Like the local Lake Bluff parade, the Highland Park Fourth of July parade is an annual family event where the community comes together to celebrate a day of patriotism and community.

That sense of community…

The nationwide debate over how to teach race in the classroom came to LFHS this spring when online newspaper The Daily Caller published an article April 26 headlined “Illinois Teacher Reportedly Forced…

A sea of red flooded the hallways last week as students showed their support for senior Ava Douglass who underwent two open heart surgeries in just 10 days.

The avid dancer and pom team captain, who…

Growing up in Lake Forest, senior Isabella Kohout was never far from her Ukrainian roots.  Her grandparents were immigrants from former Soviet republic, and Kohout grew up speaking the language and going…

A small group of conservative parents gathered in front of Deerpath Middle School Thursday morning to protest the Day of Silence. They were met with opposition from LGBTQ+ allies who wanted to show support…

He’s not the loudest fan. He doesn’t paint his face. Or scream at refs. Instead, he enjoys bringing friends and colleagues along with him to support the Scouts, win or lose.

For almost 40 years,…

One day, during what seemed to be a normal basketball practice, senior Leo Scheidler’s lifelong dream finally came true. After a brief call, he learned he was offered a spot on the Notre Dame football…

It started as a joke. During her sophomore year lifeguarding course, senior Naomi Miles always listened to her teacher, Mr. Fiordirosa, tell stories about his wrestling days and his experience as a pro…

After complaints about the graphic novel, Gender Queer: A Memoir, Principal Dr. Erin Lenart announced last Friday that the text will remain in the school library’s general collection, but “due to graphic…

Rich Adams still remembers the day his son Jack, a star Lake Forest lacrosse player, first exclaimed his love for coaching.

“I remember he came home one day and said, ‘Dad, I really enjoy working…

In light of the ruling in the class action lawsuit Austin v. Pritzker, most LFHS students are maskless in school for the first time in nearly two years.

First period teachers played a video from Principal…

In December, senior Ava Douglass was preparing  for the Varsity Poms Christmas party when she received a phone call from her doctor that changed the course of her life.

The call was a follow up for…

In early January, a Sangamon County judge heard arguments from the DeVore Lawsuit seeking to overturn mask requirements in schools across Illinois. A ruling is anticipated to be released next week at the…

Born in El Junquillo, El Salvador, Cristhian Perla moved to Lake Forest the week before his freshman year.

At just 14 years old, he was the new kid at a school in a foreign country, without his parents…

In the wake of nation-wide debates about the content taught in schools, books have taken the brunt of the criticism. What started as a complaint in Fairfax County, Virginia over two books in the school…

For the celebration and return of homecoming, students spent the weekend before the festivities painting and decorating the windows of businesses in downtown Lake Forest. Window painting, an LFHS homecoming…

With a leather jacket, a brain full of sci-fi references, and a killer sense of humor, actor and comedian Vince Vaughn started his acting career early on while he attended Lake Forest High School.

As…

Charlie Kiernan says the students, some of them his friends, would point their fingers like a gun at him and yell,“Hands up, don’t shoot.”

Kiernan, class of 2017, would say, “Oh, you got me,”…

A year without Patrick: It’s an unreal sentence to write.

On Mother’s Day last year, only a couple of days after he passed, I met with Patrick Roemer’s mom, Fronzie, who agreed to share her first…

TW: This article contains mentions of anxiety, self-injury, and disordered eating 

Fever, cough, body aches, nausea, loss of taste or smell. 

Many of us have experienced these physical symptoms…

About a month ago, my family was sitting down to dinner when my mom asked, “Do you think I need to be more careful when I’m out? Because of the violence that’s been going on?” 

The question…

John Bollman considers a defining childhood memory of his to be one that he misremembered: the production of Robert Redford’s Ordinary People.

“From what we gathered at the time, Robert Redford…

Putting the cherry on top of a timeline of controversy, singer-songwriter Sia’s musical drama “MUSIC” shines a light on the misrepresentation of the autistic community in Hollywood.

