The Musket

LHS Students Volunteer Toward Envisioning a World Beyond Celiac Disease

Hannah Sul and Annie Wang

On Sept. 29, 2024, the nonprofit organization Step Beyond Celiac hosted its annual 5K race at Middlesex Community College in Bedford to raise funds and bring awareness to celiac disease. According...

The League of Women Voters’ Push for Youth Voter Registration

Diya Nigam and Katie Lin

On Sept. 17, the League of Women Voters (LWV) hosted an event to register new voters, pre-register high school students, and provide applications for mail-in ballots, bringing a wave of civic engagement...

Into the Depths of Cary Library’s Construction

Jacob Cho and Sophia Kao

On July 1, the Cary Memorial Library officially started construction on the Children’s Renovation Project (ChiRP). This project entails the renovation of the library’s lower level, including the Children’s...

Empowering Change: Lexington Public School’s Introduction of New School Holidays to the Official Calendar

Sophia Du and Amal Balachundhar

For the 2024-2025 school year, Lexington Public Schools is observing three new school holidays—Diwali, Lunar New Year, and Eid al-Fitr—on its official calendar. The change aims to acknowledge and represent...

Lexington High School Hosts Annual Special Olympics

Riyanna Beri and Vaishnavi Bodapati

On April 26, 2024, Lexington High School hosted its 18th annual all-day Special Olympics at the Lexington Track. During the event, students a part of the LABBB Collaborative participate in various sporting...

Andrew Baker Becomes the Principal of LHS

Nolan An and Rachel Lei

On March 5, Andrew Baker became the permanent principal of Lexington High School. There were several steps that Baker had to take in order to officially become permanent principal, including interviews...

Learning at LHS Continues on Exchange Trips Abroad

Ella Li and Emily Zhou

Over Feb. break, students in the French and Spanish exchange programs at Lexington High School traveled to Switzerland and Spain to fully immerse themselves in their respective languages for two weeks. The...

Senate Club Marketplace at LHS

Austin Li and Shreyas Pokharna

On March 8, 2024, the Student-Faculty Senate hosted the Club Marketplace in the Lexington High School field house, providing an opportunity for LHS clubs to display their accomplishments, raise awareness,...

Hornstra Farm: Real-World Applications of Human Geography

Sid Srivatsan and Nathan Cunningham

In early Jan. 2024, Lexington High School’s AP Human Geography class participated in a field trip to Hornstra Farm, a small family business in Norwell, Massachusetts, that opened in 2008. Because they...

National Honor Society Hosts Annual Talent Show

Allison Liu and Vaishnavi Bodapati

On Dec. 8, 2023, the National Honor Society (NHS) at Lexington High School hosted its annual talent show, created to bring the Lexington community together. This year, it featured around 20 different acts...

LHS French Teacher Beckie Bray Rankin Wins ACTFL Award

Elissa Fan and Emily Wu

On Aug. 25, 2023, Lexington High School French teacher Beckie Bray Rankin (Brankin) found out that she would be receiving the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages’ (ACTFL) Nelson Brooks...

Lexington High School Begins Design Process for New Building

Sydney McMahon and Tara Pai

Since March 2022, a group of administrators, teachers, and students at Lexington High School have been redesigning the school to better meet student and faculty needs. In recent years, the school...