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Pieces of art created by students across Lakota Local Schools were displayed at Liberty Center from March 15 to April 10.
Julia Viviano, Staff Writer May 16, 2025

The Colors of Creativity Lakota Art Showcase was unveiled in the Fitton at the Foundry studio at Liberty Center on Saturday, March 15. For the next 26 days, anyone visiting the mall would have a hard time...

Trumps effects on student loans

Trumps effects on student loans

With new actions by the president, student loans are evolving and changing.
Mia Huelskamp, Opinion Editor May 16, 2025

With millions of young adults graduating this year, and the majority heading off to college, one of the main concerns that interrupts all the excitement is money. Incoming college students need at least...

Gifted Growth

Gifted Growth

New for the 2024-25 school year, Lakota adds an additional six employees to the previous five gifted services program in order to bring the numbers back to what they were four years ago.
Will Huelskamp, Editor-in-Chief October 20, 2024

Current East senior Hailey Lowe recalls the days when she was in sixth grade at VanGorden Elementary. After the second bell rang she would leave her sixth grade hall and report to her gifted math class...

Astrology Club President Kyra Mackey (left) and Vice President Samantha Schaller (right) welcome members to the club's April 8 meeting.

Stars Align

Kien Vu April 16, 2021

story by Kien Vu | photography by Audrey Allen Astrology isn’t about looking at stars, rather it’s about understanding one’s self in the universe. The Astrology club meets every Tuesday in room...

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Mind Over Matter

Ava Huelskamp March 11, 2020

story by Ava Huelskamp | photography by Cassandra Mueller He takes a deep breath as he guides the closed-eyed students in his Honors Biology class through a mindfulness exercise, instructing them to take...

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Hitting Hate Head On

Shiloh Wolfork March 3, 2020

story by Shiloh Wolfork | photography by Riley Higgins For me, hate culture has never been considered a single term or idea but instead, a gradual and continuous collection of experiences and events that...

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Orange Out for Dragonfly

Hannah Fuller February 29, 2020

story by Hannah Fuller | photography by Riley Higgins As the buzzer for the 2020 East versus West basketball game sounded in the East gymnasium, the scoreboard read the winner of the game, but the real...

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Holiday Choir Concert

Marleigh Winterbottom December 20, 2019

story and photography by Marleigh Winterbottom East’s Singing Thunderhawks presented their 10th annual holiday concert at the Princeton Pike Church of God on Dec. 3 from 7 to 9 p.m. The concert featured...

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The Learning Curve

Shiloh Wolfork December 19, 2019

story by Shiloh Wolfork | photography by Andrew Marshall | infographic by Kelly Johantages The Lakota Local School district recently received an overall B on the annual 2018-2019 school report card, the...

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Highest Finish

Rachel Anderson December 11, 2019

story and photography by rachel anderson Everything grows silent. The cheers from the crowd are far away and it seems as if the starting gun will never fire. The nerves keep building as the East varsity...

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Easy A

Regan Denham November 20, 2019

column by Regan Denham | art by Alexandra Fernholz There’s pressure to stand out, pressure to be unique in a system designed to make students bland and similar. It’s hard to fathom that I am just...

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All In Moderation

Ianni Acapulco November 15, 2019

story by Ianni Acapulco | art by Lillian Elliot East sophomore Aya Darwiche arrives to school early each morning, long before the hectic rush of the school day’s start. It’s quiet at that time, but...

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