Lake Zurich High School Student Media

Bear Facts
Lake Zurich High School Student Media

Bear Facts
Lake Zurich High School Student Media

Bear Facts
Zukowski holds up the LGBTQ+ flag that represents the queer, transgender, and African American communities to show both her pride from being a member of the LGBTQ+ community and support for other members of every community.

Connecting queer experiences

Lexy Kushner, Staff Writer
May 19, 2023
Annie Moriarity, junior, reading the graphic novel Heartstopper. Heartstopper is widely loved in the LQBTQ+ community, and showcases the love between two teenage boys and the struggles they undergo.

Pride and prejudice

Sashrika Shyam, Perspectives Editor
March 17, 2023

How well do Christians live by their faith?

Kara Yoon, Business Manager
December 17, 2021
How heteronormativity as the default perception affects LGBTQ+ students.

The binary lens

Hannah Etienne, Gurneer Sidhu, and Kara Yoon
October 1, 2021
Joey Nemec, junior Spectrum leader, talks to the Spectrum club during a weekly Tuesday meeting after school. “I see the LGBT community that we’re all people who are born this way and we can’t change that,” Nemec said. “I just think we should all accept each other because [the LGBTQ+ community is] not hurting anyone. Love is love.”

“Eccentric, but in a very good way”

Sasha Kek, Staff Writer
December 13, 2019
During Ally Week, students signed a banner and pledged their alliance with the LGBTQ+ community. "I think a lot of the people who come up are already allies, but [Ally Week helps LGBTQ+ students] by showing other people that there are a lot of signatures on this [banner] and there are a lot more people that support us; there’s a lot of us," Joey Nemec, junior and Spectrum member, said.

We’re all in this together

Sasha Kek, Staff Writer
September 30, 2019
“Take a joke”

“Take a joke”

Elinor Melvin, Business Manager & LZ Life Editor
September 27, 2019
Five of the main characters in the winter play She Kills Monsters, hold up each of the dragon’s head. This is one of the final scenes as Agnes tries to defeat this monster called the Tiamat.

She Kills Monsters

Chloe Faris, Co-Spotlight Editor
January 29, 2018
None of the Above: When “Boy” or “Girl” Doesn’t Fit

None of the Above: When “Boy” or “Girl” Doesn’t Fit

Brianne Saab, secretary
March 21, 2016
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