billions of people around the world on one social network: Facebook. Facebook is constantly undergoing many changes and one of the recent changes is the new timeline profile. Students at William Byrd High School have more...
Making the Good Eats Nutritious and Delicious
By Julie Ensor at March 14, 2012 | 2:42 pm | 0 Comment
By Briana Campbell – Terrier Times Staff – VINTON, VA - There’s delicious fruit, green vegetables, whole grains, and meaty protein. Then there’s that juicy, fat, mouth watering McDouble at McDonald’s for only a buck. Which one tastes the best? Which is the right one to choose? Better yet, which one is the best for someone? March 1 marked the beginning of more...
Running, Jumping, Throwing: Indoor Track off to a Fast Start
By Julie Ensor at March 14, 2012 | 2:21 pm | 0 Comment
By Charisse Thompson – Terrier Times Staff – VINTON, VA - Runners on your mark, set, go! Bang! The gun goes off releasing a pack of strong and courageous athletes. The race has begun. Indoor track, which began in early December, is a sport played by a diverse group of athletes. It is a combination of running, throwing, and jumping events. There are both long and more...
Lunch is Served by a Diverse Crowd
By Julie Ensor at March 14, 2012 | 2:11 pm | 0 Comment
By Kristina Hodges - Terrier Times Staff – VINTON, VA - In the William Byrd High School cafeteria hundreds of teenagers are served by a small group of people who work hard to make sure students get a hot, fresh lunch. Every day at 8:45 a.m. the small staff of dedicated workers cooks up food for the first lunch and starts to prepare for the other ones, only stopping more...
Dangerous Senioritis Infects WBHS Seniors
By Julie Ensor at March 14, 2012 | 2:02 pm | 0 Comment
By Taylor Thaxton – Terrier Times Staff – VINTON, VA - Senior year is one of the most exciting times at William Byrd High School. It’s a time to explore options beyond high school – maybe it will be college or maybe it will be straight into the workforce. The one disadvantage to being a senior in high school is the chance of coming down with a case of more...
Webber’s Picture is Worth 1,000 Words
By Julie Ensor at March 12, 2012 | 3:17 pm | 0 Comment
By Ariel Tucker – Terrier Times Staff – VINTON, VA - Some people love to take pictures, some people love to write, and then there are some people who love to do art. One person who falls into this category is senior Kirsten Webber. Webber is in Art IV at William Byrd High School, which is the most advanced art class with the exception of AP art. Webber has liked more...
Stretching The Earring Limits
By Julie Ensor at March 12, 2012 | 3:03 pm | 0 Comment
By William Widener - Terrier Times Staff – VINTON, VA – A new trend in these times is body modification. An example would be ear stretching, often called “gauging.” With this recent trend, many people at William Byrd High School are beginning to stretch their ears. When it comes to gauged earrings, there are many styles. The most common type of gauged more...
