Lake Zurich High School Student Media

Bear Facts
Lake Zurich High School Student Media

Bear Facts
Lake Zurich High School Student Media

Bear Facts
Emma Harper

Emma Harper, Magazine Editor-in-Chief

For her third and final year on the Bear Facts staff, Emma will be serving as Magazine Editor-in-Chief for the first time. After high school, Emma hopes to major in journalism and pursue a career in the field. When she’s not frantically writing or editing articles, Emma enjoys singing in her two choirs, participating in drama club, and volunteering with NHS and Tri-M. Outside of school, she loves reading fantasy novels and sewing. 

 

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Carl Krause, college and career counselor stands outside the college and career center, decorated with yearbook pictures from all his years at LZ.

Retiree coaches college readiness

Emma Harper, Magazine Editor-in-Chief
May 17, 2024
Megan Mowinski, PE teacher, poses with her Integrated PE students on the football field during class. Mowinski created the class and has been the only teacher to run it.

Retiree champions sports for all

Emma Harper, Magazine Editor-in-Chief
May 17, 2024
Students pose in front of the FBLA state competition in Springfield, Illinois on April 6. The students with the green certificates placed at the competition and seven of these students will compete at Nationals after qualifying in their respective events at state.

FBLA means business

Emma Harper, Magazine Editor-in-Chief
May 17, 2024
Students, staff, pose in front of new Young Adult Center for students with IEP’s aged 18-22 who elect to stay on for transition services. The 25 students and staff in the program moved into the three-story building on March 6.

Transition program moves forward

Emma Harper, Magazine Editor-in-Chief
March 15, 2024
The Accelerated Placement Act was signed into law on August 25, 2017 and was amended by Public Act 101-0654 in Spring 2021. However, the change to course selection only occurred this school year.

Illinois law changes course selection

Emma Harper, Magazine Editor-in-Chief
February 9, 2024
Amelia Dargis, senior, sits in the Tech Campus with her polo shirt uniform. Tech students report to the College of Lake County everyday.

Cop-ping an education

Emma Harper, Magazine Editor-in-Chief
January 19, 2024
Currently, there are five sections of Honors English IV. With the removal of this class option, juniors will be left to find different courses to fill their required English credit.

Honors English IV removed

Emma Harper, Magazine Editor-in-Chief
December 15, 2023
Are you coming to the tree?

Are you coming to the tree?

Emma Harper, Magazine Editor-in-Chief
December 15, 2023
Above is a model of the prototype lock designed by Singh. The group hopes to test their locks and install them on a sample of students' lockers. Visit their website, rockthelock.org for more information.

Revolutionizing the lock

Emma Harper, Magazine Editor-in-Chief
December 10, 2023
Tardy students wait in line to be scanned in for first period. This year, the new tardy policy may bar students from completing formative work they missed due to unexcused absences and tardies.

[Photo] Deans enforce new policies to prevent tardiness

Grace Sun and Jeanne Yu
October 6, 2023
Samantha Romero, will be attending Columbia College Chicago for fashion design next year.

Designing her future

Emma Harper, LZ Life Editor
May 19, 2023
The shoes Landry embroidered in honor of her grandfather who passed away in 2020. One side of the shoes has both of their initials while the other side has a sailboat.

Bears of all trades

Emma Harper, LZ Life Editor
May 19, 2023
In order to prevent the usage of vapes, more vape sensors will be installed in the high school and middle schools.

District approves 29 new vape sensors in schools

Emma Harper, LZ Life Editor
May 16, 2023
Caiden Schuring, sophomore, works on an assignment with the extra time he gets from his accommodations. Schuring says that his accommodations are helpful in completing his schoolwork. He usually gets about an hour of extra time to complete assessments.

Learning with mental illness

Emma Harper, LZ Life Editor
March 17, 2023
Julianne Schultz, senior, works on her college essay in the learning and innovation hub. She hopes to major in musical theatre and must complete pre-screen auditions and possibly in-person auditions in addition to the essay.

Writing it right

Emma Harper, LZ Life Editor
January 10, 2023
The alarm clock that woke me up at 5 a.m. all week. Trying to wake up so early in the morning has changed my experiences.

The early bird gets the worm, or maybe more work done?

Emma Harper, LZ Life Editor
December 14, 2022
Courtney Morrison, junior, has worked at Noodles and Co. for a year and enjoys her job, she said. She enjoys interacting with her coworkers and getting free food at the end of her shifts.

Students balance busy schedules

Emma Harper, LZ Life Editor
September 30, 2022
Joleen Kragt, the new choir director, has joined LZHS this year. She is now the director of Bel Canto and Blue Notes.

Singing students to success

Emma Harper, LZ Life Editor
August 30, 2022
Steuer enjoys playing sports and exercising as part of her self-care. She plays volleyball and soccer to keep herself both physically and mentally strong.

Students struggle with stress

Emma Harper, Staff writer
May 20, 2022
Honor pre-calculus offers a blended learning class option. The school offers blended classes for every department at LZHS. Blended courses do not require students to come into the classroom everyday of the week. The weekly schedule can vary for different blended courses.

[Photo] Classes turn to blended learning

Sid Talukder, Staff Writer
May 20, 2022
The popular word game, Wordle, gives players six chances to guess a five letter word. Players get feedback after each guess telling them which letters are included and which letters they had in the correct spot.

Many ways to Wordle

Emma Harper, Staff Writer
April 27, 2022
Mateusz Pietrzkiewicz, senior, speaks Polish.

Around the world

Emma Harper, Staff Writer
March 21, 2022
Katie Zigic, sophomore, sells Cupidgrams for Student Council in the cafeteria.

Love is in the air

Emma Harper, Staff Writer
February 11, 2022
The December teen events page. You can find events for the new year at eapl.org.

Libraries, leisure, and lots of learning

Emma Harper, Staff Writer
January 14, 2022
There are 10,950 books in the school library.

Bundle up with a good book

Emma Harper, Staff Writer
December 17, 2021
Orchestra students are performing on stage again with a live audience.

Concerts and covid

Emma Harper, Staff Writer
December 6, 2021
Tammy Johnson, substitute teacher, teaches at LZ.

Keeping classrooms running

Emma Harper, Staff Writer
October 1, 2021
Dreams to decisions, art student’s path

Dreams to decisions, art student’s path

Emma Harper, Bear Facts Contributor
May 21, 2021
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