Lake Zurich High School Student Media

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Lake Zurich High School Student Media

Bear Facts
Lake Zurich High School Student Media

Bear Facts
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
After the rise of artificial intelligence, division heads of the school are concerned with how its use would fit into the definition of what it means to cheat. As a result, LZHS division heads gathered the summer before the 2023-2024 school year to redefine academic integrity policies.

LZHS division heads redefine academic integrity policies

Gurneer Sidhu, Spotlight Editor
October 23, 2023
Rows and rows of books to choose from, but how? LZHS English teachers have pages of advice.

Life’s an open book

Sadie Good, Bear Facts Contributor
May 9, 2022
Jenna Moller, Learning & Innovation Hub coordinator, recommends all students take advantage of the author visits to inform themselves on the multitude of professions they can go into. “While you're in high school and people are providing these opportunities, you should take them because when you are older and life is just too busy, you don't always have opportunities to explore things that aren't in your direct scope of daily life, so take advantage of opportunities when you can,” Moller said.

Book a visit with the “prose”

Sasha Kek, LZ Life Editor
January 24, 2022
Elizabeth Tise, English teacher, grew up in a Romanian household, and notices there is a difference between American and immigrant parents. “Because American society is so diverse and we are made up of a modge podge of different cultures, the lines get really blurry between what is politically correct and what is not politically correct,” Tise said. “Romania is a very small country, it's a very particular culture and it's a very, very old culture. We've been around since before the Roman Empire - before we were conquered by the Roman Empire, it was called Dachia; Romanian culture is older than Rome itself. It's been around forever, so because that culture is very much established and very deeply rooted, and it's had a much longer time to develop, I think that's why it's a little bit more stringent than American culture.”

Boundless achiever

Sasha Kek, LZ Life Editor
December 17, 2021
Steen Metz, Holocaust survivor, presents his autobiography to the English I students about his experience in the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp.

Ensuring students never forget

Sasha Kek, Secretary
February 26, 2021
Final exams are supposed to be a way of checking for retained mastery of class material. Instead, they test the ability to cram and memorize information before you forget it again.

Traditional final exams need to go

Adam Monnette, Live Media Manager
January 29, 2021
Rose Weismann, literacy resource center aide, working at her home office. In the past few months, she says she has been "busier now than ever" as she helps students navigate the difficulties of digital learning.

Getting it write

Caroline Sun, Digital Editor-in-Chief
January 10, 2021
Next week for LZ's second annual holiday book drop, both students and adults alike will be able to pick up and keep any wrapped books they find.

Holiday book drop to bring spirit of giving

Caroline Sun, Digital Editor-in-Chief
December 13, 2019
Jordan Addison, new English teacher, stands with his students in Alaska. His students wear their school spirit in form of t-shirts and hoodies as he supports the team.

Aloha Hawaii, aloha Illinois

Kaitlin Geisler, Social Media Manager
August 20, 2019
David PaBello is enrolled in ELL classes to help with his mastery of English. The class provides a lot more than just learning however. “You meet a lot of different people from other countries,” Pabello said. “It’s sort of like a small family”

Two languages and an (almost) new country

Ruby Lueras, Staff Writer
May 27, 2019
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Teaching where they were taught

Caroline Sun, Co-Web Editor-in-Chief
February 11, 2019
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