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Environmental members use augers in an effort to plant over 150 bluebells at Balls Bluff Regional Park. The environmental club celebrated Earth Day by restoring the battlefield and producing crafts like the flower bombs. Pictured: Elena Wigglesworth, Barek Harrison, Liberty Harrison, Caitlin Fikes, Daniellah Etisi. Photo by Jeff Webster.

Environmental Club celebrates our green society on Earth Day

Michaela Scott, Co Editor-in-Chief May 7, 2022

Two years ago, the environmental club’s leadership was demolished after the team graduated in 2020, although this year, the new administration worked with science teacher and club advisor Tracy Webster...

Senior Audrey Stroupe’s award winning piece, “Smarter Than You Look,” was awarded the highest and most difficult level of recognition: the Gold Key. Stroupe used oil painting for her entry into the Scholastic Art and Writing Contest.

Audrey Stroupe wins Scholastic Art Contest’s highest recognition: The Gold Key

Michaela Scott, Co Editor-in-Chief May 4, 2022

Senior Audrey Stroupe has been a four-time volleyball state champion, yet this year she won her first nonathletic recognition in the Scholastic Art and Writing Contest, the Gold Key.   “As...

Freshman Grace Roberts wins the Girls State Wrestling tournament on January 26. Roberts became the second female wrestler in school history to win a state championship. Photo courtesy of County Athletics.

Freshman becomes the second female wrestler in school history to win Wrestling State Championship

Michaela Scott, Co Editor-in-Chief April 4, 2022

Growing up in a household of nine siblings who nearly all wrestle, freshman Grace Roberts began learning the fundamentals of the sport at the age of nine years old. “I started wrestling after watching...

Administrative actions to renovate result in corruption

Michaela Scott, Co Editor-in-Chief April 1, 2022

As school administration faces ongoing challenges this year regarding the return of in-school learning, faculty members have adjusted by implementing new ways for students to learn in school and stay safe....

Administrative Actions To Renovate Result In Corruption

Administrative Actions To Renovate Result In Corruption

Michaela Scott, Editor-In-Chief April 1, 2022

As school administration faces ongoing challenges this year regarding the return of in-school learning, faculty members have adjusted by implementing new ways for students to learn in school and stay safe....

Excessive Trash Dumped During Lunch Leaves Cafeteria Disastrous

Michaela Scott, Editor-In-Chief February 7, 2022

     According to an informal poll conducted during advisory, over 65% of students do not see an issue regarding an excessive amount of trash being left behind in the cafeteria this year.     ...

Jordan concentrates as she prepares to send a hard, driven spike ball to the other team at one of our many home games during the season. Photo courtesy of Debbie Senchak.

Sarah Jordan Ends High School Career With Another State Championship

Michaela Scott, Editor-In-Chief February 7, 2022

     During the COVID-19 pandemic, playing sports has been a highlight for many students and a way to take a break from everyday stress. They look forward to competing and being in their own world.     ...

SCA Showcases Club Holiday Trees

SCA Showcases Club Holiday Trees

Michaela Scott, Editor December 17, 2021

In honor of the holiday season, the Student Council Association has put together an arrangement of Evergreen trees outside the cafeteria. The clubs that took charge of decorating the five trees are...

Senior Field Hockey Athletes Reflect On Making Program History

Michaela Scott, Editor December 16, 2021

Field hockey became an official sport in Loudoun County Public Schools during 2016, and within five years the varsity squad at LCHS made school history by taking their team all the way to the state...

PEER Presents Paws Up For Positivity

PEER Presents Paws Up For Positivity

Michaela Scott, Editor December 7, 2021

During the month of November, PEER made it their initiative to host a school-wide event to promote World Kindness Day. They called it Paws Up For Positivity, which was the slogan for lunch on the lawn...

The student section cheering on the Captains at the first varsity football home game against Potomac Falls High School. Connor Kilbey and Bennett Vaughan led the crew as the football team won with a final score 50-7. Photo Courtesy of Caroline Jenn.

Captains’ Crew Leaders Elevate the 2021-22 Athletic Season

Michaela Scott, Editor-In-Chief November 22, 2021

As the football season has gone into full swing, two sport enthusiasts from the senior class have taken it upon themselves to lead the Captains’ Crew student section.  “We’re the energy,” Captains’...

Senior Mairenn Blest and Kenly Howerter sit on the Ida Lee field as they watch the sunrise. At approximately 6:45 a.m. seniors met at the Ida Lee Recreation Center to celebrate their last first day of high school and watch the sunrise. (Photo courtesy of Kenly Howerter)

Senior Sunrise Marks the Beginning of Seniors’ Last First Day of High School

Michaela Scott, Editor-in-chief November 22, 2021

To kick off the start of the class of 2022’s last year of high school, senior Kenly Howerter and Jiya Manalel coordinated the senior sunrise in a vacant field at Ida Lee Park Recreation Center. “It...

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