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The Student News Site of Ocean Lakes High School

The Current
The Student News Site of Ocean Lakes High School

The Current
Ell Ruggles

Ell Ruggles, Staff Writer

Ell Ruggles is a sophomore and first year journalist for The Current. Outside of school, she enjoys cooking, drawing, creative writing, playing with her pets, reading, listening to music and shopping for new books and records. She is on the Teen Advisory Board at the Oceanfront Library, in book club and the publicity chair for Dolphin Dash. In the future, she would like to explore creative arts and hopefully become an artist or fantasy author.

All content by Ell Ruggles
A blow to the brain represents what causes a concussion.

[Photo] Brain injuries severely affects student lives

June 6, 2024
A phoenix alights with radiant color in this digital art. Inspired by the war machine that the main characters of “Iron Widow” control, which resembles a flaming bird.

Iron Window: Characters battle aliens to break free from the patriarchy

Ell Ruggles, Staff Writer
May 8, 2024
In Avatar: The Last Airbender, the protagonist is a young boy named Aang who must embrace his role as the Avatar to save the world from destruction. In the live-action series, he is portrayed by Gordon Cormier.

[Photo] Unlike film flop, live-action adaptation of beloved show pays homage in a modern way

Mihika Sakharpe, Design Editor
May 3, 2024
Though cricket is the second most popular sport in the world, cricket fans in America are a minority compared to fans of baseball.

[Photo] An island of cricket in a sea of baseballs

Mihika Sakharpe, Design Editor
April 14, 2024
In this digital art piece, a book’s pages fall open and transform into a flurry of leaves, demonstrating the beauty of the mystical realms books can take the reader to.

Flipping through the pages of National Reading Month

Ell Ruggles, Staff Writer
March 27, 2024
Marsha P. Johnson advocates for LGBTQ+ rights in 1997. (Marsha P. Johnson 1970’s/Hank O’Neal/WikimediaCommons/Public domain)

Marsha P. Johnson, the woman who paid it no mind

Ell Ruggles, Staff Writer
February 17, 2024
Digital art by Ell Ruggles shows handcuffs being unlocked.

[Photo] Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s rise to fame reveals the absurdity of idolization of infamous figures

Erin Broderick, Staff Writer
February 9, 2024
Digital art created on Jan. 24, 2024 depicting the hopelessness students feel when faced with unproductive digital learning.

Digital curriculums ruin the point of school

Ell Ruggles, Staff Writer
February 5, 2024
Sophomore Brooke McCallister hunts for the perfect Christmas gift at the Virginia Beach Art Center on Nov. 29, 2023. There, she browsed the many hand crafted gift displays in the winter showcase.

Small businesses top large corporations

Ell Ruggles, Staff Writer
December 21, 2023
Club members Molly Nybo, Cory Duncan and Taylor Martinez share and critique their spooky short stories in Room 144 during One Lunch on Nov. 2, 2023. Photo used with permission from David Carney.

October launches creative writing club

Ell Ruggles, Staff Writer
November 4, 2023
Digital art created by Ell Ruggles of Freddy Kruger (Nightmare on Elm Street), David (The Lost Boys), Ghostface (Scream), The Babadook (The Babadook), Ben (Night of the Living Dead), a Crawler (The Decent) and Ed Warren (The Conjuring).

[Photo] 7 movies to slither into the Halloween spirit

Kaylee Klumpp, Staff Writer
October 23, 2023
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