Kayla Katounas

Kayla Katounas, Editor

Kayla Katounas is a senior at Centreville High and enjoying her third year on the Sentinel staff. She joined the Journalism program because she has always enjoyed writing, specifically about arts and entertainment. Afterschool, Kayla likes to read, crochet, and watch movies. In the future, she hopes to become a journalist covering entertainment or culture.

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Student-Run Coffee Shop Opens at CVHS

Student-Run Coffee Shop Opens at CVHS

Kayla Katounas
March 13, 2024

On Feb. 21, Wild Coffee, a student-run cafe open during all lunches on B days, opened in the concessions stand for the second year. Wild Coffee is run by ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages)...

Theatre Centreville Presents Centreville Night Live

Theatre Centreville Presents Centreville Night Live

Kayla Katounas
February 7, 2024

On Saturday, January 27, Theatre Centreville performed Centreville Night Live (CNL), a night of student written sketch comedy. The performance was inspired by the NBC comedy show Saturday Night Live, including...

Centreville String Quartet and UMES strings teacher Mrs. Brown

Centreville String Quartet Plays at Union Mill Elementary

Kayla Katounas
January 30, 2024

On Tuesday, Jan 23, Centreville String Quartet performed with fifth and sixth grade orchestra students at Union Mill Elementary School. They played along with the elementary students for all of their songs...

CVHS Symphonic Choir (via @cvillechoir on Instagram)

CVHS Symphonic Choir Wins $2500 in Radio Competition

Kayla Katounas
December 8, 2023

Centreville High School Symphonic Choir has placed second in the 97.1 WASH-FM 2023 Christmas Choir Competition, earning them a $2500 prize. 97.1 WASH-FM is a Washington, D.C. based radio station that hosted...

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Theatre Centreville Presents Girls in the Boat

Kayla Katounas
December 4, 2023

From Nov. 17-19, Theatre Centreville performed their fall play, Girls in the Boat, written by Alice Austen.  Girls in the Boat is inspired by the real life stories of the U.S. women’s Olympic rowing...

Section leaders lead the student section during the Homecoming football game

Centreville’s Homecoming Weekend

Kayla Katounas
October 10, 2023

Before the Homecoming Dance on Saturday, September 30, Centreville had an exciting start to its Homecoming weekend with the pep rally, parade, tailgate, and football game on Friday, September 29. The...

An SGA member presents at Wildcat Congress

Wildcat Congress and Centreville’s New Activities Calendars

Kayla Katounas
September 12, 2023

On September 8, 2023, Centreville’s first Wildcat Congress of the school year was held. Wildcat Congress is a meeting of all of the school's clubs and organizations to share important news and updates....

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Theatre Centreville Presents Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka

Kayla Katounas
May 22, 2023

On April 22 and 23, Theater Centreville performed their spring musical, Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka. This was Centreville’s second show of the year, after a successful run of Mutually Assured Destruction...

The Phantom of the Opera Closes on Broadway

The Phantom of the Opera Closes on Broadway

Kayla Katounas
April 26, 2023

After 35 years and 13,981 performances, Broadway’s longest running show, The Phantom of the Opera, has closed its doors. Composed by Broadway legend Andrew Lloyd Webber, Phantom, based on the 1910 novel...

The Biggest Moments from the 95th Oscars Ceremony

The Biggest Moments from the 95th Oscars Ceremony

Kayla Katounas
March 28, 2023

On March 12, 2023, the 95th Oscars ceremony was held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was hosted by late night host Jimmy Kimmel for the third time. Some of the most popular...

CVHS Robotics Club Introduces Robotics to Elementary Students

CVHS Robotics Club Introduces Robotics to Elementary Students

Kayla Katounas
March 14, 2023

Centreville’s Robotics Club has started a month-long robotics club at Bull Run Elementary School to “introduce and explore concepts of robotics, guiding [students] but allowing for their own exploration,”...

Oscars Review Policy After Andrea Riseborough Nomination

Oscars Review Policy After Andrea Riseborough Nomination

Kayla Katounas
February 21, 2023

The nominees for the 95th Academy Awards were announced on January 24, 2023. Unsurprisingly, the nominations were led by sci-fi hit Everything Everywhere All At Once, with 11 nominations, followed closely...

FCPS High Schools Withhold National Merit Commendations

FCPS High Schools Withhold National Merit Commendations

Kayla Katounas
January 18, 2023

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST), an FCPS school named one of the best high schools in the country, was caught withholding National Merit commendations from its students,...

5th period human anatomy students

Human Anatomy Wound Lab

Kayla Katounas
December 14, 2022

On December 2nd, Mrs. Cash’s human anatomy class studied the integumentary system by doing a wound lab. The students created fake, but realistic, wounds on their bodies to learn about injuries to the...

The company of Mutually Assured Destruction

Theatre Centreville Presents Mutually Assured Destruction

Ashley Park and Kayla Katounas
December 8, 2022

From November 18th-20th, Theatre Centreville performed their fall play, Mutually Assured Destruction: 10 Plays About Brothers and Sisters by Don Zolidis. The show was split up into two acts, which together...

