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Ashley DeLuga, junior Student Council Executive Officer, explains the car decoration contest occuring during the 12 Days of Giving, which students can participate while dropping off their donations at school.

12 Days of Giving to give back to local community

Caroline Sun, Digital Editor-in-Chief
November 29, 2020

Textbooks are being put into a truck to be send to Bookfriends. These books will be shipped out to Africa to help students and libraries in need.

From Illinois to Africa, books go to help students in another continent

Adam Monnette, Live Media Manager
November 23, 2020

With students returning to full remote learning, classrooms will be empty until after winter break.
“If COVID cases are rising while we're in school, it's safer to just stay home,” Max Barboza, freshman hybrid learner, said. “Safety should always be the first priority when you're dealing with a global pandemic.”

LZ shifts to fully remote learning until 2021

Adam Monnette and Sasha Kek
November 13, 2020

LZHS' theatre is releasing the radio show Dracula and the Twisted Tales of Poe. Get your headphones ready this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday!

LZHS theatre to stream fall radio production

Sreelikhi Vangavolu, Spotlight Editor
October 28, 2020

The high school will shift to elearning next week between October 26 to November 9, which can be an advantage or disadvantage depending on perspective. “Although [teachers] might have a more difficult time teaching through Zoom, I think that they'll feel probably more comfortable [shifting to elearning] because I know a lot of my teachers were expressing that they were nervous to go back into the school; a couple of them had to take a leave of absence because of it,” Annie Moriarity, freshman, said. “Some [parents] may be like, ‘Okay, whatever,’ but parents who might need their kid to be in school for childcare purposes might feel a little upset.”

School to close temporarily next week due to an increase in COVID case in Lake County

Sasha Kek, Secretary
October 23, 2020

Nova, the school's new therapy dog, waits patiently on the front des. Nova will be seen in school Tuesdays and Thursdays, helping students and staff destress.

Having a ruff day?

Adam Monnette, Live Media Manager
October 21, 2020

Hallways such as the S-Hallway shown here have been sanctioned off as a one-way hallway for hybrid learners. Other hallways have been divided into two sides in order to promote social distancing.

LZ begins hybrid learning

Alex Ketcham, Sports Editor
October 5, 2020

MobileMakers, an iOS coding class, will be offering a new experience to students starting this year.

A unique coding experience

Jane Yu, Staff Writer
September 3, 2020

The construction of the new May Whitney Elementary building continued this summer and stands on track to be completed for Fall 2021. May Whitney, Seth Paine, and Sarah Adams were the major construction projects in the district this summer and all persevered through Covid-19.

Constructing the future

Alex Ketcham, Sports Editor
September 2, 2020

Students are faced with the chance that they may be returning back to campus, but school will be different with new regulations put in place to try and keep the spread of COVID 19.

LZ takes on COVID with new school plan

Kara Yoon, Staff Writer
August 27, 2020

Zoom was not working for the first period of the first day of school.

Students, teachers unable to sign into first classes of school year

Sasha Kek and Adam Monnette
August 25, 2020

Due to Covid-19, the class of 2020's graduation was not a traditional one. Nevertheless, graduates received their diploma on stage, along with applause and picture opportunities.

An unconventional end: class of ’20 graduates via drive-through

Caroline Sun and Max Feldman
July 24, 2020

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