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The Student News Site of Ocean Lakes High School

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Kaylee Klumpp

Kaylee Klumpp, Staff Writer

Kaylee Klumpp is a freshman and a first-year journalist for The Current. In her free time, she enjoys watching horror movies and the TV show, Supernatural. She loves coffee, reading, watching movies, autumn, volunteering, hiking, and listening to Taylor Swift. In the future, her goal is to live somewhere in Europe as an archaeologist.

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Visitors of Cullipher Farms in Pungo pick organically grown strawberries on the sunny day of May 25, 2024. Organic farming practices are a commonly suggested alternative to biotechnology. While this method is often seen as a healthier option because it doesn’t involve the use of chemical sprays or GMOs, it is unrealistic in sustaining the larger populations of developed countries.

GMOs face fire from a society where they were never a necessity

Kaylee Klumpp, Staff Writer
June 3, 2024
One of the 15 locations in the Hampton Roads book crawl, the Book Exchange has the largest collection of used books locally. In the crawl, each location has unique events throughout the week, but all locations ask participants to take selfies and tag them with #hrvalovesindiebookstores.

Book lovers peruse aisles in indie booksellers for Independent Bookstore Day

Kaylee Klumpp, Staff Writer
April 28, 2024
From left to right: Makenna McGrath, Stone Crawford, Skylar Gray, Hannah Greentree and Camille Graninger work to pull out weeds in the cafeteria courtyard's garden in hopes of filling it with life again as part of the Gardening Club. Taken March 24, 2024.

[Photo] Earth Day celebrates the conservation of the planet

Sophia Ventura, Staff Writer
April 10, 2024
Virginia Beach public libraries create displays and hold events to celebrate Women's History Month. This year, Princess Anne Library hosted two displays, a craft and story time for younger attendees and a micro-museum for adults. Taken on March 23, 2024, at Princess Anne Library.

The nation celebrates Women’s History Month while it ignores the demand for equal rights

Kaylee Klumpp, Staff Writer
March 31, 2024
Ell Ruggles works on her poster submission for The Art of Humanity Poetry and Poster on March 6, 2024.

Submissions open for The Art of Humanity Poetry and Poster contest

Kaylee Klumpp, Staff Writer
March 21, 2024
Maya Angelou at the dedication of a memorial at the African Burial Ground National Monument in New York City, NY on Oct. 4, 2007. The monument was constructed to honor the memories of the free and enslaved Africans buried in Lower Manhattan. (Dedication of new memorial at the African Burial Ground National Monument in New York City, New York /Tami Heilemann/ WikimediaCommons/CC BY-SA 4.0)

Honoring the beauty of life through the poems of Maya Angelou

Kaylee Klumpp, Staff Writer
February 22, 2024
A statue of the 3rd president of the U.S., Thomas Jefferson, resides on the campus of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va. Widely considered one of the most prestigious colleges in Virginia, UVA awarded $179 million in financial aid for the 2022-2023 school year, according to the Washington Post. Photo used with permission from Kristin Refisnider.

Free college, nightmarish compared to its marketed dream

Kaylee Klumpp, Staff Writer
February 9, 2024
Sophomore Emilia Fiorentino works to complete a collection of crochet projects that includes different types of animals during November 2023. Photo used with permission from Emilia Fiorentino.

Creative hobbies improve mental and physical health

Kaylee Klumpp, Staff Writer
December 22, 2023
John Newell, Peyton Staub, Kolgrim Wille, Laine Buonviri, Bella Grundy and Kennedy Walls from the marketing class, pack Beach Bags for October Photo used with permission from Elizabeth Shur-Badack.

Sponsorship is in the bag for the Beach Bags Program this Fall

Kaylee Klumpp, Staff Writer
November 12, 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).

7 movies to slither into the Halloween spirit

Kaylee Klumpp, Staff Writer
October 23, 2023
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