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The Student News Site of Lynbrook High School

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The Student News Site of Lynbrook High School

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The Student News Site of Lynbrook High School

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Teachers’ Commute: On a long morning drive, Blaschke surrounds himself with sports

Melissa Chen, Writer April 8, 2020

School mornings can be difficult. Turning off the alarm without pressing snooze.  Summoning the willpower to crawl out of the cozy, warm bed. For some, like AP Statistics and Algebra 2 Trig teacher...

Teacher’s Commute: Dunlap enjoys a variety of podcasts, audiobooks and music during her morning commute

Melissa Chen, Writer April 8, 2020

Southbound on Highway 85 is the direction to go on a given weekday morning commute to work. This route is better than northbound, where the traffic often mirrors a situation similar to a parking lot. Compared...

Teacher’s Commute: Martell weaving through traffic with a motorcycle

Alara Dasdan, Writer April 8, 2020

To most teachers, an everyday commute is a source of stress, with traffic and unexpected delays all a possibility for the day. However, some teachers have found ways to bypass these problems. For history...

Kruk’s Commute: Goodbye Bicycle, Hello Car

Alara Dasdan, Writer April 8, 2020

Regularly commuting to school can be tedious, difficult and demanding. With traffic, the threat of tardies and unexpected delays, most students find getting to school a challenge. However, there are those...

Graphic illustration by Elliu Huang, Alara Dasdan and Michelle Zhu.

Course selection guide

Sharlene Chen and Sunny Li April 7, 2020

With course selection confirmation coming up on April 8, it is important to make informed decisions as they will affect the next school year. Read through students’ thoughts and more information on each...

Spring sports season affected by COVID-19

Sunny Li, Design Editor April 3, 2020

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the 2020 spring season has effectively been shut down. The sports teams affected include badminton, baseball, golf, softball, swimming, track and field and boys volleyball....

Collegeboard made changes to the AP exam to accommodate for COVID-19

CollegeBoard modifies AP exam procedures

Kaylin Li and Audrey Wong April 3, 2020

Due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, CollegeBoard is modifying the procedures for the Advanced Placement (AP) exams, including allowing students to take the exam online at home, as well as offering...

Freshman Emma Tu, Tu-wenty Tu-wenty Three Class President

Freshman Emma Tu, Tu-wenty Tu-wenty Three Class President

Youqi Huang, Copy Editor April 1, 2020

Freshman Emma Tu is president of the Class of 2023 and a member of ASB. Tu has been a leader in her class ever since middle school, where she took Leadership in seventh grade and was elected student body...

Work hard, play hard, recover stronger

Dhriti Iyer and Kavya Iyer March 31, 2020

“No pain, no gain” is a phrase often used in the world of athletics. It suggests that in order to grow, you must experience pain. But how much pain is too much? While athletes should push themselves...

Athletics Unlimited brings on March Madness

Diana Kohr, Web Editor March 31, 2020

Not only does Lynbrook’s March Madness, an annual basketball competition held by Athletics Unlimited, coincide with the popular March Madness tournament hosted by NCAA, it also allows students to form...

Sophomore Kristin Zhao: Positive leader and church youth group leader

Sophomore Kristin Zhao: Positive leader and church youth group leader

Aileen Xue, Editors-in-Chief March 31, 2020

Whether she’s spending hours practicing for the Class of 2022’s homecoming or leading the worship team at her church, sophomore Kristin Zhao does almost everything with a glowing smile on her face....

Freshman Andrew Yuan passes on his STEM passions to others

Freshman Andrew Yuan passes on his STEM passions to others

Melissa Chen, Writer March 27, 2020

Freshman Andrew Yuan started developing an interest in math when his mother signed him up for Math Club at Dilworth. There, he realized that math could be fun and that he enjoyed solving problems. Yuan’s...