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Student views on Lake news

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Student views on Lake news

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This year's staff (L-R): Cierra  Holder, Elizabeth Robbins, Adalyn Tibbits, Cierra Dolquist, Bailey Hall, Rose Blume, Shaylee Wolf , Noel Gasca and Brittney Wood.

Valhalla welcomes new staff and new website

Noel Gasca, Editor-in-Chief October 9, 2015

Welcome to lshsvalhalla.com! Whether you’ve been reading The Valhalla since our print days, or since today, the staff would like to extend a very warm welcome. Here at The Valhalla, we believe...

Say goodbye to outrageous senior picture costs

Say goodbye to outrageous senior picture costs

Bailey Hall, Opinion Editor October 9, 2015

With the price for senior pictures on the rise, many seniors of the Lake Stevens High School Class of 2016 opted to ask their peers, rather than professional photographers, to take their senior pictures...

Katie King's strides forward

Katie King’s strides forward

Shaylee Wolf, News Editor October 9, 2015

Everyone has their differences. Some are hidden, like a secret coin collection in the back of their closet, but others are more visible. Sophomore Katherine King falls into the second category. Ten...

United nations: Noemie Bonbled, Wataru Morishita, Maria Valentini, Jonas Pletscher, Agustina Coll gather together at a table in the library. Being able to speak English well was a motivator for this year’s exchange students to come to the United States. “I wanted to speak English [ever] since I was very little,” sophomore Noemie Bonbeld from Belgium said.

Behind the scenes of foreign exchange programs

Rose Blume, Sports Editor October 9, 2015

Learning English is a major reason why students from around the world choose to participate in foreign exchange programs. Each student, however, has gone through various procedures to attain their goal...


Workplace Technology: Senior Amanda Mirante edits a picture of the LSHS Varsity Volleyball team on an iMac in her Yearbook class. Mirante joined the Yearbook class as a sophomore and experienced the change from Microsoft PCs to iMacs. “The technology of the computers is amazing. We are all slowly learning how to use it, but we appreciate the update,” Mirante said.

Goodbye Microsoft PCs, hello iMacs

Bailey Hall, Opinion Editor October 6, 2015

The out-dated Microsoft PCs of Elizabeth Granillo’s Photography classroom and of Barry Cogswell’s Video Production and Yearbook classroom are being replaced . “Using outdated equipment prevents...

Caught Purple-Handed. SHS security cameras catch LSHS seniors in the act of vandalizing the property. The picture was posted on social media, and the students were punished for their behavior. “[I was] more disappointed than shocked. I wasn’t too surprised that it happened. But it's a shame that it happened ... the spray paint on their school was too much. We can have a tradition without needless vandalism,” senior Dakota Canchella said.

Rivalry tradition turns spiteful

Bailey Hall, Opinion Editor October 6, 2015

While the majority of Lake Stevens High School’s Class of 2016 was expressing a good-natured rivalry on the evening of Thursday, September 24, 2015 painting “the rock,” other LSHS seniors were vandalizing...