Members of The Viking Voice and The Archives dedicate scores of hours outside their normal school schedule in order to put the school newspaper and yearbook together. The task takes great dedication and commitment by all involved with the two organizations. However, some people do not understand what it takes to make it all happen. They are judgmental of the newspaper and yearbook, and do not appreciate the time, effort and ingenuity it takes to create these keepsake items.
For example, to put The Viking Voice and The Archives together, staff …

On March 18, senior and student council Vice President Michael Smith sent a message to all seniors via Facebook. Smith explained all the ways the class of 2010 had helped Everett, only to have promises of rewards broken. He finished the letter by asking administration to keep its promise of pizza parties for making Adequate Yearly Progress and winning last year’s college fair competition. Here is what Smith had to say:
Dear Administration & Counseling Department,
When we were freshmen, we had everything. We had open-campus, we had longer passing times, we …

School plays an important role in students’ lives. While they are in high school there are several ways to prepare your self for college.
High school is a place where students can learn as much as possible and gain many skills to prepare them to for college.
“Everett High School prepares students for college because we offer many honors and AP classes,” said counselor Erin Falsetta. “If they want to those kinds of classes, the opportunity is here.”
Many students agree that Everett is the place to be to prepare for their futures.
“I …

In December 2009, while everyone else celebrated Christmas Eve or was making preparations for Christmas Day, Everett Registrar Isabella Rowan was packing her bags for her 12-hour flight to Egypt.
On Christmas morning, Rowan left for her flight to Cairo, Egypt where she participated in the Gaza Freedom March.
“I was there to promote peace and human rights, and show others what we can do,” said Rowan. “Everyday that went by, I found out more and more about Gaza and how there’s not enough supplies to go around. People struggle everyday for …

Over the years, Everett has made drastic changes in their policies within the building because of lack of discipline within the student body.
Changes are being made to tardy policies through hall sweeps, the lunchroom policy becoming stricter so that people are not allowed to leave and now the possibility of not having pep rallies next year is being proposed due to the lack of respect between groups of people.
“When the pep assembly is happening, some students don’t know how to act at times,” said Assistant Principal Tracey Keyton. “That shows …