The student news site of Lake Stevens High School

Valhalla

The student news site of Lake Stevens High School

Valhalla

The student news site of Lake Stevens High School

Valhalla

Features

Important statistics about hunger from feedingamerica.org

Hungry Hearts saves low-income families from hunger

Levi Allinson, Staff Reporter December 14, 2023

Hungry Hearts is a non-profit organization that was founded in 2015 by Lake Stevens. Their mission is to help feed hungry children and give them what they need to succeed. They do this by sending home...

Three students disregard school policy as they walk out the east gates during fourth period.

The Real Cost of Skipping Class

Jared Hardie, Staff Reporter December 14, 2023

After the remodeling of Lake Stevens High school, the district decided to add a fence around the school. This was to keep unwanted people out and to keep our students inside campus where they are safe....

Multiple students wait to be served in the LSHS lunch line.

Not all schools “got milk”

Chloe Sanders, Features Editor and Photographer December 14, 2023

Across the nation, schools are feeling the impact of the current milk carton shortage. While the milk supply is normal, companies are struggling to provide enough cartons and resources to their purchasers....

The Career Center (VH109) is a room in East Hall across the hallway from the Counseling Center. If a student has any questions about what they want to do for a career or how to get a job, they can ask Kim Lafortune, the career specialist.

College and career visitors help students make plans for the future

Jory McColley, Staff Reporter December 11, 2023

At some point every high schooler is asked some variation of “What do you want to do in life?” and there are many possible answers. Many students want to go to college or trade schools; others will...

Dahmonni Allen plays his drum after Wind Ensemble.

Dahmonni Allen

Logan Roberts, Head Photographer December 7, 2023

Senior Dahmonni Allen attended Seattle Black College Expo on Nov. 4 at Rainier Beach High School and received an offer from University of Arkansas Pine Bluff. They offered him a $50K full ride scholarship...

The community service form can be found online at the LSHS website or you can pick up physical copies in the career center. They must be filled out completely and submitted by email or turned in to the Career Center to Gina Buckmiller by May 1.

Community Service

Jory McColley, Staff Reporter December 7, 2023

At LSHS, students must complete 45 hours of community service before May of their senior year in order to graduate. Community service is work provided free of charge for the betterment of a community....

Beef is the most consumed type of meat in America, and the health of cows is important. This graphic illustrates a cow infected with Chronic Wasting Disease. The cow is malnourished and foaming at the mouth with flies eating at its open wound. Its eyes are unfocused and sunken in. These are warning signs that the brain is infected with brain-eating bacteria.

Food-borne illness found in the US and Canada

Maria Andrade, Graphic Designer November 9, 2023

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is also known as “Zombie Disease” due to the nature of its infected bovine victims looking like zombies once infected. CWD is a food-borne illness and a protein disease...

Beef is the most consumed type of meat in America, and the health of cows is important. This graphic illustrates a cow infected with Chronic Wasting Disease. The cow is malnourished and foaming at the mouth with flies eating at its open wound. Its eyes are unfocused and sunken in. These are warning signs that the brain is infected with brain-eating bacteria.

Chronic Wasting Disease

Maria Andrade, Graphic Designer November 9, 2023

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is also known as “Zombie Disease” due to the nature of its infected bovine victims looking like zombies once infected. CWD is a food-borne illness and a protein disease...

Bon voyage: A tassel with a 2023 symbol hangs from out of frame, standing out at the front of the school. The graduating class stands at over 500, and most of them will be walking out on June 13 to their future aspirations.

Graduating students prepare for the end

Isaiah Zimmerman, A&E Editor May 22, 2023

There is no word that elicits great satisfaction and overwhelming dread like graduation. Sophomores find it years away, juniors hope for it to come sooner and seniors either fear the deadline or ecstatically...

Promoting: Key Club members attend a booth at the LSHS club fair. Here, clubs set up booths to advertise their clubs to students.

Club capture; what’s happening?

Elliott Chappel, News Editor April 18, 2023

With 25 active groups, clubs are an important part of many students’ days after the bell rings. Clubs offer students a way to meet their like-minded peers and share common interests together. Clubs not...

A night of fun: Seniors Hannah Hackey and Sydeny Adee let loose on the dance floor. On Feb.10 Lake Stevens High School hosted the 2023 winter formal.

2023 Winter Dance Review

Brynne Shipman, Staff Reporter March 2, 2023

On Feb. 10, Lake Stevens High School held its first winter dance since COVID to bring students together for a night full of fun.  This dance took three hours to set up and the outcome was very positive....

How active: Two juniors, Zachary Moreland and Alex Kleparek wait outside the Performing Arts Center for their rehearsal to begin. The Drama Club proved extremely successful in the past two years with high attendance and high profits despite the COVID crisis.

Clubs collapse due to lack of participation

Isaiah Zimmerman, A&E Editor March 2, 2023

For as long as education has been a concept, there has been the concept of after-school gatherings. From a few people meeting behind the school to big gatherings of many walks of life, clubs are foundational...