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'Outside the Art Room' event highlights young artists

‘Outside the Art Room’ event highlights young artists

Zoe Johnson, Staff Reporter April 25, 2025

Outside the Art Room is an event where kids can sell or show off their artwork at Christ Church Episcopal Parish in LO and this year it happened on April 14, 2025.  “I heard about it from my friend,”...

LORAC nears completion

LORAC nears completion

Nolan Bates, Sports/Opinion Editor April 15, 2025

The new Recreation & Aquatics Center near LHS is expected to open in early spring 2025, with many students from LHS hoping to use it as soon as it opens.  There will be two pools; one for recreational...

Roundabout construction causes delays on Stafford Road

Roundabout construction causes delays on Stafford Road

Alani LoBravo, Staff Reporter April 15, 2025

Clackamas County has begun to move forward with its Stafford Road project, adding improvements along roads such as Stafford and Childs that will benefit the commutes of local citizens. Not only will these...

B wing’s 26 3/4 room will transform into an independent work area

An-Jie Yu, Staff Reporter April 15, 2025

Have you ever noticed the 26 ¾ room in the lower B wing? Originally, it was just a chemistry storeroom, until Jennifer Brazier, a former science teacher, decided to change it to a useful space for...

Students work together in french class

LOSD cuts teachers and staff in the face of $10 million deficit

Lauren Fowler, Staff Reporter April 10, 2025

LOSD is facing a $10 million budget shortfall, which means that spending has to be reduced, including the funding to pay staff members.  The first round of teacher and classified layoffs happened before...

Gulf of New Name

Gulf of New Name

Daniel Fleming, Staff Reporter March 9, 2025

The Gulf of Mexico is to be called the Gulf of America as of Jan. 20, 2025. This change came from Executive Order 14172, signed by President Donald Trump on his first day back in office. The order, “Restoring...

McDaniel Cheer Team shops at confection stand, Crazy Cay's Creation

LHS BSU’s joint culture festival with Tualatin High School seeks to build collaborative practices throughout Portland Metro area

Emilie Driscoll, Content Editor March 3, 2025

Toni Braxton’s “Unbreak My Heart” echoed through the LHS cafeteria Saturday Feb. 22 as community members and leaders from both Lake Oswego and Tualatin came together to join in a culture festival...

Banned or not? TikTok stays for now

Banned or not? TikTok stays for now

Clara Brown, Staff Reporter February 5, 2025

To Tik-Tok or to Tik-not? TikTok was set to be banned Jan. 19 yet it was only banned for a matter of hours! Signed into action by President Biden last May, the bill is extremely controversial. There have...

Shari’s closing upsets customers and employees

Clara Brown, Staff Reporter December 6, 2024

It seems that almost in an instant the lights in Shari’s Cafe and Pies across Oregon went out in 42 locations and for rent signs went up. Many families have spent time together at these cozily lit cafes. Known...

Mock election differs from national results

Zainab Khan, News Editor December 6, 2024

In the recent mock election, LHS students’ election choices differed significantly from the national results. The most prominent difference being the presidential election, the LHS mock election received...

Janelle Bynum flips House seat in Oregon’s District 5

Emilie Driscoll, Content Editor December 6, 2024

While elections nationwide saw a shift towards conservative candidates, the House of Representatives seat in Oregon’s District 5 flipped to be Democrat. Janelle Bynum won the seat by 2.4% in a highly...

Traditional dancer at Diwali festival

Diwali festival unites students across the lake

Juwon Kim, Management Editor December 6, 2024

LHS hosted its third annual Diwali festival on Nov. 3. The event was planned by LHS’s AAPISU (Asian American Pacific Islander Student Union) and LOHS’s ASU (Asian Student Union), and sponsored by LO...

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