Lake Zurich High School Student Media

Bear Facts

Lake Zurich High School Student Media

Bear Facts

Lake Zurich High School Student Media

Bear Facts

A representation on the differences of a teen texting their parent. Teens often respond with shorter texts, or sometimes dont even respond at all.

Reflecting on texting

Ruby Lueras, LZ Life Editor
September 30, 2020
GSA/Spectrum meetings are held over zoom as clubs shift to remote meeting.

Connecting while separate

Kara Yoon, Staff Writer
September 29, 2020
Classes look different this year, especially for music teachers and students. Josh Thompson and his class work hard to continue practicing over Zoom.

Conducting music classes over Zoom

Kaitlin Geisler, Social Media Manager
September 28, 2020
Twitter has gained popularity among teenagers with 32% of US teens active on the app looking to stay up-to-date with current information. “The ability to be able to talk to other people because humans are naturally social, and the ability to literally just have the whole world in your pocket is what gives social media the impact it has,” Rudy Tabachnik, right-leaning junior, said. “Twitter is just the front runner. You also have all of your celebrities on Twitter, you have a lot of politicians on Twitter, you have all the pundits on Twitter, you have even crappy meme accounts on Twitter; everythings on Twitter and thats just how it works.

Tweeting left and right

Sasha Kek, Secretary
September 25, 2020
The LZHS building as it awaits for students to return on October  13th. While everyone has been learning from home, administration has been hard at work ensuring all goes smoothly.

Juggling uncertainty

Caroline Sun, Digital Editor-in-Chief
September 21, 2020
A teachers basic to-do list for the day, While teachers have their lists of things they need to accomplish for the day, they also have a lesson plan that has changed many times throughout the course of the summer.

Teachers flip learning to suit students

Adam Monnette, Live Media Manager
September 16, 2020
Many students drive themselves to school, but carpooling with other students reduces harmful greenhouse gas emissions.

Driving green

Hannah Etienne, Staff Writer
September 14, 2020
Emma Harper, freshman, gets ready for a day of e-learning at home. By staying at home, learning for some freshmen has been full of new obstacles to face.

An unusual fresh start

Jane Yu, Staff Writer
September 14, 2020
Cassidy Kalamaras, displays a favorite product of hers. I love the unicorn. I make these unicorns and its just so fun because I can customize them a lot. I think its so cute and I love that you can change the colors on it, and its very whimsical, Kalamaras said.

LZ means business

Sophia Babcock, Staff Writer
September 9, 2020
Students are constantly pressured from school to succeed and prepare for the future. However, under quarantine, parents are also pressuring their children, causing many teens to lose their independence.

Locked down

Annette Suk, Business Manager
August 31, 2020
333,768 students world-wide could not submit their exams according to College Board data. Of the 1,302 exams that LZHS students took, about 36 could not be submitted due to technical issues.

The unlucky 2%

Sasha Kek, Secretary
August 26, 2020
Jawad Alam, senior, practicing a clarinet piece. For him, the cancellation of his final high school musical performances was disappointing.

Playing the blues

Cristina MacCormac, Bear Facts Contributor
May 27, 2020
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