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Review: Netflix’s New Fantasy ‘The School for Good and Evil’

Kayla Katounas
November 29, 2022

The School For Good and Evil is a young adult fantasy film released by Netflix on October 19, 2022. It is based on the book series of the same name by Soman Chainani. The School for Good and Evil contains...

The Return of Toys R Us

The Return of Toys R Us

Kayla Katounas
October 28, 2022

After shutting down in 2017 due to bankruptcy, popular toy store Toys R Us is back, now inside Macy’s department stores. Toys R Us, once a staple for holiday shopping, has been shut down for several...

Review: Jennette McCurdy’s “I’m Glad My Mom Died”

Review: Jennette McCurdy’s “I’m Glad My Mom Died”

Kayla Katounas
September 30, 2022

Jennette McCurdy’s shocking memoir I’m Glad My Mom Died, published on August 9th, 2022, has been topping the New York Times nonfiction list for weeks since its release. McCurdy is primarily known for...

Will Smith speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for Bright, at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Credit: Gage Skidmore

Why Did Will Smith Hit Chris Rock at the Oscars?

Kayla Katounas
April 22, 2022

The 94th Oscar Awards ceremony, which was aired live to an audience of over 16 million viewers, is shaping up to be one of the most memorable in years. It was a night of historic wins, but the most significant...

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Catching Up With Britney Spears’s Conservatorship Battle

Kayla Katounas
September 29, 2021

Britney Spears’s conservatorship could be coming to a close after her father, Jamie Spears, filed to end it after 13 years. A conservatorship is a legal arrangement where a person (conservator) is in...

Celebrity Worship

Celebrity Worship

Kayla Katounas
May 26, 2021

Celebrities are everywhere. Almost everyone can name a favorite actor, musician, or even reality TV star. It’s almost human nature to be attracted to these figures who live a life many people dream of,...

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Why Does Hollywood Keep Remaking Movies?

Kayla Katounas
May 5, 2021

In the past few years, film and television remakes have become more and more common, and Hollywood has started to face more backlash for it. The most recent example of this came when The CW released a...

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Billions of Cicadas to Emerge This Summer

Kayla Katounas
April 16, 2021

Brood X, a swarm of billions of cicadas that only emerge every 17 years, will be coming back this summer. It was last seen in the year 2004, meaning some CVHS students weren’t alive the last time they...

Theatre Centreville Presents Disenchanted!

Theatre Centreville Presents Disenchanted!

Kayla Katounas
March 26, 2021

Theatre Centreville is gearing up for its 2021 spring production of Disenchanted! There are dozens of enthusiastic CVHS students involved in technical, training, and acting roles. The musical will include...

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Britney Spears’s Conservatorship

Kayla Katounas
March 17, 2021

On February fifth, The New York Times released Framing Britney Spears, an episode in their series of individual documentaries, “The New York Times Presents,” made for Hulu and FX. The documentary covers...

Image by Steven Weirather from Pixabay

Student Opinions On Virtual Learning

Kayla Katounas
March 5, 2021

Recently, the Centreville Sentinel asked students to fill out a poll about their opinions on virtual learning and the upcoming plans to have students return in person. Freshmen and seniors will go back...

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Musical Theater Grows on TikTok as Broadway Nears Year-Long Shutdown

Kayla Katounas
February 5, 2021

With the spread of COVID-19 came the closing of theaters around the world, and the longest shutdown in the history of Broadway. But now, the theater has found a new home on TikTok. In what is known as...

(Photo Credit: Beth Garrabrant)

Taylor Swift Releases Surprise 9th Album “Evermore”

Kayla Katounas
December 18, 2020

Last Friday, December 11, Taylor Swift released her ninth studio album, Evermore, less than five months after her previous album, Folklore. The album features 15 songs, not including the two bonus tracks...

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Who Was Jane Austen?

Kayla Katounas
December 11, 2020

Jane Austen is regarded as one of the most famous authors in the world, and is the author of several literary classics including Pride and Prejudice and Emma. While she is very well known to many, knowledge...

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When is it too Early for Christmas Music?

Kayla Katounas
November 18, 2020

Now that Halloween is over, stores are beginning to fill their aisles with red and green, and Mariah Carey’s earworm, “All I Want For Christmas Is You”, is beginning its annual rise in popularity....

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TV Production During COVID-19

Kayla Katounas
November 4, 2020

Throughout the spread of COVID-19, people have started watching lots of TV to pass all of the time spent inside. But soon enough, the last episodes left of shows were aired, and nothing new was being filmed...

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A Recap of The 74th Tony Awards Nominations

Kayla Katounas
October 23, 2020

The 74th Tony Award nominations were held on YouTube on October 15, 2020. It was hosted by 2014 Tony winner for Aladdin, James Monroe Iglehart. The ceremony began with Iglehart in his home, in front...

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The 74th Tony Awards and COVID-19

Kayla Katounas
October 7, 2020

After Broadway shut down on March 12 due to the Coronavirus pandemic, there was a lot of confusion surrounding the rest of the season. Now that the shutdown has been extended into 2021, it has created...

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