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Students at LSHS answer a poll about daylight savings

More sunlight: less energy

Daniella Cabrera-Wells, News Editor April 3, 2025

On March 9, 2025, Daylight Savings Time began and won't end until November 3, 2025. Moving clocks forward one hour results in more sunlight and later sunsets. A 2020 study from Current Biology explains...

Graphic compares the grades of students with good peer relationships to those with distant peer relationships.

Peer relationships are a big factor in academic performance

Aubrey Boyle, A&E Editor April 3, 2025

Those attending school are persistently surrounded by other students. Whether or not a person wants it to be, their peers are a fundamental part of life. The people one surrounds themselves with will...

LSHS career center displays a whiteboard advising Seniors to come in for scholarship info.

Class of 2025 shares their dreams beyond high school

Eliza Cardoza Calderon, Staff Reporter April 3, 2025

As graduation approaches, seniors are starting to apply to colleges and trying to figure out what to do after graduation. Some of them have dreams of entering the medical field, following family traditions...

Illustration of Spring Break to welcome the season

Spring break adventures: How students and teachers make the most of their time off

Kayla Cha, Staff Reporter April 3, 2025

Some students are getting the dream of spending their time away in a foreign country. Exploring the cities far away from Lake Stevens and experiencing different cultures from tastes, smells and sights...

Students Dre'shaun Harding, Miguel Moreno Invarato, and Daniel Garcia Baena study notes generated by ChatGPT

The Powerful Tool of AI is Here to Stay

Cannon Kennard, Staff Reporter April 2, 2025

People are always looking for their daily lives to be more convenient, and with one quick search on ChatGpt, some people are feeling more informed than scientists. Artificial intelligence has taken...

Senior Nicholas Thees Sitting at a computer station coding in HTML

Computer Science, an ever expanding field creates opportunities for many

Joey Neale, Web Designer April 2, 2025

Computer science has been integral to the development of our modern day technology. Through computer science, we have achieved so much, yet there is still so much more to discover. “I think with the...

Brackets fill up quickly as teams are given their respective rankings for the tournament.

From Court to Culture: March Madness’s Enduring Legacy

Treyten Pester, Sports Editor March 17, 2025

As the college basketball regular season wraps up, the excitement shifts to March Madness, the 68-team, single-elimination tournament that grips the country every spring. The first four games start on...

senior, Andrei Dizon poses for a photo exhibiting a popular outfit he is known for.

LSHS students make fashion statements throughout the school

Kayla Cha, Staff Reporter March 4, 2025

LSHS is a big community of all kinds of people. In the halls, numerous types of personalities and forms of self-expression stroll by. Fashion statements from chunky boots and mini skirts to baggy pants...

Niko Anastasi's dedicated this spider tattoo located on his forearm to his father's wedding vows.

Self expression found in tattoos

Ty Bowers, Staff Reporter March 3, 2025

Not too long ago, tattoos were seen as a form of rebellion. Today, tattoos can be seen as a form of self expression in young adults or high schoolers whether it’s a memory, a tribute to a loved one,...

Senior Vladimir Schiffelbein readies a DSLR camera, to ensure sharp focus of the interviewee.

LSHS students lead Viking TV

What is VTV? VTV, also known as Viking TV, is a class at LSHS where students lead the charge in making film content for the school and about the school.  “VTV is a class where students get to be...

The sun shines down on a snowy Lake Stevens morning.

Late winter weather chills Washington schools

Sylva Johnson, Photographer February 28, 2025

Many schools had several day closures, with some remaining closed the entire week due to winter snowfall. Lake Stevens closed schools three days in early February. During the closures, the conditions...