Teachers sit in on November Board of Education meeting
Grace Dekoker, Editor-in-Chief
December 12, 2018
Filed under News, Print Issues
At the beginning of a new school year, students can expect to see new faces, new teachers and new classes. LT faculty expected something new at the start of this school year as well- to ratify their new contract for this and upcoming school years. The previous contract-- which lays out logistics such...
Play ‘Lend Me A Tenor’ takes LT stage
Lars Lonnroth, Managing Editor of Breaking News and Multimedia Content
December 11, 2018
Filed under News, Online Exclusives, Top Stories
The LT Theatre department presented Ken Ludwig’s “Lend Me A Tenor” on the weekend of Dec. 9. The humorous play tells the story of a big shot Italian singer who suddenly can not perform at an engagement in Cleveland, forcing the other characters to try to fix the situation. “Every scene, bac...
NHI gives the gift of inspiration this holiday season
Travis Morales, Freelance Writer
December 10, 2018
Filed under News, Online Exclusives, Top Stories
The sight of juicy steak and chicken fajitas combined with sweet churros is only a sliver of what Noche Navideña—or Christmas Night in English—offered on Dec. 7. For the second year in a row, LT students, faculty and the National Hispanic Institute (NHI) club came together to truly learn about the...
Girls Gymnastics begins season with optimistic perspective
Nicole Klein, Reporter
December 4, 2018
Filed under News, Print Issues, Sports
As the upcoming season approaches,15 out of the 25 people on the varsity and junior varsity teams are freshman. They have been training to prepare for their first year of high school gymnastics and are looking to the older members for advice. “We are going to have a really young team,” second-year...
People of LT- December 3, 2018
Camilla Breen, Pulse co-editor
December 3, 2018
Filed under News, Print Issues
Laney Antkiewicz ‘19: “I met my host sister from Germany, Maja, through my other friend Chelsea that I’d met in Religion class and we weren’t really friends until she had me over for new years where we actually became friends. Maja really helped me out when I needed a new host family in G...
Home 2 Home extends help to those in need
Dani Almase, Reporter
December 3, 2018
Filed under News, Print Issues
In the beginning, Janelle Towne did not see the organization Home 2 Home project (H2H) as something she set out to start. It all began as a single service project at a homeless shelter. When Towne talked to the executive director of the shelter, she found out that the clients there were only given an ai...
Student organizes LEO club chapter
Taylor Schmitt, Website/Social Media co-editor
December 3, 2018
Filed under News, Print Issues
When Amanda Kural ‘19 reached out to her local chapter of Lions International about help with a drive for women’s sanitary products, she didn’t expect to be starting her own LEO club chapter with a large group of her friends. Lions International is a charity organization that connects people to...
Local food pantries stock up for holidays
Lars Lonnroth, Managing editor of Breaking News/ Multimedia content
December 3, 2018
Filed under News, Print Issues
The holiday season is a time that often instills a spirit of giving among many people, with many groups organizing food drives and engaging in other charitable activity. While the LT community is not as impoverished as some areas in the city or the suburbs, Director of Social Concerns Kendall Grant a...
ACE progresses with results from assessment
Isabel Tuisl, Website/Social Media co-editor
December 3, 2018
Filed under News, Print Issues
Athletes Committed to Excellence (ACE), a club that aspires to unite and lead the student body toward lives of excellence through positive, healthy choices, tested their members’ qualifications and leadership skills on Nov. 1 with a 45-minute talent assessment called CliftonStrengths (formerly Gallup...
Music Makers moves locations
Anna McCormick, Reporter
December 3, 2018
Filed under News, Print Issues
Starting in the home of the Michors, a Western Springs family, Music Makers has developed into a widely known musical program in the community. Music Makers is further continuing its growth with a new facility located at 4332 Howard Ave., Western Springs. Music Makers began 40 years ago when lessons...
Business is impacted by local construction
Nina Shearill, Business manager
December 3, 2018
Filed under News, Print Issues
The Beautiful Beginnings Baby Donuts (BB’s Donuts) shop started as a small stand, open every Saturday morning. Over the last five years the shop has turned into a Western Springs favorite, even having been featured on Chicago’s Best. However, as the construction on Lawn Avenue progresses, the restaurant...
LT senior, father work to construct marimbas
Pilar Valdes, Art Director
December 3, 2018
Filed under News, Print Issues
Hannah Hasenwinkel ‘19 and her dad, Mark Hasenwinkel, have built 11 marimbas for various playgrounds around the state. As a collaboration with Spaces For Play, a playground company focused on creative play and playground design, the marimbas they build are used as a way for kids to explore music, ...
Josie Dunne ’15 plays in Chicago
Greg Smith, Managing Editor
December 3, 2018
Filed under News, Print Issues
LT alumna Josie Dunne ‘15 performed in concert at Park West in Chicago on Nov. 19. The concert set many firsts for her musical career, including the fact that Park West is the largest Chicago venue where Dunne has performed to date, she said. The show also featured a new band configuration and a set which ...
Adaptive swings now featured in playgrounds
Mia Bonfiglio, Reporter
December 3, 2018
Filed under News, Print Issues
When Christine Ramirez would take her 6-year-old son Parker Ramirez to Ehlert park in Brookfield, he was not able to use the swings. Parker was born with hypoplasia of the corpus callosum, causing developmental delays. Parker had to stand back and watch as the other kids swang and laughed. Althoug...
LT hosts vaping info meeting for community
Diane Makovic, Copy editor
December 3, 2018
Filed under News, Print Issues
The SC PAC was filled with parents from around the LT community on Nov. 6. About half of the seats were filled at 7 p.m. to hear a presentation called The Truth about Vaping, put on by the Parent Community Network, The Coalition for Drug Free Lyons Township, and Rosecrance Health Network, an organization...
New security measures enacted
Tessa Voytovich, Reporter
December 3, 2018
Filed under News, Print Issues
Earlier this year, on Feb. 14, schools all over the United States received a devastating reality check. That was the day of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Safety in schools had increasingly become an issue, but for many, that shooting was what really prompted change. “I...
Georgia Dougherty, Pulse co-editor
December 10, 2018 • No Comments
Anthropogenic global warming (AGW) is the hypothesis that climate change is produced by human activity. Most people who believe in AGW follow Penn State University climatologist...
Burning Up (the Earth, that is)
December 10, 2018
The 1975’s “A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships” review
December 5, 2018
Energetic performance by Josie Dunne gets crowd on its feet
December 4, 2018
Grace Dekoker, Editor-in-Chief
December 12, 2018 • No Comments
At the beginning of a new school year, students can expect to see new faces, new teachers and new classes. LT faculty expected something new at the start of this school year...
Play ‘Lend Me A Tenor’ takes LT stage
December 11, 2018
NHI gives the gift of inspiration this holiday season
December 10, 2018
Girls Gymnastics begins season with optimistic perspective
December 4, 2018