Hayden Arnett is a senior at Tennessee High and the Editor-in-Chief for the 2024-2025 school year. Hayden intends to continue his education by majoring in Journalism & Media at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville in order to work in publishing and become a published author. His mission at the Maroon & White is to promote student engagement with written media, ultimately creating a space to report inclusive journalism. When not working on the Maroon & White, you can find him reading a good book, writing in a coffee shop, or listening to music.
As a writer, you develop a sixth sense. Every aspect of your life is a metaphor to be expanded upon until exhaustion; every experience can be traced back to a sole hindrance if you do enough living.
The...
Dancing through the aisles to the smooth music and bright lights and inviting audience members to dance, the Mighty Viking Players were having the time of their lives.
After three days of standing ovations...
A time-worn book lies open on the kitchen counter, spewing with handwritten notes and ingredients lists. There’s an overflowing pot boiling on the stove and each chop of the vegetable on the wooden cutting...
The last time we saw Lorde, she was on a beach in New Zealand running around in a bright yellow romper and singing about wellness culture and the exigence of the environment on her third album: 2021’s...
Amidst weekly rehearsals and the buzz of practicing singing and choreography, The Mighty Viking Players are gearing up for their highly anticipated spring musical: Mamma Mia!.
The popular Broadway...
Visiting the afterschool programs of each BTCS elementary school, STEM club is continuing their mission of making science education engaging and accessible at a young age.
“It’s providing them that...
The Education Freedom Scholarship Act proposes the state government set aside $144 billion dollars to offer scholarships for students currently enrolled in public schools to attend private schools.
Nissan Stadium is quiet, but radiating with anxious excitement. The titular lyrics of each album loop in between the heavily reverbed repeating line: “it’s been a long time coming.” Dancers float...
As humans, we spend our whole lives trying to communicate. We come out of the womb screaming. Before we can muster any coherent words, we conjure up unintelligible noises so our parents will pay attention...
Dear John Doe,
We set out this year to make our newspaper more accessible for all students, staff, and members of the community, and decided that we could most effectively do this...
Hayden Arnett and Anna Grace Hodges
| October 31, 2024
After a one year intermission, the Mighty Viking Players’ Haunted Halls tours resumed this past Friday with a variety of eerie scenes, jumpscaring actors, and spooky school folklore.
“We try and...
After a successful season, the Lady Viking soccer team is headed to state tomorrow to play against the Brighton Cardinals.
The team made it to state last year, but didn’t advance due to their 1-0...
Outside of the band room, hung on beige cinder block walls, is a gold picture frame collecting 40 years worth of dust.
Film photographs of teenagers in clunky marching band outfits line the paper inside...
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Tenn. — On Friday morning, Hurricane Helene made land-fall in East Tennessee and Western North Carolina. Hours of intense rainfall and unprecedented winds led to mass devastation,...
Since its creation last year, STEM club has branched out into every local elementary school in order to promote science education for students and provide them with an avenue to further their education.
Each...
With the roar of football season on the horizon, student council is busy at work reaching out to the community, brainstorming, and planning, all in preparation for their upcoming homecoming festivities.
“We’re...
