Lake Zurich High School Student Media

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Lake Zurich High School Student Media

Bear Facts
Lake Zurich High School Student Media

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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
Sashrika Shyam, junior, checking the ingredients of non-dairy milk. This has become a common practice every time I am at a grocery store.

Taking on allergy anxiety

Sashrika Shyam, Perspectives Editor
January 10, 2023
Singing music's praises

Singing music’s praises

Sashrika Shyam, Staff Writer
March 21, 2022
With a majority of students feeling anxious in school, the calming room is a supervised place students can go when they need to process their emotions. “For me, it's a quiet place. It's just quiet, I can get my work done, and it's nice to have a place for students to go to,” Michaela Towne, Spanish teacher and calming room supervisor, said. “It doesn't benefit as much, but it is nice for students if they feel like, 'Okay, I need to take a break,' they now have a place to go.”

School builds calming room for students to process negative emotions

Sasha Kek, LZ Life Editor
October 28, 2021
As panic buying becomes an ongoing problem in Lake Zurich, empty shelves have become a common scene in grocery stores. Karlie Schwichtenberg, junior whose family has struggled getting items at stores, says this hoarding is ridiculous and dangerous.

Adjusting to new realities

Max Feldman, Business Manager & Spotlight Editor
April 21, 2020
Laura Beata, HAO - LENG counselor, meets with Kelly Sibert, junior, about scheduling, but counselors also assist students in times of crisis. “I think a common thing in high school [is] a lot of social media issues, like someone’s saying something unkind, or even the perception that things like that are happening can cause a student to be in crisis,” Beata said.

Counseling through crisis

Sasha Kek, Staff Writer
March 13, 2020
Depression: Living in the Shadows

Depression: Living in the Shadows

Madison Hart, print director
December 11, 2015
Anxiety: Living in Panic

Anxiety: Living in Panic

Dayna Morga, staff writer
December 11, 2015

Anxiety disorder takes its toll on one student

Julia Kuhn, In Depth Editor
March 11, 2014
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