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Zoe’s Take

Zoe Zeng June 24, 2025

We’ve all experienced the feeling of not being able to remember exactly where one of our memories came from, sitting blankly and trying to recall how we knew that our friend’s favorite color was neon...

Caught Between Two Worlds: Split by NIKI

Veolla Jiang June 24, 2025

Lexington High School  is a highly diverse community—as is the town that it’s a part of. Over the past decade , the town of Lexington has become a majority minority;   the combined population...

Who is “Honors for All” Really For?

Ida Sjodin June 24, 2025

Lexington High School transitioned to the “Honors for All” program for its English courses in the 2023-2024 school year, and it was met with mixed reactions. I personally did not like the change, though...

Asa’s Take

Asa Mele June 24, 2025

Today I saw something that genuinely shocked me. It made me think long and hard—an advertisement to “Study in English, in Germany”.  Less than a year ago, I could not imagine an advertisement...

The Cost of Competition in Academic Life

Carrie Li June 24, 2025

A few days ago, I found myself anxiously refreshing Aspen in hopes that one of my teachers added another score in, mindlessly praying that it would nudge my grade up to the next letter. When the score...

Sunrise on the Reaping: Spectacle, Silence, and Stories We Swallow

Angela Xie June 24, 2025

Suzanne Collins has returned us to Panem with Sunrise on the Reaping, a prequel to The Hunger Games trilogy that takes us back to the 50th Hunger Games—the Second Quarter Quell that would crown Haymitch...

Competition Vs. Community: LHS’s Time-Old Battle

Ida Sjodin March 14, 2025

Competition is a staple of Lexington High School culture. It’s well known that competition is healthy in moderation: it pushes you to do your best to reach your full academic potential and is a strong...

The Spectrum of Study Influencer: What is Helpful or Hindering to Our Academic Success?

Zoe Zeng March 14, 2025

It’s midnight and half of Lexington High School’s student population is probably still awake. Inevitably, most of my peers and I are up late working on assignments and cramming for tests and projects...

Making LHS Tree-mendous: Lexington’s Trees

Eileen Ho March 14, 2025

It’s the middle of January, and Jimmy is freezing. “Brrr, it has been SO cold this week,” Jimmy chatters as he and Clarissa exit the math building. He drags Clarissa with him.“Hey! Look at that...

The Decline of Reading for Pleasure: Is Academic Focus Dimming the True Joy of Reading?

Carrie Li March 14, 2025

As schools increasingly emphasize grades, the space for high schoolers to freely engage with literature decreases. For younger children, reading starts off as a joyful activity and a reward at times. The...

Claire’s Take

Claire Suh March 14, 2025

“I’d rather regret the things that I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done.” Lucille Ball    Life can be unpredictable, unexpected, and a wild ride indeed. When we reflect...

The Great Migration: East Meets West on an Impromptu Cultural Bridge Over TikTok Ban

Angela Xie March 14, 2025

As Congress cited “critical data security concerns” to justify a ban on TikTok, American social media users have been “reuniting with their Chinese spies,” flooding comment sections with claims...

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