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The student news site of Lake Stevens High School

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The Five Guys Robotics Team, winning the website award last year in 2016. Winning the same award this year has brought to 2 the number of times this team has won the award and 3 the number of times theyve traveled to the Worlds Competition. The objective of the website challenge is to develop a website that promotes your entire robotics program and any other robotics programs you participate in, your outreach activities, how to join, what you have done, who you are, where you are, and what you plan to do in the future, said senior Aiden Pyle. The boys worked hard on the site to earn the award and are looking forward to traveling back to Worlds.

Web design leads Robotics to Worlds

Sophie Grieser, News Editor & Editor-in-Chief April 12, 2017

The Lake Stevens Robotics Team is something that every student has heard about at school - their competitions have been broadcasted on the cafeteria TVs, so their successes have been no strangers to the...

Changes in office trump citizens

Changes in office trump citizens

Maggie Bakken, Opinion Editor March 3, 2017

In the past year, our country has gone through a number of changes. Although 2016 is the year many want to forget, the biggest event we all will remember is the change of president. When Mr. Trump was...

Junior Jake Burleigh is doing his homework in the Student Center during his fourth period. Burleigh does not agree with the changes of teachers with the start of the new semester, he considers it hurtful. “Changing teachers is very stressful, and it is not a good way to learn and improve new knowledge,” Burleigh said.

Semesters change and so do teachers

Audrey Kristofferson, Online editor March 1, 2017

Every semester, students dread the inevitable: when our teachers change and our entire schedule gets switched around. If you are anything like me, it is incredibly irritating and I try to switch back my...

Set crew brings Yonkers to Washington

Set crew brings Yonkers to Washington

Sophie Grieser, News Editor & Editor-in-Chief February 28, 2017

Seeing a show put on by LSHS Drama is always a great time. Most of the time, the actors get the most credit and praise for the show, and rightly so. But there are more people working to make the show wonderful...

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...

90’s kids transport back into 80’s world 
The combined choir kids get together for one last picture before the final performance 
Choir kids get into character to get the audience into the last song “Neutron Dance”  by The Pointer Sisters.

Choir Cabaret: What’s happening and how to plan for next year

Samantha Jones, Features Editor & Staff Reporter February 23, 2017

Every year, the combined LSHS Jazz, Concert, and Treble Choirs have gotten together to perform for one night to raise money for either field trips to attend, competitions out of state and new performance...

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...

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...

The paper and the book piles will grow. Tackle these homework assignments and reviews head on and gut the rest of this semester out

It’s finals, finally

Makenzie Heggie, Staff Reporter January 25, 2017

Finals are coming up in a couple weeks we all know finals are a very stressful, difficult and an overwhelming time, there are some great techniques Lake Steven students are using to prepare for the end...

Gabe Murfitt speaks to the school at the MLK Assembly. Murfitt encouraged the students to set top shelf goals and never stop working to attain them.

MLK day is celebrated through influential assembly

Haylee Felker, Photographer January 25, 2017

Every year since 1983, we have had a day called MLK day. This day gives students and people a day off of work or school to reflect on the justice that was made by a man. The man's name was Martin Luther...

Seniors attack with Nerf guns blazing

Seniors attack with Nerf guns blazing

Marin Nielsen, Staff Reporter & Design Editor January 19, 2017

Senior year is riddled with moments of nostalgia and tradition such as senior assassin. However, the game has proven to be quite an ordeal. Between controversy on the senior page and reportedly poor management,...

Robotics and DECA on the move

Mattie Boe, Staff Reporter January 19, 2017

There have been several notable achievements at the school lately, especially in regards to clubs. The Robotics Club experienced a big win recently. Lake Stevens High School participated in a competition...