The Musket

How LexMUN Staff are Preparing to Host Over 220 Delegates

Rohan Boonapalli and Mira Xu • March 12, 2025

On Jan. 25, over 220 Model United Nations (MUN) competitors from various schools in the Greater Boston area came to Lexington High School to participate in LexMUN. Students from middle school and high...

Lexington High School to Compete in GBH’s High School Quiz Show

Elissa Fan • March 10, 2025

Lexington High School’s quiz team is set to compete in GBH’s High School Quiz Show, an academic tournament for high school students in Massachusetts. The show premiered its 16th season’s first episode...

LPS Implements Spending Freeze

Daphne Warren and Sharmada Rajaram • March 10, 2025

Due to a projected budget shortfall in the 2025 fiscal year, Lexington Public Schools has implemented a spending freeze—a deliberate attempt to decrease spending. Julie Hackett, the superintendent of...

LHS Honors Veterans at Annual Panel

Siri Battini and Vaishnavi Bodapati • January 13, 2025

On Nov. 8, Lexington High School hosted its annual Veterans Day Panel. The panel, which was held in the IDLC during I-Block, consisted of speakers who served in the United States Military: Lieutenant Colonel...

MCAS: No Longer A Graduation Requirement in Massachusetts

Shaurya Kasi and Mohita Chepeni • January 13, 2025

The Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) is a standardized test that public school students in the state take from third to eighth grade, and once more in the tenth grade. Up until this...

Winners of the Superintendent’s Academic Excellence Award

Ayla ModirzadehMarch and Jo Vijayarangan • January 13, 2025

Seniors William Ostrow and Esme Baldo are this year’s recipients of the Academic Excellence Award. Every year, Superintendent Julie Hackett gives this honor to two seniors at Lexington High School of...

LHS Senate Hosts its Annual Club Marketplace

Sophia Du and Chelsea Guo • January 13, 2025

On Dec. 6, Lexington High School’s Student-Faculty Senate hosted the Club Marketplace in Commons 2 for the second year in a row, displaying the collaborative spirit and creativity of the school community....

Post-Election Division and Dialogue at LHS

Jessica Liu, Maya Bhandarkar, and Jahnavi Bolleddula • January 13, 2025

On Nov. 6, the morning following the United States presidential election, students at Lexington High School arrived at their first-block classes with a range of emotions. While some appeared on the verge...

LHS Students Volunteer Toward Envisioning a World Beyond Celiac Disease

Hannah Sul and Annie Wang • December 3, 2024

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 • December 3, 2024

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 • December 3, 2024

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 • December 3, 2024

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...