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Who Needs a Script Anyway? A Look inside LHS’s Improv Troupe

Renxi Lin and Vito Hsueh

The Improv Troupe is one of the many performing arts groups based in Lexington High School. Entering the 2024-2025 school year, the Improv Troupe is hard at work, figuring out their plans for the year...

Artist of the Issue: Elaina Li

Julia Do and Callista Guo

From a young age, Lexington High School senior Elaina Li has been expressing herself through a multitude of mediums, ranging from 2D to wearable art. Li has found that disengaging from traditional art...

An Inside Look into LHS’s Fall Production Treasure Island

Nolan An and Mira Xu

Preparations are underway for Treasure Island, this year’s fall play at Lexington High School. Both actors and stage crew have been hard at work creating costumes, building set pieces, rehearsing fight...

Behind the Scenes of A Cappella Auditions at LHS

Ayla ModirzadehMarch and Christina Caro

From Oct. 1 to Oct. 4 this year, Lexington High School held its annual a cappella auditions. LHS is home to seven a cappella groups: Euphoria, Guacamole, Onomatopoeia, Mixed Nuts, Noteworthy, Peanut...

LHS’s Wind Ensemble Captivates Audiences in D.C.

LHS’s Wind Ensemble Captivates Audiences in D.C.

Ella Li and Emily Zhou

From April 12 to 16, Lexington High School’s Wind Ensemble traveled to Washington D.C. to participate in the Washington D.C. International Music Festival at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts....

LHS’s Annual Musical: Planning, Production, Places!

LHS’s Annual Musical: Planning, Production, Places!

Hannah Sul and Victoria Woo

On May 2 and 4, the Lexington High School Drama Company (LHSDC) and LHS’s Drama Department put on their annual musical production, performing the musical rendition of Victor Hugo’s novel Les Misérables. Created...

LHS Pops: A Celebration of a Year’s Worth of Music and Work

Sarah Chen and Yi Ling Sha

On May 18 and 19, the Lexington High School Performing Arts Departments came together to host the annual celebratory Pops concert in the gymnasium. The Pops concert features all four of the music departments...

LHS Jazz Band Performs at UNH Jazz Festival

LHS Jazz Band Performs at UNH Jazz Festival

Lusine Gyulkhasyan and Sid Srivatsan

  Last March, Lexington High School’s jazz band attended the Clark Terry University of New Hampshire (UNH) jazz festival. The event holds massive historical significance within the jazz community,...

Chamber Orchestra Receives Silver Medal in National Orchestra Festival

Owen Jiang and Yi Ling Sha

On March 21 and 22, the Lexington High School Chamber Orchestra was awarded a silver medal at the American String Teachers Association’s (ASTA) 2024 National Orchestra Festival in Louisville, Kentucky. Of...

Lexington High School Students Attend the Wyvern A Cappella Festival

Lexington High School Students Attend the Wyvern A Cappella Festival

Sydney McMahon and Laura Yang

On Feb. 10, Lexington High School’s all-treble and mixed-voice a cappella groups Onomatopoeia and Peanut Butter & Jelly (PB&J) participated in the Wyvern A Cappella Festival, an annual festival...

A Celebration of Culture and Diversity: What Is Asian Night All About?

A Celebration of Culture and Diversity: What Is Asian Night All About?

Riyanna Beri and Vaishnavi Bodapati

On March 15, the Asian Student Union hosted their annual Asian Night in the Lexington High School auditorium. At the event, students celebrated aspects of their cultural heritage through a series of performances...

Poetry Out Loud Competition Judging Results Out

Poetry Out Loud Competition Judging Results Out

Aditya Chiduruppa and Laura Yang

The results of the first Lexington High School Poetry Out Loud competition, which was held on Jan. 17, have been released. Joanna Liu, a senior at LHS, won the competition with her performance of How...

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