“MUSIC”…

Shortly after Mike Simeck was hired as Superintendent in 2012, he faced a daunting test of his leadership: the Lake Forest Education Association — the LFHS teachers’ union — had gone on strike. 
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After the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last week, law enforcement agencies immediately undertook a full-scale effort to track down rioters who may be guilty of crimes, by combing through troves of…

The United States Capitol has housed Congress since 1800. It is where the legislative branch of the federal government writes the laws of our nation and where presidents are inaugurated and deliver a State…

Man’s best friend does not fully define nor do justice to describe what a dog means to its owner. Regardless of size or breed, all dogs provide two unique, one-of-a-kind values to their human companions:…

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“This is a major threat,” Superintendent Michael Simek said of the coronavirus outbreak…

Guns kill people.

It seems that this simple fact is often disregarded or even denied when the debate over gun control occurs, but it’s quite simple: guns kill people. A gun is a tool, true enough,…

The last several years have seen a dramatic expansion of presidential power in the face of an increasingly dysfunctional Congress. The War Powers legislation passed by the House of Representatives and…

Ever since news broke of the COVID-19 outbreak in China and South Korea, senior Emmeline Bae and her family have been nervous to send their grandparents back to Korea, especially since their visas will…

Lake Forest hosted New Trier for the 24th annual ELS basketball game last Thursday, a game that once again proved to be one of the best all-school events of the year. Watch how it unfolded in this game…

A Lake Bluff family is finding support in fellow community members after its youngest member became the youngest patient ever diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a genetic disorder characterized…

With New Hampshire behind us and Illinois’ own primary coming up next month, the process of selecting a Democratic presidential candidate is well underway. This cycle brings the broadest, and arguably…

DES MOINES, IOWA — While the results of the Iowa Caucuses were in doubt at the time, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) nevertheless declared that the night had already shown Americans’ “deep hunger…

DES MOINES, IOWA — Democratic presidential hopeful Andrew Yang was elaborating on his plan for universal basic income, a system where the federal government would provide $1,000 a month to every American….

It’s no surprise to many that the San Francisco 49ers are headed to the Super Bowl, but the name of their Offensive Assistant coach might be more of a shock – Katie Sowers.  She will be the first woman…

Colin Kaepernick has been out of the NFL for three years, but says he is ready to return.  In early November, he held his own workout, with seven teams in attendance, giving NFL fans and his supporters…

Wrestling head coach Matt Fiordirosa would be the first person to tell you that WWE has distorted our perception of the sport.

Real wrestling is tactical, fundamental, and gritty; the favorite sport…

Controversy struck the idyllic lakeside campus of Northwestern University on Nov. 10. Following an urgent staff meeting, the editors of The Daily Northwestern released an editorial apologizing for posting…

Impeachment was never meant to be political. However, the impeachment scandal currently enveloping our country seems to be anything but non-partisan. The grave mischaracterization behind the motivation…

Last spring, three LFHS teachers went to see a play. Eager to find a show to put on as the freshman/sophomore production for the 2019-2020 school year, they went in with an open, but still critical,…

From a young age, seniors Bridget Mitchell,  Nicole Doucette, and Ingrid Falls had something special about them.

Not only were the three girls immensely talented on the soccer field, but they had a…

As always, the end of the week means new music. Here is a look at five standout projects released this past week, and five projects to be on the lookout for over this upcoming week. To keep up with the…

As a kid, I always looked forward to watching college football on Saturdays with my family. Whenever Holly Rowe was reporting, my dad made an effort to remind me that girls could be sports reporters, and…

Marketed as a safer alternative to smoking cigarettes, the e-cigarette has come under intense federal scrutiny after being linked to 12 deaths and hundreds of hospitalizations this year.

Alum Frank…

In Washington the storm of impeachment is strengthening. In London the boisterous thunderhead of Brexit is looming. And in New York’s City the world’s leaders are gathering to discuss the steadily-warming…

For the remembrance of 9/11, Young Americans for Freedom, a national club with a chapter at Lake Forest High School, lined the sides of McKinley Road with thousands of American Flags. Why? To commemorate…

On the 18th anniversary of the September 11th attacks on our nation, local residents awoke to the sight of 2,977 miniature American flags lining the street in front of Lake Forest High School. The…

LAKE FOREST — When it arrives in this usually quiet, sleepy town, springtime tends to be a chaotic time, especially for seniors attending Lake Forest High School. It’s filled with sports, studying…