Student views on Lake news

Valhalla
Student views on Lake news

Valhalla
Student views on Lake news

Valhalla
Madelynn Butler

Madelynn Butler, Sports Section Editor

Madelynn Butler (she/her) is a senior this year and joined the Vahalla staff because she was interested in writing for the school newspaper. Madelynn is a part of the school swim team as well as a club team and enjoys painting and drawing in her free time. She hopes to swim in college, and in the future become an accountant or an elementary school teacher.

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Motivation is Key: Motivation at the end of the year is hard, and doing anything to keep your mind on track is great. Jaidyn Foutch wrote in her planner to stay on track for the end of the year. "The hardest part of the end of the year is trying to get all the work turned in and done the way you wanted without having your grade drop," junior Kayla Stewart said.

The challenges of maintaining motivation as the school year comes to an end

Students struggle to stay focused and complete assignments
Madelynn Butler, Sports Section Editor
April 25, 2022
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Tunes with views: Watershed is a country music concert that everyone goes to have fun and hang out with friends, for a whole weekend of fun. Everyone was there listening to music and hanging with their friends having a good time listening to all of the country music and their favorite artists. "My favorite people who are singing are Morgan Wallen, Miranda Lambert, and Kane Brown," senior Molly Denton said.

2022 Watershed reopens

The Washington country music festival returns and is ready for fans
Madelynn Butler, Sports Section Editor
March 16, 2022
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Football state sendoff: The entire football team prepares to get on the bus for the state championship game. Being the only state sendoffs that happened, everyone waited to see how it went. "I think a send-off is a good idea, but the way that it was done in the timing that it was done, I think was off. I think that all groups should be celebrated - and not only football. I think everyone should get praise because there's a lot of stuff even I didn't know about, like Robotics and all that type all these clubs, DECA, and nationals," senior Gavin Quayle said.

The football team journey to the championships

LSHS puts on a required school send off at the end of the day.
Madelynn Butler, Sports Section Editor
February 8, 2022
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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

Hybrid learning will not be making a return this year for snow days and the students and staff will be getting the day off
Madelynn Butler, Sports Section Editor
December 13, 2021
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[Photo] Dakota Latham

November 15, 2021
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Before the big race, the cross country girls were huddled together preparing for the Twilight invitational with having a good chance of going to state. "There's a lot of fast underclassmen and the guys are also doing really good and they might have a chance to go to state, but I think the girls have a bigger chance," senior Mckenzie McLeod.

The LSHS cross country team through covid times

Due to the challenges of covid the cross country team has still found a way to dominate and win their competitions.
Madelynn Butler, Sports Section Editor
November 10, 2021
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