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Hannah Etienne, Spotlight Editor

Hannah’s third year on staff is her first year as Spotlight Editor. She spends more time talking to her cats than practicing her flute as a band member. As a senior, most of her time outside of school is spent dancing, playing piano, and talking nonstop about climate change. As Miss Illinois Teen and a member of NHS, she volunteers with her favorite nonprofits over the weekends. Comfortable in front of or behind the camera, Hannah hopes to become a film director in the future.

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Weber fosters his creativity through different mediums, including music, photography, and brand development.

Seniors pursue careers as rappers

May 15, 2022
Extinguishing a world on fire

Extinguishing a world on fire

March 21, 2022
Choir students have spent several weeks preparing for the New York trip, practicing songs and picking their roommates ahead of time.

Choir to fly to New York this week

February 14, 2022
Women in STEAM Club has started this year. The club tries to explore different careers in STEAM and invites guest speakers to help inform students about different jobs in the field.

[Photo] Women in STEAM club to host speakers

January 13, 2022
With finals canceled, the weeks leading up to winter break may have been especially stressful for students studying for an overwhelming number of cumulative and summative tests.

Testing overload

January 12, 2022
Revealing womens reality

Revealing women’s reality

December 17, 2021
The gymnastics team starts competing during their winter season

[Photo] New season, new sports

December 6, 2021
Courtney Larson (left), the 2020 Miss Illinois Teen, and Hannah Etienne (right) the 2021 Miss Illinois Teen, shortly after the finale on July 5, 2021.

Nothing like Toddlers and Tiaras

October 1, 2021
How heteronormativity as the default perception affects LGBTQ+ students.

The binary lens

October 1, 2021
The senior staff members of Bear Facts pose together at their last page night.

Editors to Alumni

May 28, 2021
With the year being much different than usual, seniors reflected on what they hoped for their senior year and how their expectations were altered.

Seniors Reflect Back

May 21, 2021
The marching band prepares for their Homecoming halftime performance on Wednesday, April 21.

Friday night lights: COVID edition

April 28, 2021
The emphasis of the new Genetics and Society class will be on applying the content to lab skills.

New to LZHS: Genetics and Society Dual Credit course

April 21, 2021
When students arent in a physical classroom, its easy for the mind to start paying attention to anything but whats going on in class.

Stay-at-home senioritis

February 18, 2021
Find more information on the Class of 2021 Twitter and Instagram!

21 Tuesdays for the Class of ’21

January 5, 2021
The mentality in this country is still the same, the laws may change but we have to remember that even my grandmother was alive during segregation [and the] Jim Crow laws, Taylor Marshall, junior, said.

America’s ongoing fight

December 14, 2020
Nathan Kessler, Spanish teacher, was able to explore Europe during his year teaching in Spain, and is pictured here in Porto, Portugal.

From Spain to LZ: Sr. Kessler’s first year at LZHS

December 8, 2020
Robert Moore, science teacher, is one of LZHSs most experienced teachers, with 25 years at LZHS.

A concoction of careers

December 1, 2020
Listening to other perspectives helps pop the LZ bubble. Due to the privileged upbringings of a majority of community members, it is important to understand that the security, wealth, and relative ease of LZ life is not universal.

LZ: a bubble of privilege and prosperity

October 8, 2020
Many students drive themselves to school, but carpooling with other students reduces harmful greenhouse gas emissions.

Driving green

September 14, 2020
Nowadays over 65.8 percent of teenagers feel they are overexposed to the news around them, according to a Bear Facts survey of 351 students. With all of the tabs open on their phones, teenagers are struggling to close all the tabs in their mind.

Inundated with information

March 13, 2020
Students use textbooks and test prep books to prepare for the AP tests. Most colleges will only accept a 4 or a 5 on an AP test to give college credit.

The cost of knowledge for college

January 21, 2020
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The Gigis Playhouse sign in the cafeteria imitates the Gigis Playhouse logo. Gigis Playhouse provides free educational development programs for individuals with Down syndrome.

Extended charity bash

January 5, 2020
Tied up in caution tape: overprotective parenting causes students to feel restricted.

Bound by distrust

December 13, 2019
Ever since he started playing chess at age 5, Ranadheer Tripuraneni, senior, has had a passion for chess. This passion motivated him to begin a chess club at school his sophomore year.

Not all about the checkmate

December 8, 2019
Principal Bo Vossel, right, submitted his resignation in November for undisclosed reasons. An interim principal, who was approved by the Board of Education last week, will fulfill the vacancy starting this month.

[Photo] District hires interim principal after Vossel resigns

December 5, 2019
A dual-flush toilet handle. Although these types of handles can save the district money on their water bills, the costs of having them installed is also a major factor.

Gallons of money

November 3, 2019
Laura Kustra, world history teacher is seen pointing at Europe. The curriculum was Eurocentric but the school is moving towards a more inclusive curriculum, according to Kustra.

Magnifying the west

September 27, 2019
Jeretina stops by the bookkeepers office as he checks in on all the staff in the morning. Along with the teachers in the building, he will also email the online teachers just to see how things are going, and if there’s any questions or concerns from students or parents.

Summer school vs. regular school

August 28, 2019
Landon Finn is excited to go to Bradley University because Bradley has a community and has built a reputation for itself that I found was impeccable [...] I have not heard a bad thing about it.

Big dreams for a small senior

May 24, 2019
Although Reagans job includes lots of scheduling and contract signing, he enjoys getting to make connections to his students in the classroom and on the athletic field.

What’s your job?

May 23, 2019
Athletes participate in a 2016 special olympics relay race. SNAP, which used to host the event at the school, is not going to be running the event this year.

SNAP not to attend annual Special Olympics

May 11, 2019
Six Flags employers wait for students to approach their booth during the 2017 job fair. Six Flags is one of the returning buissnesses looking to hire students at this years job fair.

Get employed at the 2019 job fair

February 28, 2019
Members of orchesis practice their routine for Winter, Fire, Snow. According to Cora Meagher, junior orchesis member, the team has been working hard on this piece in order to showcase it at the choir concert on Wednesday.

Winter, Fire, Snow: Orchesis and choir to perform combined piece

December 11, 2018
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