Lake Zurich High School Student Media

Bear Facts
Lake Zurich High School Student Media

Bear Facts
Lake Zurich High School Student Media

Bear Facts
A junior Spanish student observes a painting at the museum. With the trip being largely self-paced, students could stop and spend time looking at works that intrigued them.

Estudiantes exploran el arte mexicano

Grace Sun, Secretary
March 21, 2024
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
There are so many electives to choose from, including foreign languages. Carlye Hamilton, Spanish teacher, discusses how important taking a foreign language in high school is.

World language classes transcend curriculum

Mackenzie Rough, Staff Writer
March 14, 2022

Social studies

Kyra Keena, Live Media Manager
October 5, 2021
Nathan Kessler, Spanish teacher, was able to explore Europe during his year teaching in Spain, and is pictured here in Porto, Portugal.

From Spain to LZ: Sr. Kessler’s first year at LZHS

Hannah Etienne, Staff Writer
December 8, 2020
The Spain flag hangs in the classroom. The flag symbolizes the culture that students will be learning about in Spanish V Honors Dual Credit.

One class – dos credits

Adam Monnette, Staff Writer
August 21, 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

Two languages and a (kinda) new country

Ruby Lueras, Secretary
May 24, 2019
Dan Ellis, math teacher, mentors his multivariable calculus students. The dual credit class offers a different teaching approach, shifting from a lecture style class to one that is more collaborative.

Dual credit classes: a new opportunity

Max Feldman, Staff Writer
February 20, 2019

Students take biliteracy test to earn Biliteracy Seal on diploma

Max Feldman, Ruby Lueras, Bear Facts Contributors
April 2, 2018
Martin and her kids pose during a family outing. Martin started a family in Illinois after living in South America for more than half of her life.

Moving on up

Adam Cupples, Staff Writer
October 29, 2017
Adults attending the adult English classes held at the high school stand and act out a common conversation with partners. By repeating words and using visuals, Sharon Brown, ESL teacher for the adult English classes and ESL teacher at Middle School North, says that she can begin bringing in higher level material to continue increasing the ESL learners throughout the new course.

Late night language learning

Megan Monoson, Magazine Editor-in-Chief
October 26, 2017
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