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Marsha P. Johnson

Activist – Marsha P. Johnson

Maren Hammer February 7, 2022

Marsha P. Johnson: One of the first well-known black gay and transgender rights activists, she fought heavily for gay rights and for transgender youth like herself.  The Marsha P. Johnson Insitute,...

NASA mathematical Katherine Johnson at work in 1966.

Mathematician – Katherine Johnson

Camille Kent, Photographer February 7, 2022

Katherine Johnson was born on August 26, 1918, in White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia. Johnson was an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to...

Maya Angelou gives a riveting speech for Barack Obama’s Campaign at The Carolina Theater, Greensboro, North Carolina, September of 2008.

Author – Maya Angelou

Aimel Rai, Head Photographer February 7, 2022

Marguerite Ann Johnson, better known as Maya Angelou, was born on April 4, 1928, in St. Louis Missouri. Maya and her older brother, Bailey were sent to live with their grandma in Arkansas when they were...

Rihanna at 106 & Park at BET Studios, New York City.

Singer – Robyn Fenty

Nylah Harringon, Photographer February 7, 2022

Robyn Fenty, also known as Rihanna, was born Feb. 20, 1988, in Saint Micheal, Barbados. Rihanna dropped out of school and moved to the United States at the young age of 16 to jump-start her singing career....

Stokely Carmichael in Alabama 1966

Activist – Stokely Carmichael

Maren Hammer February 7, 2022

Stokely Carmichael, a prominent civil rights organizer, first led the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), then became the honorary prime minister of the Black Panthers, and lastly leader...

Dancer - Josephine Baker

Dancer – Josephine Baker

Maren Hammer February 7, 2022

Josephine Baker: The first French-American war hero and black woman to be inducted into Paris mausoleum for revered figures.  As a civil rights activist, she was the only woman to speak at the 1963...

After dismissal: Vehicles belonging to students file from multiple directions as they leave school. Construction has downsized the parking lot since the building's renovations. 
"It can take up to fifteen minutes or longer to leave after a long school day," senior Ashlynn Wright.

Reasons behind LSHS parking lot struggles

Lilyana Salazar, Staff Reporter December 16, 2021

  In 2016, the modernization of LSHS was put to a vote and after years of renovating, students today get to experience the almost complete version of LSHS. However, there is a noticeable lack of...

No Zoom: With snow falling outside and hot cocoa heating up with a gingerbread house being made; students won't do online learning while the snow is falling outside. Even though students learned online for the past two years, LSSD will return to the traditional snow day structure. "I think the school and teachers are going to try to get kids to do online learning, but me personally, I'm going outside and I'm playing the snow," senior Connor White said.

Students will get to play in the snow this year

Madelynn Butler, Sports Section Editor December 13, 2021

With the seasons turning and the cold fronts rolling in we are destined to get some ice and snow. So the possibility of school closure is in the foreseen future, which leaves the decision of reverting...

Looks like it's lunch time: Sophomores Colin Raynor, Jamison Lackor and Aidan Seals sit socially distanced at lunch in the Learning Commons.  Students are allowed to take their masks off while actively eating and/or drinking. At this table, a maximum of six people are allowed. They must sign in to allow contact tracing to occur. "It's an okay set-up, could be better," Lackor said.

Vikings are back

Bryce Clark and Maddy Duffy, Photographer November 10, 2021

Last year COVID forced students and staff to make various changes, the major one being that school was completely online. Students took three classes per semester instead of six, and the SBA test was not...

Letter from the editor

Letter from the editor

Hailey Cordell, Editor-in-Chief June 14, 2021

Dear Students, Staff, and Lake Stevens Community Members:  The end of the year is fast approaching as we near a much-needed summer break. After all the learning changes and challenges that students...

Climate Change: Kirstin Olson, a science teacher at Lake Stevens High School, is rather intrigued about climate change. K. Olson has considered climate change one of the biggest problems humans have to deal with. "I believe that if nothing is done to mitigate our impacts, we are in for dramatic changes in our climate on every part of the planet. But despite all the doom and gloom, I'm still hopeful. We as humans are incredible innovators and have the capacity to alter our behavior and adapt as things change, but it's going to take all of us working together on a global scale to make sure that happens," Olson said.

The burden of climate change wrongly placed on individuals

Nadia Tucey, A&E Editor June 6, 2021

Our society places a strong burden on everyday people for exactly what causes climate change: individual impact. We have somehow been brainwashed into believing that our reckless recycling skills, fast...

But I Do, by Elizabeth Boulerice

Elizabeth Boulerice April 14, 2021

You and I are equal, others may not see it, but I do, and that's what matters. I understand you, I see you as you are,  simply beautiful. Gender, race, eye colour, sexuality, disabilities, simply...