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The 2017-2018 cheering to the crowd at a home football game. Lee joined the cheerleading team at the end of her junior year, becoming more involved with the school. “High school is fun, enjoy it,” Lee said.

A look back from upperclassmen

Audrey Kristofferson, Online editor • October 25, 2017

Sophomore year is full of learning moments and can tend to be quite stressful. Kids come into the school with little knowledge of the layout, how to adjust to the fast pace high school learning and are...

A person’s importance. A bracelet with the phrase “Jared Frick Forever” printed on the outside held in front of a wondrous sunset. The night of the Out of the Darkness walk, many gathered to witness the dusk ending the day. The wristband held in the photograph was a token of remembrance for the young man, Jared Frick, who ended his life earlier this year. “People who aren’t willing to be bold about it, can read. And then at least know what to do”, Penny Daniel said.

The importance of life

Clara Langerveld, Photographer and staff reporter • October 24, 2017

Suicide. A terrifying word. The word holds such baggage on society and people living in it. Powerful, unapologetic and incredibly saddening. The distribution of pain from one person to another, creating...

A change of scenery: Eleanor Frumkin Marqvardsen did not expect to go to Washington for school. The foreign exchange program chose the state for her, and she was expecting to go to a place such as Michigan, minnesota or wisconsin as most other U.S. bound students go. “I’m used to living in a city,” She said. “Lake Stevens is a smaller town and there’s not as many people, but I actually really like it.”

Udenlandske studerende / Devisenschüler / Foreign Exchange Students

Lorin Wells, Opinion editor • October 24, 2017

Traveling abroad to study in an entirely new way of living. From a new town and school, to a new home and even a new family! The foreign exchange program certainly isn’t for the faint-hearted, but it...

Brainstorming fun ideas for the club. Sophomore, Jordan Jackson is taking notes as to what the members of the club what to do this year. The Minority Awareness Movement club was in the process of wanting to go to a museum in Seattle that glorifies the strong independent and inspirational people of color. “Learning about other people in history who are doing what we are trying to do now, makes this so much more worth it,” senior Ana Newman said.

Oh M.A.M, What a great club

Kani White, Photographer • October 24, 2017

Diversity, a word that we tend to ignore here at the high school. With the size of  our school is, the amount of diversity we possess is outstanding. A great way to recognize diversity is a new club here,...

Rise and no shine: Around the time of the first bell going off, kids get off the bus and head into the school. Students had to get up early to get to school in time to make the first bell, at 7:30. “It’s too early definitely and seems unfair other schools start later,” Plank said.

The highly debated subject of school hours and vacation schedules

Sadie Malmevik, Photographer and staff reporter • October 23, 2017

School times are a much debated topic among high school students; some students enjoy waking up early and getting work done sooner and others prefer having extra time in the morning. Another debated topic...

Favorick moments: Campbell’s favorite thing about the show is Rick’s relationship with Morty. “You can tell that he cares for him in the smallest, subtle moments,” Campbell said. “But the rest of the time he treats him like he’s living poop.”

Viking custom, culture and convention

Lorin Wells, Opinion editor • October 20, 2017

The “ABC’s of Beth”. “A Rickle in Time”. “The Rickshank Rickdemption”. Other than a potential copyright issue, what do these episode titles sound like? If you said the popular television...

Serving Food with a Smile: Aaron Moors awaits customers at the Lake Stevens Dairy Queen. Moors worked at the front counter happily serving others. “At my job I clean machines and grills, prepare food and drinks, clean floors and do dishes at the end of the night,” Moors said.

Working Hard or Hardly Working?

Sadie Malmevik, Photographer and staff reporter • October 18, 2017

Teens are very busy. Beyond school work, social lives and many students have jobs and many are currently looking for jobs. Teens in the workforce often have a difficult time managing school and work at...

Left to right: Sophomores Vuthi Vong, Gyshie Pinkihan, and Mariama Konteh are working on reading and analysing English language in Mrs. Van der Put’s ELL class.

ELL Program Divides and Conquers the Ins and Outs of English

Sylvia Cohen, Staff reporter • October 16, 2017

Imagine not being able to express all the wonderful ideas running around your head. That brilliant pun would go unspoken, that clever literary insight would fade into the ether. This is a challenge faced...

Bam! Student knowledge! Students chill in the Learning Commons during lunches, hanging out or doing work. This year the Learning Commons extended their hours and is open before school, during lunches and after school for students to socialize and get help from staff and tutors. “It feels more collegiate, like how a college would feel,” Kit Shanholtzer states.

The Learning Commons :What the Name Change Means for Students

Kassie Gruel, Photographer and staff reporter • October 13, 2017

Newcomers to Lake Stevens High School don’t have much of an opinion to the name change of the Library, but for the Juniors and Seniors there is some resistance to calling the once known library the Learning...

The HI-Q team at the state competition was constantly in the lead and at the end they made a huge lead taking home a second place title.

Successful finish for LSHS Hi-Q

Makenzie, Heggie • April 13, 2017

We are very proud to announce that the Lake Stevens Hi-Q team consisting of senior Elizabeth Stanton,  senior Hayden Davis, senior Derek Magruder, and Zoey Gonzalez have taken another second place title...

Juniors Meraiah Medellin, Savannah Pratt, and senior Destiny Otusanya are joining in the FCCLA meeting festivities by showing off their best dance movies. “My state experience was really great! I really liked the dance,” junior Savannah Pratt said. Credit to: Hahn’s photos

Students compete at FCCLA state

Destiny Otusanya, Staff Reporter • April 13, 2017

This year Lake Stevens High School sent off 12 students to attend the Family Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) state conference to compete in star events and act as evaluators. Star events...

Gay-Straight Alliance Club

Destiny Otusanya, Staff Reporter • April 12, 2017

Lake Stevens High School has a lot of amazing clubs, but today we decided to recognize one club that doesn’t get nearly as much recognition as they deserve: GSA club! GSA stands for Gay-Straight Alliance...

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