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Daniel Saptari Wins  National Science Olympiad Scholarship

Daniel Saptari Wins National Science Olympiad Scholarship

Sophia Du and Chelsea Guo June 24, 2025

Daniel Saptari, a senior and former captain of the Lexington High School Science Olympiad team, was named one of the five national winners of the Founder Scholarship. This award recognizes outstanding...

VEX Worlds: Robotics, Camaraderie, and Cooperation

Mira Xu and Rohan Boonapalli June 24, 2025

After a year of fine-tuning robots, debugging code, and working through long practices, the VEX Robotics World Championships stand as the final challenge for robotics teams around the world. From May 6-14,...

LHS Envirothon Team Attends 2025 Massachusetts Envirothon

Ryan Qin and Justin Lee June 24, 2025

The Massachusetts Envirothon is an annual outdoor field competition where teams of three to five members from high schools across Massachusetts come together to showcase their knowledge of Massachusetts’...

Lexington Science Bowl Team Places Second at National Tournament

Aarya Atale and Mohita Chepeni June 24, 2025

Lexington High School’s Science Bowl Team placed second at the 2025 National Science Bowl in Washington D.C. They were national champions in 2023 and 2024.  Science Bowl is a buzzer-based competition...

Lexington Youth STEAM Initiative Brings Innovation to Local Organizations

Lexington Youth STEAM Initiative Brings Innovation to Local Organizations

Ryan Qin and Justin Lee March 12, 2025

Students at Lexington High School banded together in 2021 to form the Lexington Youth STEAM Initiative, a student-led team focusing on using science, technology, engineering, art, and math to serve the...

Math at the Harvard Extension School: Is it Worth it?

Annabel Volpe and Aaminah Shams March 10, 2025

Ranging from Algebra I to AP Calculus, Lexington High School offers a multitude of math classes to fit each student’s skill level and interests. Despite many courses being available to students at LHS,...

Studying Everyday Applications of Math in Contemporary Applied Mathematics

Mohita Chepeni and Jacob Cho March 10, 2025

When students think of math at Lexington High School, many might imagine the standard class progression from algebra to geometry to precalculus, and eventually, calculus. But LHS offers electives beyond...

STEM Spotlight: Vivek Mehta

STEM Spotlight: Vivek Mehta

Amal Balachundhar and Vito Hsueh February 24, 2025

There is no shortage of activities that Vivek Mehta has taken part in. During his time on 66659A, one of LHS’s robotics teams, Mehta led the team to qualify for the VEX Robotics World Championships for...

Are Pre-College Summer Programs Worth It?

Julia Do and Annie Wang January 16, 2025

Pre-college programs are a popular way for Lexington High School students to spend their summer. Many students participate in STEM programs in particular, which have become popular overtime as they merge...

AMC & AIME: Preparation and Competition

Rohan Pai and Giggs Yin January 16, 2025

Dating back to the 1950s, the American Mathematics Competition (AMC) and American Invitational Mathematics Competition (AIME) are two of the oldest and most difficult high school math competitions in America.  “Every...

LHS Students Conduct Cutting-Edge Math Research in MIT PRIMES and PRIMES Circle

Aaminah Shams and Grace Peng January 16, 2025

Lexington High School students pursue a wide variety of STEM-centered extracurriculars—including PRIMES, considered one of the most prestigious math programs for high school students. MIT PRIMES and...

LHS VEX Robotics Team 15797A Competes At Regional Tournament

LHS VEX Robotics Team 15797A Competes At Regional Tournament

Yash Sankholkar and Ethan Zhou January 16, 2025

On Nov. 2, Lexington High School VEX robotics team 15797A competed against other local teams at the Belmont Hill VEX V5 Robotics Challenge in the first tournament of the season. The VEX robotics competition,...

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