This school year has brought a few new additions to the Lake Stevens School District’s school board. John Boerger, a member of the LSSD board of directors, retired and Dr. Nina Kim Hansen replaced him...
The Lake Stevens High School distance learning shutdown produced mixed reactions among students and staff. Some loved it, some hated it, but despite this it showed the Lake Stevens School District that...
Bryce Clark, Opinion Section Editor
• February 8, 2022
The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is causing schools to have major difficulties with in-person learning, as many students and staff are having to quarantine as a result.
The major factor that affects...
The number of students at Lake Stevens High School who have been absent due to either being exposed to COVID-19 or having COVID-19, has increased significantly in the past couple of weeks.
There have...
Friday, Dec. 10 Lake Stevens WA-LSHS students organized and conducted a walkout during second period. The walkout was dedicated as a protest against school reponses to sexual misconduct, after allegations...
Josie Bitnes, Staff Reporter (she/her)
• December 17, 2021
The recent trial State of Wisconsin Circuit Court Kenosha County State of Wisconsin Plaintiff vs. Kyle H. Rittenhouse has sparked a further division in America. Rittenhouse was on trial after he fatally...
Class of 2022 has had a rough high school career. From arriving at the high school in sophomore year to being sent home three months prior to the end of the school year due to COVID. They spent their junior...
Photography has been a class at LSHS for over a decade; however, it will no longer be offered next year. Due to the retirement of the previous photography teacher, Elizabeth Granillo, the school could...
People may be surprised to learn that one in every five teens experiences a mental illness. As a result, it’s important to offer effective mental health support in high schools. It’s hard to ask for...
Now that the vaccine has been distributed to millions across the country, according to Our World Data (see graph) if we will need to celebrate holidays differently this year. I’ve asked some...
The theater is finally back open! The fall musical revue, All Together Now, which is based on a program called Music Theatre International (MTI) who designed the show as a fundraiser for local theaters...
Lake Stevens, WA Aug. 25 2021- Lake Stevens School Board adopted Policy no. 5590, Gender-Inclusive Schools. Policy 5590 maintains a focus on using correct terms, properly respecting transgender students’...
![A report by the Washington State Department of Health states that 91 COVID-19 outbreaks and 1,519 COVID cases occurred in Snohomish County K-12 schools between Aug. 1 and Nov. 31, 2021. According to data from the Washington Department of Health, 60.2% of people aged 16-17 have been fully vaccinated, while 51.8% of people aged 12-15 have been fully vaccinated. "My sister’s like college and stuff went online for a few weeks, so [going online] it’s not like out of the picture. I don’t think we would go full year, but I feel like temporarily would probably be pretty likely," junior Jake Loucado said.](https://lshsvalhalla.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Z9uxqplOHjRXTkfd4L6sDbmJ9RiT16s8C6Pgft4j-900x900.png)
