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Senior Marcus Huang celebrates the Chinese New Year surrounded by family and tradition. On February 8, Huang and family members paid their respects to their ancestors and enjoyed the food and festivities that come hand-in-hand with the holiday. “I have family in Hong Kong and I have family in Japan...we don’t talk all that much so we always skype or facetime,” Huang said.

Buddhist holiday brings multicultural orientation to Lake Stevens

Rose Blume, Sports Editor February 11, 2016

Derived from the traditional lunar calendar, the Chinese New Year was celebrated on Monday, February 8, 2016. Locally, a handful of families that celebrate the Buddhist holiday. Paying respects to ancestors...

Senior Braden Ash and Junior Britney Watson celebrate the gold-level certification for the Lake Stevens High School Cove. This gives the Cove distinction in being one of the highest quality business operations in the nation. "Completing the SBE project is a significant reward for their hard work and have the Cove recognized as a distinguished student enterprise," said DECA Advisor Karen Morton.

Cove renders excellence

Bailey Hall, Opinion Editor February 11, 2016

The Lake Stevens High School Cove has recently been certified to the DECA national gold-level standard. Senior Braden Ash and junior Britney Watson accomplished this certification by researching the necessities...

Editor’s Letter: February

Editor’s Letter: February

Noel Gasca, Editor-in-Chief February 10, 2016

It’s a new semester, and The Valhalla is happy to welcome new staff members and new readers. If you’re a returner, welcome back. After one semester of our online format, the staff is a little wiser,...

Brainpower achieves greatness

Bailey Hall, Opinion Editor January 22, 2016

The Lake Stevens High School HiQ team is currently ranked number two in the state of Washington. HiQ is a competition which revolves around a strong ability to retain and recall information as well as...

Enjoy your finished product! Place in a mason jar and embellish with a bow for a cute gift !

Get toasty this winter break and make your own warm vanilla sugar body scrub

Brittney Wood, Staff Reporter December 18, 2015

You don’t have to break the bank this Christmas when your getting gifts for all the important people in you life. Make this homemade sugar scrub and wow everyone with this sweet gift that smells divine. Here...

Savanna Adrian pulls through years of recovery with persistence and perspective

Addy Tibbits, A&E Editor December 17, 2015

From the outside, senior Savanna Adrian may seem like your average high school student. She smiles often, takes part in stage crew for Drama Club, enjoys swimming and takes challenging classes. What someone...

LSHS is getting to know our teachers. Larry Palmer would have no idea what to do if teaching wasn’t an option. “If I wasn’t a teacher, I would probably be living in my parents basement because I have no skills,” said Palmer.

Meet Mr. Larry Palmer

Elizabeth Robins, Staff Reporter December 16, 2015

Meet Larry Palmer, the, as he states, 116 year old teacher (ish) has been teaching “twice as long as his students have been alive,” and says that if he wasn’t a teacher, he would probably be living...

Find Christmas cheer with events everyone will love

Find Christmas cheer with events everyone will love

Brittney Wood, Staff Reporter December 14, 2015

Christmas is a time to stroll streets lined with Christmas lights while sipping on hot cocoa laughing along with family. Many people go searching for holiday events that will create fun memories. But search...

One of the three Giving Trees on campus sits in the cafeteria by the attendance office and is still in need of people purchasing presents. The Giving Tree ornament-tags go to 30 local families who need a little help this holiday season. “My opinion of the giving tree is that it’s a really good way to help the community in a way the doesn’t embarrass those that need it,” senior Jared Ramirez said.

Gift of giving warms people’s hearts this season

Rose Blume, Sports Editor December 14, 2015

The Giving Tree is a part of the holiday drive run by Key Club. The club sets up trees around the school with tags on them in place of ornaments. These tags have a gift request from a child in a family...

Not only does Proff keep busy with many activities outside of teaching such as wood work, fishing and traveling, but the band teacher can generally play any instrument, especially specializing in saxophone.

Get to know a Viking teacher

December 11, 2015

Band teacher, Neil Proff, is in the middle of his tenth year of teaching at Lake Stevens High School. Along with music, family, good food, fishing, woodwork, and travel hold a high importance in his busy...

Junior Bryn Kane and junior Connor Olmstead collect money donations from students during lunch to benefit the Lake Stevens Food Bank.

New holiday drive shows good potential

Addy Tibbits, A&E Editor December 4, 2015

Traditionally holding an annual holiday food drive, Leadership, with the support of ASB, has decided on a new campaign this year, “Cash, Not Cans!”. Instead of students donating canned goods, Leadership...

LSHS is hosting a cash over cans food drive from December 1 through the 17. The food drive will benefit the Lake Stevens Food Bank and the Little Hungry Hearts Foundation. “This year instead of collecting cans, we are collecting cash because little hungry hearts and the food bank has requested for us to collect cash donations instead of cans,” says Senior Emily Stockdale.

Put away the cans and pull out your wallet

Rose Blume, Sports Editor December 4, 2015

This year’s Food Drive runs from December 1 through December 17. Due to requests from Lake Stevens Food Bank and The Hungry Hearts Foundation, the drive has taken on the motto “Cash, not Cans.” This...