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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
The Student News Site of Ocean Lakes High School

The Current
Tameya Norton

Tameya Norton, Video/Podcast Editor

Tameya Norton is a second-year journalist and Video/Podcast editor. If Tameya is not at school or practice, she enjoys hanging out with friends, going to the gym, bike rides, writing and she loves to meet new people. In the future, Tameya hopes to be attend Virgina Tech and graduate with a master’s in Psychology.

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The Virginia Beach Ocean Front on Mar. 23, 2025. Students wake up bright and early to watch the sunrise.  

[Photo] Initiating lights out at the beach

Kayla Carter, Staff Writer
March 29, 2025
Senior Shreya Behl presents her MSA senior presentation on Mar. 10, 2025 in the Schola. Only female presenters presented on Monday in honor of International Women’s Day on Mar. 8, 2025.

[Photo] Honoring the past, creating the future

Chloe Purvis, News Editor
March 10, 2025

Ocean Lakes 16th Annual Talent Show

Tameya Norton, Video/Podcast Editor
February 16, 2025

Rescue animals in the Ocean Lakes community

Tameya Norton and Kayla Carter
February 9, 2025

Trick or treat, fitness is free

Tameya Norton and Kayla Carter
October 30, 2024
Dr. Donald Robertson embraces a T-shirt from The Current, gifted to him after his interview on Oct. 11, 2024, in Room 127. Robertson visited Fara Wiles’ journalism class to help students learn what a superintendent does and what it takes to lead a district.

[Photo] Superintendent attends classroom press conference for aspiring journalists

Chloe Purvis, News Editor
October 13, 2024

Spirit Week at Ocean Lakes

Tameya Norton and Kayla Carter
September 16, 2024
Local Spikeball tournament held at Redwing Park to start off the 2024-2025 school year.

Spikeball season opens with new matches

Tameya Norton, Video/Podcast Editor
August 28, 2024

Celebrating National Taffy Day

Tameya Norton and Kayla Carter
May 23, 2024

Food review: top-rated fast food burgers

Tameya Norton and Kayla Carter
May 14, 2024
Senior Julianna Lloyd sets the ball during a game against Bayside Highschool on Sep.26, 2023.

Volleyball community aroused by new rule

Tameya Norton, Staff Writer
March 6, 2024
Erykah Badu performing live in Spain at the 2019 Primavera Festival (Primavera Festival in Spain /Raph_PH/WikimediaCommons/CC-BY-2.0.)

Erykah Badu’s music creates an echo on the music industry

Tameya Norton, Staff Writer
February 21, 2024
Left to right: Juniors Sawyer Adams, Kaden Pratt, Nathan Serrano and Thomas Dillard dance the night away at the Sadie Hawkins dance in the cafeteria on Feb. 9, 2024. Photo used with permission from Nathan Serrano.

Sadie Hawkins dance launches at the Lakes

Kayla Carter and Tameya Norton
February 11, 2024
On Dec. 7, 2023, students use computer programming to navigate their way through minecraft as one of the Hour of code stations.

Computer science week powered by Hour of Code

Tameya Norton, Staff Writer
January 3, 2024
Left to right: Freshmen Gracie Koop, Carter Lewis, Kelsey Fender, Caleb Chadwick, Tyler Rafalski, Kaylee Klumpp, Ashley Keith and Brianna Keith come together to take picture in front of the Paris themed banner on Oct.15, 2023. Photo used with permission from Donny Velazquez.

Homecoming dance is a “Night in Paris”

Tameya Norton, Staff Writer
October 20, 2023
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