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A weekend in honor of our presidents

A weekend in honor of our presidents

Paolina Colonico, Photographer February 23, 2017

Third Monday of February. Does it ring a bell? President’s Day is the right answer. LSHS closes its doors Friday, February 17 to Monday, February 20 for a patriotic weekend in honor of all the U.S....

Prom for Life Skills classes

Prom for Life Skills classes

Destiny Otusanya, Staff Reporter February 23, 2017

Life Skills Prom just happened last week! What is Life Skills Prom you ask? It’s a party full of a bunch of fun activities that Leadership puts together for all the Life Skills classes. This year’s...

As graduation day is approaching, the urge to rush to Xfinity Arena is very strong. Many seniors are ready to move on with their life, but graduated students advise to savor the last moments of high school. "Just live in the present and enjoy the time you have left as a high schooler," 2016 graduate Adalyn Tibbits suggested. "It will fly by so fast."

The walk to the finish line grows shorter

Sophie Grieser, News Editor & Editor-in-Chief February 22, 2017

The days are getting longer, the weather is getting warmer and the students are growing more and more restless - that’s right, it’s second semester. Reaching the halfway point of the school year is...

What is Galentine’s day?

Destiny Otusanya, Staff Reporter February 14, 2017

It’s that time of the year that all girls love! February 13th,also known as Galentine’s Day,is an unofficial holiday that many girls celebrate each year. Galentine’s Day is a holiday Amy Poehler’s...

Scholarship opportunities not to miss

Scholarship opportunities not to miss

Mattie Boe, Staff Reporter January 26, 2017

What comes after high school? For many students, the answer is college. But what about the people whose families can’t afford expensive universities? Here at Lake Stevens High School, there are a lot...

The history behind The Inauguration

Sophie Grieser, News Editor & Editor-in-Chief January 25, 2017

The Inauguration is a tradition of swearing in the new President  that has been around since George Washington was elected in 1789. However, there are many aspects of the Inauguration process that have...

Everyone’s getting sick. Make sure you take precautions to keep yourself and others around you healthy.

Attack of the sniffles: What can be done to prevent it?

Samantha Jones, Features Editor & Staff Reporter January 25, 2017

Cold and flu season has fallen upon Washington and it shows no signs of stopping. In fact, the flu epidemic has started to even take a death toll on Washingtonians all around and there hasn’t really...

Faces in the hall

Peyton Moenoa, Sports Editor January 25, 2017

Junior Jaydn (JJ) Bush is a friendly face that many of us may see in the hall. Bush is a student athlete here at LSHS, not only is she a varsity soccer player, but she plays Lake tennis as well. However...

New school nurse joins Viking staff

Destiny Otusanya, Staff Reporter January 25, 2017

Lake Stevens High School welcomes many new staff members throughout the school year. As of late,our school has just welcomed another member to the staff and the new member is Heather Smith, who will be...

-	In this picture all the Australian exchange students are reunited in front of LSHS for a last goodbye to their host family. They are leaving Lake Stevens to come back in their country.

From sun and hot to rain and cold: Australian exchange students arrive in WA

Paolina Colonico, Photographer January 25, 2017

Lake Stevens High School has been in the project of hosting Australian exchange students for 6 years. In January, 23 students and 3 chaperones arrived in our state with the purpose of seeing how life...

Here the group stands in front of the Capitol Building (From left to right - Top row: UW student Nick Peda, Mrs. Tilley, Mrs. Wagner, Drew Pearson, Elizabeth Stanton. Middle row: Elise Gooding, Mrs. Kinnard, Paige Wagner. Bottom row: Mrs. Riebli, Mrs. Fry, Jeyda Thomson, Anna Lundquist, Sophie Grieser). The seniors spent five days in Washington, D.C. touring and attending the inauguraton. Even though they grew up with Obama as president, and many of them don’t support Trump, they are keeping an open mind about his administration. “I hope the next four years will look a lot like last Saturday [the Women’s March] did, with lots of people coming together to support each other,” said senior Elizabeth Stanton. (Photo courtesy Darrick Hayman)

Lake Stevens students travel to see history happen

Sophie Grieser, News Editor & Editor-in-Chief January 25, 2017

The 2016 election was one which history will not soon forget. The race brought up many questions about who was best fit to run our country and divided Americans; this was only furthered by the spreading...

Jobs overwhelm high school students

Maggie Bakken, Opinion Editor January 25, 2017

In life, it’s always school, work and  family. That’s what people base their life on. But can all that activity take a toll on students? Teens in 2017 deal with a lot of stress. There are more tests...