Welcome back
Olivia Janik and Diane Makovic
August 20, 2019
Dear LT students, staff, parents and members of the community, The 2019-2020 school year has begun, and with it, here at LION Newspaper we are starting our coverage of school and community news. While our first print issue does not come out until Sept. 20, LION is dedicated to updating ...
People of LT: Issue 7
Anna McCormick, Reporter
May 23, 2019
Autumn Mines-Griffith '19 "My passion outside of school is baking! I have always had an interest in creating new things and also taking current things and adding my own touch on them. I have been baking for two years and I am currently enrolled in the TCD Professional and Baking program. I am able to lea...
College scandal impacts LT
Diane Makovic, Copy editor
May 23, 2019
With the exposition of the recent college admissions scandal in March, eight of the country’s most prestigious universities were put into the spotlight. Current junior students will apply to colleges next year aware that some were able to bribe their way into school. “I would feel more frustration...
LDS policy reversal
Mary Okkema, News co-editor
May 23, 2019
Oak park resident Holly Schuetz, a gay former member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, will never forget Nov. 5, 2015. She was lying in bed looking at emails and scrolling through Facebook when she first heard the news. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints announced a new ...
LT Board of Education
Harper Hill, News co-editor
May 23, 2019
As 2019 marked the end of three Board of Education members’ terms, the committee held a reorganization meeting on April 23 to swear in new members and thank those leaving the board for their years of service. John Polacek had served since 1989 and decided to retire from his position. Barbara Rosin...
Illinois raises tobacco age
Grace Dekoker, Editor-in-Chief
May 23, 2019
Use of tobacco products has been on the rise in the U.S., especially with the onset of electronic cigarettes and vaping. Cigarettes, e-cigarettes and any nicotine products are extremely addictive; once users are hooked, they become a lifelong consumer of the product. Teenagers and young people are among...
Assistant Principal retires
Taylor Schmitt, Website/ Social Media co-editor
May 16, 2019
Nestled in the corner of the NC Assistant Principal’s office, a small room sits neatly organized and inviting. In the center of the room, behind the paper-filled desk, sits Kris Costopoulos, who reflects on her 20 years at LT as they draw to a close. “Though [the students] constantly move on and don...
English teacher pursues passion
Isabel Tuisl, Social Media Manager/Website co-editor
May 15, 2019
Tom Stukel, an English teacher at LT for the past 14 years, is also the drummer of The Jam Alker Band. Jamie “Jam” Alker formed the band after becoming sober after a decade of abusing drugs. He [eventually] found his way back to his guitar and began to spin his experiences into stories told through...
eSports finishes second in NIU competition
Dani Almase, Reporter
May 10, 2019
The long battle in the championship match on May 4 saw the LT eSports team emerge as the second best eSports team in Illinois behind Naperville North. The tournament marked the club’s first in-person competition, traveling to the NIU eSports Arena that recently opened this month in Naperville. “It...
Theatre Board performs ‘Tens by Teens’
Nicole Klein, Reporter
May 6, 2019
On May 1, 2 and 3, LT students performed "Tens by Teens" in the Performing Arts Center at SC. The show consisted of 10 plays each running around 10 minutes that were written, directed and performed by students. “This is why I became a teacher,” Lawrence Keller, the show’s producer, said. "...
Students give grants, learn about philanthropy
Lars Lonnroth, Managing editor of Breaking News/Multimedia Content
May 6, 2019
From December to March, students from both LT and Nazareth Academy gathered every other week at the Plymouth Place retirement home’s first floor classroom with a goal: determining how they, as students, can work to improve their community. As part of the brand-new Youth Community Changemaker (YC2) progr...
Alcohol presentation raises awareness
Isabel Tuisl, Website/social media co-editor
May 1, 2019
A presentation about alcohol called “Alcohol’s Effect on the Adolescent Brain and Body” was given by Sahib S. Gill, M.D., a certified family physician in Westmont, Illinois, who is also affiliated with AMITA Health Resurrection Medical Center in Chicago. The presentation, which took place April 23 in th...
Junior becomes ambassador for environmental organization
Dani Almase, Reporter
April 24, 2019
Greta Molek ‘20 first heard about the organization through her dad. Her dad’s employer works with the organization to clean the beaches four times a year. Molek was then inspired to get involved in preserving the environment by becoming an ambassador for the organization. “I wanted to be an am...
Congressman visits the new Investment Club
Lars Lonnroth, Managing editor of Breaking News and Multimedia Content
April 24, 2019
Despite being less than a year old, LT’s new Investment Club recently received a high-profile visitor at an after-school meeting in SC room C210. On April 18, United States Congressman Dan Lipinski (D-Western Springs) spoke to members of the LT Investment Club about the many financial issues fac...
Save club takes a stand
Kate Ferrell, Freelance reporter
April 18, 2019
Last year four students in the science drop in center waited patiently for students to come in for help. As they waited their supervisor Patricia Callahan co-leader of Save Promise club was organizing papers for a Save event. Quinn Riordan’ 21 a tutor in the drop in watched Callahan curiously. “I...
LT introduces drone class
Jake Pulciani, Freelance Reporter
April 15, 2019
LT Aviation and future drone class teacher David Root took an interest in the aviation programs at other schools. Root saw the different forms of drone classes in other schools, and figured it was time LT caught up. “I teach Aviation with our partnership with Embry-Riddle University and most ot...
Olivia Janik and Diane Makovic
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Dear LT students, staff, parents and members of the community, The 2019-2020 school year has begun, and with it, here at LION Newspaper we are starting our coverage...
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